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  1. Pauline von Hellermann @[email protected] ·

    Really enjoyed this #BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek episode of “The West - a new history of an old idea”
    by Naoise MacSweeney. It was about #Njinga, Queen of Ndongo in #Angola who defied Portuguese imperialists; and about #PhyllisWheatley an #AfricanAmerican enslaved as a 7yo in West Africa, who at 18yo published a book of #poetry that challenged all ideas of Western (white) superiority and claims to a classical heritage.

    #Slavery #West #USHistory #BlackHistory

    bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001m5pn

    #bbcradio4 #bookoftheweek #njinga #angola #phylliswheatley #africanamerican
  2. Badwolf303 @[email protected] ·

    Jada Smith & #netflix may have pulled their Cleopatra stunt because her documentary about #Njinga , Queen of Ndongo & Matambe didn’t attract as many viewers as desired. The thinking may be that any future docu-dramas from Smith will automatically receive publicity & more viewers.

    #cleopatranetflix #docudramas #netflix

    #netflix #njinga #cleopatranetflix #docudramas
  3. Ricardo Harvin @[email protected] ·

    I skip most #biopics and #bioseries after a former neighbor's experience with his father's biopic (#TheButler is nearly all fictional).

    I'm also avoiding most #royalty content, real and fictional, because that entire concept needs to be eradicated.

    However, I finally decided to watch the #Netflix series, #AfricanQueens: #Njinga, and #AdesuwaOni is great in episode 1.

    Interesting story; I wonder how much "artistic license" this team's taken with the known facts.

    #adesuwaoni #njinga #africanqueens #netflix #royalty #thebutler
  4. Yale Divinity School @[email protected] ·

    Bringing an early-modern African queen into the limelight

    Yale art historian Cécile Fromont was an on-screen scholar, offering key insights, in “African Queens: Njinga,” Netflix’s docudrama about a 17th-century ruler.

    news.yale.edu/2023/03/06/bring

    #yale #arthistory #QueenNjinga #netflix #Njinga

    #njinga #netflix #queennjinga #arthistory #yale
  5. Jeff Teixeira @[email protected] ·

    Com produção executiva de Jada Pinkett Smith, a obra retrata a vida de importantes e icônicas rainhas do continente africano.
    A primeira temporada conta a história de Njinga, a cativante e destemida líder guerreira de Dongo e Matamba, hoje Angola.
    #Njinga
    mundonegro.inf.br/netflix-lanc

    #njinga