Podcast: Njinga – The Mother of Angola
Today's episode of the Black History Unveiled podcast is about one of pre-colonial Africa's most famous regents. A woman who, for several decades, resisted Portugal's attempt to conquer her country. A woman whose actions throughout history have been both demonized and glorified.
Today's episode is about Njinga – The Mother of Angola – and the woman who, in the 17th century, was prepared to do everything to avoid losing her country.
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Sources used in the episode:
Books:
Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441–1770 by James H. Sweet (2003)
Slaves, Subjects, and Subversives: Blacks in Colonial Latin America by Jane Landers & Barry Robinson (editors) (2006)
Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen by Linda M. Heywood (2017)
The Routledge Companion to Black Women’s Cultural Histories by Janell Hobson (2021)
Scholarly articles:
”Nzinga of Matamba in a New Perspective” by Joseph C. Miller in The Journal of African History (vol. 16, nr 2, 1975)
”Legitimacy and Political Power: Queen Njinga, 1624–1663” by John K. Thornton in The Journal of African History (vol. 32, nr 1, 1991)
”Nzinga Mbandi: From Story to Myth” by Orqui-dea Ribeiro, Fernando Alberto Torres Moreira & Susana Pimenta in Journal of Arts Science and Technology (vol. 11, nr 1, 2019)
Articles:
”Queens of Infamy: Njinga” by Anne Thériault for Longreads (October, 2019)