Queen Nzinga of Angola
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🗓️ 22 April 2026
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Nzinga or Njinga Ana de Sousa Mbande (/nəˈzɪŋɡə/; c. 1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African paramount ruler who ruled as a queen of the Ambundu Kingdoms of Ndongo (1624–1663) and Matamba (1631–1663), located in present-day northern Angola.[1] Born into the ruling family of Ndongo, her grandfather Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda was the king of Ndongo, succeeded by her father.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm telling you, dude, it's all about the stars. |
| 0:02.5 | I have a giant sword, Cecil. I'm gonna use it. |
| 0:05.5 | That is fair. Absolutely. |
| 0:07.8 | Oh, hey guys. |
| 0:10.1 | Hey, Eli. Nice, uh, nice statue. |
| 0:13.6 | Oh, you'd like it. It's the queen Nzinga of the Angola, the subject of today's episode. |
| 0:19.6 | Oh, uh, yeah, it's good. |
| 0:22.4 | Yeah, we commissioned a queer sculptor |
| 0:24.6 | of color, the representation. Yeah, we thought |
| 0:26.7 | it would be best. Cool. |
| 0:29.4 | Cool. So no |
| 0:30.5 | shenanigans? |
| 0:33.5 | About what? |
| 0:36.2 | Well, I mean, you could... |
| 0:39.0 | I suppose you might... |
| 0:40.8 | So a queer artist of color, you said. |
| 0:43.2 | Indeed, Cecil, from the inner city. |
| 0:45.4 | Excellent. That is an excellent choice. |
| 0:47.9 | We are cowards. |
| 0:49.0 | We are. Hello and welcome to Citation Needed needed the podcast where we choose a subject, read a single article about it on Wikipedia and pretend we're experts. |
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