- A notable female ruler of Ndongo (located near present-dayAngola), she ruled from c. 1624-1663 and resisted Europeandomination of her kingdom.- During her reign, the kingdom experienced great conflict, both from aggressive African neighbors and from the Portuguese.- Many African states along the Central Africa coastline were engaged in the trade of African slaves. Demand for slave labor in the Portuguese colony of Brazil resulted in their desire to establish economic and territorial control along the Central Africa coast.- This person was looking to avoid the destruction that resulted from slave raids, allied her kingdom with Portugal and in the process converted to Christianity.- The alliance was short-lived, and she fled west and established a new state at Matamba, which over time became a significant commercial state in the Central African interior.

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