Aqualtune

Aqualtune
Born Congo
Issue Ganga Zumba
House Kongo

Aqualtune (fl. 1665) was an African princess who was the daughter of an unidentified Congo king. According to the tradition, she was the mother of Ganga Zumba and the maternal grandmother of Zumbi.[1]

In 1665, Aqualtune led a force of ten thousand men in the Battle of Mbwila, where she was captured in defeat.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 da Costa, Maria Suely. "REPRESENTAÇÕES DE LUTA E RESISTÊNCIA FEMININA NA POESIA POPULAR" (PDF). III CONEDU Congresso Nacional De Educacao (in Portuguese). Universidade Estadual da Paraíba. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Schwarz-Bart, Simone; Schwarz-Bart, André (2001). In Praise of Black Women: Heroines of the slavery era. Univ of Wisconsin Press. pp. 7–9. ISBN 9780299172602.


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