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| Queen Njinga of Ndongo, 1583-1663 |
Queen Njinga ruled Ndongo (now called Angola) starting in 1624.
She fought off the Portuguese, who were attacking her nation and kidnapping her people to sell them for slaves.
For many years she fought and sheltered runaway slaves.
Her statue was set up in Luanda, Angola, in 2002.
Who knew?
Not I--until the 1619 Project featured her. Thank you, New York Times.
Here's a list of all the articles in the project.
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