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The Life of Queen Nzingha
Nzingha was born in 1582, to her father Ndabi Kiluanji and mother Kanjela. Kiluanji’s mother did not approve of this so he married somebody more suitable first and then married Kanjela. Before Nzingha was born they had a son Nbadi in 1579, the boy was useless, fat, and lazy. In 1582 Nzingha was born she was more promising, athletic, smart; the only problem is that she was a girl. Then Kiluanji had two other daughters: one in 1584 named Mukambu, and one in 1587 named Kifunji. Nzingha was good at hunting, archery, diplomacy, and trade. Nzingha hated her half-brother Mbadi. She picked fights with him all the time. She had a different relationship with her sisters they got along very well. Her sisters went with her when she went hunting. Mbadi got training but all he did was complain, eat, and whine. Nzingha married a prince named Azeze they had a child. Unfortunately Azeze died in a war a few years later. Her sisters also lost their husbands in a battle. In 1617, Kiluanji died and the pathetic Mbadi was left to rule Ndongo**. Mbadi ordered the death of all who opposed him. Nzingha’s mother and son were killed, Mbadi would have killed Nzingha but an outcry would arise. Nzingha had promised her father that she would keep the Portuguese out. There were many Portuguese traders and their job was to capture and sell Mbundu people. Thousands of Ndongo people were captured. When Nzingha was invited to the Portuguese city of Luanda she refused a seat and her male servant made a human bench. Nzingha also made a peace agreement and also got baptized and took the name Ana de Sousa in honor of the governor Joao Carreida de Sousa. There was a rumor that the only reason that she got baptized was to earn respect from the Portuguese. Nzingha returned to Kabasa and found Mbadi dead, supposedly Nzingha had him killed. Now that there was no leader, the Portuguese burned Kabasa to the ground. Nzingha took her people and fled to the mountains for a few years. Nzingha arranged for an army to fight back. For the next forty years, Nzingha was fighting against the Portuguese. Her two sisters were captured in the war; but they both returned safely. Unfortunately Kifunji died from battle wounds. Nzingha lead many battles and signed many peace treaties, some with the Portuguese and some with the Dutch. Everyone called her Queen of Matamba because she ruled the Matamba Mountains. Nzingha died in 1663 at the age of 82. Her sister took the seat of power as head of Mbada. Nzingha was buried in her leopard skin and bow and arrow. And this is the life of Queen Nzingha. |
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what ever happened to african last names in angola?
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Only few people still have those kind of last names in Angola. De most of them are portuguese..
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how did that happen? One of my uncles wife is Angolan from Bie, her last name was Fernandez, I couldn't stop laughing my ass off. An African named Fernandez, an African ez. Whenever they argued my uncle would attack her on that, calling her Latin Africa, complaining that she often dressed and carried herself like a latin woman. I still don't understand how few people can still have those kind of names like their not African or in Africa. Angola needs to get their cultural names back. We have hosted alot of Angolan in our place in the states mostly from Newark New Jersey alot of Angolan reside there and this was always a contested debate. How did they get those last names?
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People in Angola don't really care for own culture anymore. For exemplo, you don't see women dressed as african like in other african states, and we nearly don't speak national linguages (nobody cares). Culture in Angola is quite same as USA, with a little african taste.
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Bonga (cantor e escritor de letras de música angolanas)
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Culture in Angola is not quite like the USA, USA has no culture but the culture of induglence. Materalism is what defines American Culture, american culture is not rooted to the earth in which american live. America's culture is in a constant change, trust me on that been all over the states to know you can't define an american. But as an Angolan you aren't uprooted from your native land so why choose a foriegn name? But having said that Angola has always been regarded in the Congo as our sister country. Majority of the people in Angola trace thier roots to either Bas Congo, Bandundu, Kasai, and Katanga. So our names aren't that different. |
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well I know a lot of people in Angola and every single of them have and european or americam name (myself too). what I said about USA is quite true because the are very influncial in globalisation, people in Angola tend to follow in the same way (in archietecture, music sometimes, literature)...
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please no endless debates, let´s just stick to plain information,
if people want to discuss names, please open a separate thread but let´s leave this thread clean of endless discussions. MBA Congo, if you find anything pressing to talk it over, the Skybar section is yours!![]() Bonga is a musician and desserves a seperate thread. We currently have four threads Angolan Women Angola Sports Angola Cultural Life We should transfer the thread about Angolan music from the old section to the new section! |
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Fashion Week for Lubango
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Angolan people that help to make Angola famous | Angolanos Famosos
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La fortune de l'Europe
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Wow, un thread bastante interesante... Sin duda, los angolanos famosos deben ser muchos...
Aunque entre otras cosas, oir de alguien de Angola, o mas bien encontrarse a alguien de Angola, es muy raro por aca en Mexico... Supongo que lo mismo pasa alla, casi no deben toparse mexicanos...
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‘Novos Poemas de Amor’ de João Melo
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