One of many impressive people that history has ignored - but not Marquis de
Sade - is Angolan queen Nzinga Mbandi: ruthless, cruel and with more than a
hint of femdom.
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Seventeenth century image of queen Nzinga Mbandi negotiating with the
Portugese governor, sitting on a servant.
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There is a long list of women I want to write about. The bucket list includes
several kick-ass women, such as female Japanese ninja
Mochizuki Chiyome
and
Qiu Jin -
"Woman Knight of Mirror Lake" a Chinese revolutionary during the last years of
the Qing dynasty. Then there is the story of “Bandit Queen”
Phoolan Devi, who became a modern day Indian Robin Hood.
They’ll have to wait a little longer. Today I read a story about
Nzinga Mbandi, a 16th century Angolan warrior queen who held of the Portugese invaders for
several decades. Nzinga Mbandi was not only a brilliant military strategist,
but her life story has a strong femdom overtone. These are just some of the
reasons I couldn’t resist letting her jump the queue.