#African Queens Njinga

[blackinperiodfilms]

African Queens: Njinga | Official Trailer 

This new documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens. The first season will cover the life of Njinga, the complex, captivating, and fearless 17th century warrior queen of Ndongo and Matamba, in modern day Angola. The nation’s first female ruler, Njinga earned a reputation for her blend of political and diplomatic skill with military prowess and became an icon of resistance.

[redrosecut]

I’m kinda hooked on Netflix’ docutainment shows. Although I treat them more like cheaply produced fictional period dramas that are loosely based on some historical events.

I already watched Rise of Empires: Ottoman, The Last Czars, Queen Cleopatra and Blood, Sex & Royalty. I also started African Queens: Njinga and Roman Empire. Do you have any other recommendations on this kind of genre?

[maddiealyse56]

Historical Queens of Africa in Movies

Queen Nandi (Mother of Shaka), (Shaka Ilembe, 2023))

Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, (Njinga: Queen Of Angola, 2013)

Queen Amina of Zazzau, (Amina (Netflix), 2021)

[pulchrasilva]

If you haven't yet PLEASE watch African Queen's it's on Netflix I know everyone's cancelling their Netflix subscriptions right now but it's so so worth watching it's half way between a documentary and a dramatisation of the life of Njinga, a female king of Ndongo (modern day Angola) and her fight against the Portuguese colonisers and the sacrifices and trade offs she made in order to protect her people, family and culture

[judyelsayegh]

My Egyptian take on Netflix's Cleopatra's Documentary Series:

Background Information:

Jada Smith is doing a 4 part documentary series on Netflix

The documentary is about African Queens

The 1st part/season of this series was about Queen Njinga (3.6/10 Imbd - 88% rotten tomatoes)

The second part/season of this series will be about Cleopatra

The series depictes Cleopatra (as well as other members of the court it seems) as being of black descent

Egyptians aren't happy/disagree with this portrayal (One Egyptian lawyer is taking legal action against Netflix)

I highly recommend you watch the trailer of the documentary, Jada's response, and Piers Morgan's interview with Bassem Yussef to catch you up on the conversation.

My opinion:

I'm against this documentary; factually, it's inaccurate, and in more human/feelings/social context, it really hurts me as an Egyptian. In this post, I'll actually be tackling the later; I feel there are a lot of people who tackled the factual side already.

I get that this situation happening close (time wise) to the Little Mermaid being Black conversation has made people more inclined to attack Egyptians for their disagreement (Prime Example: Daily Show Host, Dulcé Sloan's take). But the situation is alot more nuanced than that.

The importance and valid reason for why Ariel from The Little Mermaid being played by a Black actress was that:

The Little Mermaid is a fictional story and mermaids aren't real, so there's no scientific/historic inaccuracies being committed in changing the character's race.

Representation; young Black girls deserve to see themselves represented on the screen as much as their white counterparts.

Now applying the same two reasons to the Cleopatra situation won't work because this is a documentary series. Its purpose is educational; therefore, it should be as accurate as possible.

As for representation; I think it's lazy. This docu-series' whole premise is to tell African Queens' stories, and instead of choosing to tell the untold stories of actual 4 African Queens, they chose to tell the overdone story in Hollywood of the famous name of the Greek Queen who rule Egypt.

Aside from it being lazy "RePrEsEnTaTiOn", it's a little hypocritical. It's saying that anything of value or fame that happened in Africa was directly linked to Black people; completely erasing the MENA region countries.

Why don't we as Egyptian have the right to tell our own stories? Why don't we get representation, too? Why are our stories being told wrong by uneducated and selfish people in search of quick money to equally uneducated mob trained to automatically attack without actually processing the criticism being said. You claim you want equality and diversity until it isn't about you!

[acmoorereadsandwrites]

If you have Netflix, I highly recommend African Queens: Njinga. Queen/Female King Njinga (I see both titles used for her and both were used in the documentary, if I recall correctly) of Ndongo and Matamba (what is present day Angola) was a fascinating political figure and the experts really raise a lot of questions that we should be asking ourselves.

If you are not sold on that alone, one of the experts is the current woman king of the Bakwa Luntu people, Queen Diambi Kabatusila, and her perspective and insights are invaluable.

[royal-confessions]

“I'm so grateful that I get to discover amazing Queens past and present. I watched the series African Queens on Netflix and I got to know Queen Njinga of Ndongo. She was a deft diplomat, skillful negotiator and formidable tactician. They even got to interview Queen Diambi of the Bakwa Luntu tribe for the series. She is an environmental activist and the founder of the Elikia Hope Foundation. I'm excited for season 2 of African Queens” - Submitted by Anonymous

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[movienized-com]

African Queens: Njinga

African Queens: Njinga (Doku-Serie 2023) #JadaPinkettSmith #AdesuwaOni #ChipoKureya #MarilynNnadebe #PhilipsNortey #ThaboRametsi Mehr auf:

SerieJahr: 2023- (Februar) Genre: Doku-Serie / History Hauptrollen: Jada Pinkett Smith, Adesuwa Oni, Chipo Kureya, Marilyn Nnadebe, Philips Nortey, Thabo Rametsi, Cory Hippolyte, Zethu Dlomo … Serienbeschreibung: Doku-Serie, die das Leben prominenter und berühmter afrikanischer Königinnen erforscht. Die erste Staffel befasst sich mit dem Leben von Njinga, der komplexen und furchtlosen…

[daughtersofthemyscira]

"African Queens: Njinga is the first installment in a new Netflix docuseries from Jada Pinkett Smith's studios highlighting true stories of some of Africa's most fascinating rulers."

And people still question if there were/are women warrior Queens. Stunningly beautiful. Give it a watch.

[doddsmountain]

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[evilwriter37]

Get ready for a lot of questions because these had some very specific ones I surprisingly don’t know about you, and I always love getting to know more about you. 1, 8, 9, 12, 16, 19, 21, and 39.

What are three shows in your watchlist that you've been meaning to get to?

African Queens (specifically the second season on Cleopatra, but I do want to learn more about Queen Njinga as well.)

Gravity Falls

The Dragon Prince season 4

8. Do you collect anything? If so, what?

Rocks and crystals! Though, right now my whole collection is packed away in a tote because I don't have room for it on my desk.

9. What sounds or scents calm you down?

Cats purring, pine, lavender, typing

12. What's something about your best friend that you love?

Uhhhhh, this is hard because I have so many people I would consider my best friend. I'll go with my past queerplatonic partner Olly. I love that they are loud and proud about who they are, and that they're silly af.

16. Describe your favorite hoodie. How long have you had it? What makes it unique?

It's a white hoodie I got in high school that says: "I ❤️ my bass clarinet." It's ten years old, all worn out, and has paint stains on it from painting a set piece for drama, and from my own painting. I plan on cutting it, getting some stuffing, and turning it into a pillow.

19. What's your favorite Halloween costume from when you were a kid?

Cleopatra. (She was very much a special interest when I was younger.)

21. What's your favorite period in art history, your favorite famous work, and/or your favorite style of art?

Oh damn, that's hard to say. I like Renaissance paintings a lot. Also, whatever Frida Kahlo had going on.

39. What was the best part of your day today?

I'll go with yesterday, since currently it's 3:22 am. Hm... Probably sitting down and writing with you, @lifbitch. That was a good time!

[pulchrasilva]

i support womens wrongs but also girl did u have to

[fandomshatepeopleofcolor]

Have you seen the African Queens series on Netflix? it's narrated and produced by Jada Pinkett Smith. First season is about Njinga which I haven't seen but I just started on the second one which is about Cleopatra with Adele James playing the role

I haven't seen it and I'm p sure this is my first time hearing about it! Thanks for the rec!

mod ali

[biglisbonnews]

Netflix releases a new docuseries on African Queens Queen Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba—now present-day Angola—has just made her debut on Netflix’s new series African Queens released today, which will highlight the stories of prominent African female rulers.Read more... https://qz.com/netflix-releases-a-new-docuseries-on-african-queens-1850116840