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Nzinga Nkuwu
Nzinga may refer to: People * Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (c. 1583–1663), Central African warrior queen * João I of Kongo, also known as Nzinga a Nkuwu or Nkuwu Nzinga * Afonso I of Kongo (c. 1456–1542 or 1543), also known as Mvemba a Nzinga or Nzinga Mbemba * Nzinga Blake (born 1981), American/Sierra Leonean actress * Daniel Ntongi-Nzinga (born 1946), peace activist and Christian leader in Angola * Héritier Luvumbu Nzinga (born 1994), Congolese footballer Places * Nzinga, Nyanga, Gabon, in Nyanga Province * Nzinga, Ogooué-Ivindo, Gabon, in the province of Ogooué-Ivindo * Nzinga, Central African Republic, a Transport in the Central African Republic#Ports and harbors, port in the Central African Republic * Nzinga Tchi, in Nyanga Province, Gabon Other uses * Nzinga (leafhopper), ''Nzinga'' (leafhopper), a leafhopper genus in the tribe Erythroneurini {{Disambiguation, geo, given name, surname African feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nzinga Of Ndongo And Matamba
Nzinga Ana de Sousa Mbande (; – 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. Born into the ruling family of Ndongo, her grandfather Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda was the king of Ndongo, succeeded by her father. Njinga received military and political training as a child, and she demonstrated an aptitude for defusing political crises as an ambassador to the Portuguese Empire. In 1624, she assumed power over Ndongo after the death of her brother Mbandi. She ruled during a period of rapid growth of the African slave trade and encroachment by the Portuguese Empire in South West Africa. The Portuguese declared war on Ndongo in 1626 and by 1628, Njinga's army had been severely depleted and they went into exile. In search of allies, she married Imbangala warlord Kasanje. Using this new alliance to rebuild her forces, she conquered the Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João I Of Kongo
King João I (born Nzinga-a-Nkuwu; ca. 1440 – 1509) was the 5th ManiKongo of the Kingdom of Kongo () between 1470 and 1509. He voluntarily converted to Roman Catholicism. He was baptized on 3 May 1491 and took the Christian name of ''João''. Soon after, ManiKongo Nzinga-a-Nkuwu João I abandoned the new faith for a number of reasons, one of them being the Roman Catholic Church's requirement of monogamy. Politically, he could not afford to abandon polygamy and embrace monogamy, a cultural shift that the king could not contemplate as power in Kongo was elective, rather than hereditary as in Europe; as Kongo culture followed a matrilineality structure, where the elder son of the king is not automatically the next king. Early reign King Nzinga-a-Nkuwu was the fifth ruler of Kongo. He was married to Queen Nzinga a Nlaza, a first cousin.Thornton, John: "Elite Women in the Kingdom of Kongo: Historical Perspectives on Women's Political Power", page 442. The Journal of African His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afonso I Of Kongo
Mvemba a Nzinga, Nzinga Mbemba, Funsu Nzinga Mvemba or Dom Alfonso ( – 1542 or 1543),The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage by Susan Altman, Chapter M, page 181 also known as King Afonso I, was the sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from the Lukeni kanda dynasty and ruled in the first half of the 16th century. He reigned over the Kongo Empire from 1509 to late 1542 or 1543. Born into the ruling house of House of Kilukeni, Afonso was the son of Nzinga a Nkuwu (Christianized as João I), king of the Kongo. Given political power from a young age, Afonso ruled the province of Nsundi during his father's reign. In an era of increasing relations with the Kingdom of Portugal, Afonso became a fervent convert to Catholicism and sought to embrace Portuguese institutions in his lands. Following the death of his father in 1506, Afonso prevailed in brief civil war against his brother, becoming the sixth king of Kongo. As king, Afonso centralized governmental power in his capita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Ntongi-Nzinga
Daniel Ntongi-Nzinga (born 1946) is a peace activist and Christian leader in Angola. Ntoni-Nzinga studied at the University of Leeds before co-founding the Grupo Angolan de Reflexao para Paz (GARP), and the Inter-Ecclesiastical Committee for Peace in Angola (COIEPA) in April 2000, organizations advocating an end to the Angolan Civil War The Angolan Civil War () was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. It was a power struggle between two for ... (1975-2002). He previously served as the Executive Secretary of the Evangelical Baptist church in Angola and as Secretary General of the Angolan Council of Churches. References 1946 births Angolan clergy Angolan politicians Angolan Baptists Angolan evangelicals Alumni of the University of Leeds Living people Date of birth missing (living people) {{Angola-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héritier Luvumbu Nzinga
Héritier (from the French word ''héritier'' meaning ''heir'') may refer to: *Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (; 15 June 1746 – 18 August 1800) was an 18th-century French botanist and civil servant. Born into an affluent upper-class Parisian family, connections with the French Royal Court secured him the position ... (1746–1800), botanist and taxonomist * Françoise Héritier (1933–2017), anthropologist * Heritier Lumumba (born 1986), Australian rules footballer *Louis L’Héritier, captain of the French ship ''Hercule'' * ''L'Héritier'' (film), a 1973 film directed by Philippe Labro, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyanga Province
Nyanga is the southernmost of Gabon's nine provinces. The provincial capital is Tchibanga, which had a total of 31294 inhabitants in 2013 (more than the half of the province population). Nyanga is the least populated province of the nine and the other least developed, besides Ogooué-Ivindo. It is bordered by Ogooué-Maritime in the northwest, Ngounié in the north, and the Congo to the south ( Kouilou Region) and east ( Niari Region). The Atlantic Ocean—the lowest point in both Gabon and Nyanga Province—borders it in the west. Departments Nyanga is divided into 6 departments: * Basse-Banio Department ( Mayumba) * Douigni Department ( Moabi) * Doutsila Department (Mabanda) * Haute-Banio Department (Ndindi) * Mongo Department (Moulengui-Binza) * Mougoutsi Department ( Tchibanga) Statistics *Area: 21,285 km² *2-letter abbreviation/HASC: GA-NY *ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In The Central African Republic
Modes of transport in the Central African Republic include road transport, road, water transport, water, and air transport, air. Most of the country is connected to the road network, but not all of it. Some roads in the country do not connect to the rest of the national road network and may become impassable, especially during heavy monsoon rain. Many remote areas that not connected to the country's road network, especially in the eastern part of the country outside of the major cities and towns, can only be reached by light aircraft, boat (via river) or on foot. Most roads are unpaved, and which centres on the ''routes nationales'' identified as RN1 to RN11. Bangui serves as a seaport, and 900 km of inland waterways are Navigability, navigable, the main route being the Ubangi River, Oubangui river. There is one international airport at Bangui M'Poko International Airport, Bangui-Mpoko, two other paved airports, and over 40 with unpaved runways. Railways There are presently no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nzinga Tchi
Nzinga may refer to: People * Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (c. 1583–1663), Central African warrior queen * João I of Kongo, also known as Nzinga a Nkuwu or Nkuwu Nzinga * Afonso I of Kongo (c. 1456–1542 or 1543), also known as Mvemba a Nzinga or Nzinga Mbemba * Nzinga Blake (born 1981), American/Sierra Leonean actress * Daniel Ntongi-Nzinga (born 1946), peace activist and Christian leader in Angola * Héritier Luvumbu Nzinga (born 1994), Congolese footballer Places * Nzinga, Nyanga, Gabon, in Nyanga Province * Nzinga, Ogooué-Ivindo, Gabon, in the province of Ogooué-Ivindo * Nzinga, Central African Republic, a port in the Central African Republic * Nzinga Tchi, in Nyanga Province, Gabon Other uses * ''Nzinga'' (leafhopper), a leafhopper genus in the tribe Erythroneurini Erythroneurini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Typhlocybinae, with over 200 genus, genera. Genera * ''Aaka'' Dworakowska, 1972 * ''Accacidia'' Dworakowska, 1971 * ''Ahmedra'' Dwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
