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Queen Njinga

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Queen of the kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba (present-day Angola) in the early seventeenth century who engaged in 30 years of guerilla warfare against the Portuguese, participated in the slave trade, and expanded her military by offering sanctuary to those escaping Portuguese enslavement.

AP course connection

Topic 1.10: 1.10 Kinship and Political Leadership

Unit 1

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