Queen an Empire Could Not Tame

In 1622, the kingdom of Ndongo sent a woman to Luanda to negotiate with Portugal. Cannons, crosses, and slave ships shared the same harbor. The envoy was Njinga Mbande. She would become a diplomat, a Christian convert, a king, an exile, and the ruler of Matamba—changing names, allies, and strategies as the Atlantic slave trade remade West Central Africa.The Queen an Empire Could Not Tame follows N...