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Nzingha, warrior queen of Matamba

by Patricia McKissack · 2000

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Presents the fictional diary of thirteen-year-old Nzingha, a sixteenth-century West African princess who loves to hunt and hopes to lead her kingdom one day against the invasion of the Portuguese slave traders.

Slave tradeBlacksDiariesJuvenile fictionFictionSex rolePrincessesMbundu (African people)HistoryChildren's fictionAfrica, fictionKings, queens, rulers, etc., fiction