- Kings and rulers, Biography, History, Africa, kings and rulers
One of history's most multifaceted rulers but little known in the West, Queen Njinga rivaled Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great in political cunning and military prowess. Today, she is revered in Angola as a heroine and honored in folk religions. Her complex legacy forms a crucial part of the collective memory of the Afro-Atlantic world.--
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and cool.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Linda Marinda Heywood
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780674971820
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