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Aqualtune

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Aqualtune
BornKingdom of Kongo
IssueGanga Zumba
HouseKongo

Aqualtune (fl. 1665) was a Kongo princess who was the daughter of an unidentified ManiKongo. 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 Kongo men and women in the Battle of Mbwila, where she was captured in defeat.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.