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Published: 2000 Scholastic Inc.
Price: $1.99
Historical Fiction
Haley Burdette
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![]() Set in Angola, Africa in 1595, Nzingha is a royal princess and also the firstborn. Her father is Ndambi Kiluanji the Ngola of the Mbundu kingdom of Ndongo, which is basically like a king. They are in a war with the Portuguese at this time. Nzingha is so desperate to know her father, she soon does become close with him. They spend more time together and he even lets her go hunting with him which was a dream come true to her. Nzingha has a prophecy that she will be the next ruler but also the first female warrior. This book is written in a diary form, as you keep reading Nzingha goes to Luanda or the place the Portuguese for her father. She discovers what the slave trade is to them and is 'abducted' but it was all fake and all planned by her father. In the epilogue it discusses the rest of Nzingha's life, she marry's and had a son. she eventually after many years and heartache did become Ngola. She never gave up fighting the Portuguese's idea of slavery. This is a very interesting book. The way that is written really gives you an inside look at Nzingha's life. I would recommend this more for girls due to the fact that it is about a princess, I feel as though this story shows how powerful a women can be even in a society run by men. Published: 2000 Scholastic Inc. Price: $1.99 Historical Fiction Haley Burdette
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