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Queen Njinga's war against the slave trade
Njinga takes the throne of Ndongo and wages a decades-long war against Portuguese slavers — a founding act of resistance in the homeland of many of America's first Africans.
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Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations — the links rarely drawn together.
- part of·ThreadWest-Central Africa (Kongo & Angola)
Njinga's resistance is part of the West-Central African origin story.