Nzinga: African Warrior Queen - Softcover

Howard, Moses L.

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9781939423405: Nzinga: African Warrior Queen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939423406 ISBN 13: 9781939423405

Publisher: Jugum Press, 2016

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Across the savannah and into the green mountains, people shouted her name:“Nzinga, Nzinga, Child of the Flame!” “Nzinga, Daughter of the Old Ngola, Savior of Ndongo!”

In the governor’s palace Luanda, the Portuguese courtiers whisper in shock: A woman!Sent to make a treaty with the invaders, Nzinga of Angola is swept into world history, a generation after Elizabeth I ruled England. For forty years, Queen Nzinga fights to destroy the imperial colonists who seek to enslave her people.

This fictional biography delivers exhilarating adventure and passionate stories of friendship, love, and family. The child Nzinga learns the ways of the ancestors through griots’ songs. She studies the wisdom and warrior ways of her father, the old Ngola. The adult Nzinga, now queen, leads with brilliance during a time of violent upheaval. As a warrior, she inspires a distressed people to resist brutality and betrayal.

Luminous storytelling brings to life the Angolan culture in a flourishing African kingdom, now lost, where early maps of West Africa call out: “Here reigned the celebrated Queen Nzinga!”

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About the Author:

Moses L. Howard is an African-American author and educator. He served as a Fulbright Fellow in Africa and spent ten years training medical technologists and teachers in Kampala, Uganda.

Review:

Thoroughly researched, the book includes a useful list of characters, some of the author's own notes on the text, as well as some further reference materials for those who wish to know more about this unapproachable queen. -- Kirkus

What Howard does well is create characters withincredible depth that flesh out the fragments of facts and myths surroundingher existence. His story includes not only the devotion and dedication offamily and friends, but also the human intrigues of living with a people whoare occupiers as well as the culture, family and times in which she lived." - Portland Book Review

"The amazing essence of this novel...concerns the communication of the women around Nzinga, their sharing of joys and sorrows, their ability to feast, work, and strategize with perfect balance. Their world is depicted as a celebration of life and a supernatural belief fleshed out in their devotion to each other and their Ngola." - Historical Novel Society

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