Book, Nzinga[LS]

Who was Nzinga? Through this study by Roy Glasgow emerges, from the depths of African history and the world, so dark, tragic and distorted by the vision of European colonizers and oppressors, the rich personality of an enigmatic woman and charismatic queen, consummate politician and diplomat, skillful commander, who fought a relentless fight against the Portuguese for the independence of his people and the survival of his kingdom. In the now legendary light of this extraordinary leader, whose willpower and organizing capacity were imprinted on everything she undertook, modern Angola finds an impressive starting point for its national definition and for its effort to establish itself as a independent state. For the Brazilian reader, the story of this sovereign and agitator-propagandist has not only the fascination of an unknown treasure in the African jungle, but also the objective interest of the link that all this has, as a political, economic, social, ethnic and cultural relationship, with the historical formation of Brazilian society.