Ngalifourou (1864 – 8 June 1956) was a queen of the Tio Kingdom in what is today the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville). As a ruler she was close to French colonial authorities. Jan Vansina wrote that Ngalifourou "succeeded in providing a new rallying point for Tio pride", but that she "represented a typical colonial force".
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Ngalifourou (1864 – 8 June 1956) was a queen of the Tio Kingdom in what is today the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville). As a ruler she was close to French colonial authorities. Jan Vansina wrote that Ngalifourou "succeeded in providing a new rallying point for Tio pride", but that she "represented a typical colonial force".
== Biography == Ngalifourou was born in 1864 in Ngabé on the Congo River. A member of the Tio people (Eastern Teke), who are a Bantu community living between the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, Ngalifourou was married at the age of 15 to King Iloo I (also known as Iloo Makoko), who was much older than her. She was his second wife, titled Waafitieere. Oral traditions suggest they married in 1880.
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