Queen Nzinga (1582-1663)

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Queen Nzinga—She lived from 1582-1663 and ascended the throne in 1623. By then, Angola was a Portuguese
colony exporting as many slaves and goods as possible with great help from African kings and chiefs. After 40
years of war, Queen Nzinga succeeded in expelling the Portuguese from Angola and some neighboring
kingdoms. She died an old woman, but no successor was strong enough to continue her fight against the slave
trade and European invasions.

1. Queen NZINGA
2. JINGA
QG F O R C E S AD I S N V A I 3. ANN
4. She lived in ANGOLA.
I N T J F OW F F GWVH T G H 5. She was Africa’s greatest EMANCIPATOR
6. and ABOLITIONIST.
C E A G DE T C EN N OC E N A 7. Portuguese SLAVE traders were
HN O F DE T A R T L I F N I N 8. CHRISTIAN missionaries.
9. She CONNECTED Christianity to slavery.
ABM A TAM E P S H CZ F J R 10. She REJECTED Christianity. At peace talks,
11. Europeans refused to SEAT her so
RR H D RN C S J I D R S N L D 12. she used loyal attendants as a THRONE.
13. She started a RESISTANCE movement,
D E R E S I S T AN C E O N A I 14. waging WAR against Europeans.
15. She was the GENERAL of her own armies.
NB J N D T D E GO V N T N R L 16. She had feminine CHARM.
17. She had masculine HARDNESS.
E S F E I H C E A I C LA I E E 18. She mounted OFFENSIVES,
19. leading African CHIEFS to reject whites.
S N O K CH R I S T I ANMN R 20. She UNITED the divided Africans
21. and AWAKENED other African nations.
SAU ANT O N S I R ENO E U 22. Her troops INFILTRATED white armies,
23. causing their black TROOPS to join her armies.
E L G W T D E WO L L O F A G C 24. The Queen’s FORCES
25. FOLLOWED her blindly.
UO H A E F E D E O A E OWD H 26. She became allies with the JAGAS.
27. She was UNCONQUERABLE.
OG T D F T S E VB B VC P A A 28. She FOUGHT for forty years.
29. She FREED Angola
UN C O NQ U E RA B L E J S R 30. and MATAMBA.
31. She was much LOVED.
HA V E NN D F O F I L E T OM 32. She gave a HAVEN to ex-slaves, but there
33. was no HEIR to her throne so slavery won out.
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