In 1624, the kingdom of Ndongo in West Central Africa (modern-day Angola) got a new queen: Njinga. Her life as the first female ruler (or woman king) of the region forms the story of African Queens, a new Netflix docudrama series executive produced and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith.
From a military base on the Kwanza River, 42-year-old Njinga (Adesuwa Oni) rules with her sisters, …
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