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| Author(s): |
Mariana Bracks Fonseca
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2012-10-08 |
| Examining board members: |
Marina de Mello e Souza;
Silvia Hunold Lara;
Maria Cristina Cortez Wissenbach
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| Advisor: | Marina de Mello e Souza |
| Abstract | |
Nzinga Mbandi is the most famous and controversial character in the history of Angola in the 17th century. We intend, in this dissertation, to analyze the political trajectory of Niznga in the trouble contex of expanding Portuguese colonization in Central Africa, ando f the slave trade, principally in the 1620s and 1630s, during which Nzinga represented the major opposition to the Portuguese. We attempt to understand the Power structures in the Kingdon of Ndongo before the Portuguese arrived, and how the Mbundo people organized themselves political and economically. We consider the historiographical discussion abou Who the Jagas were, and how they fougth beside the Portuguese and agaist them. We also seek to understand how Portugal created the colony of Angola by the subjulgation of sobas, by building prisions, controlling markets and organizing na African army to serve their interests. Nzinga Mbandi played different roles during her trajectory: Christian, Ngola, Tembanza Jaga, Queen of Matamba, etc. We analyze these roles in the contexto f the struggle to control Ndongo, when the Portuguese ousted her from the throne and replaced her with a new king in 1626. We considered the questiono f legitimacy and feminin Power in the Ndongo and Matamba kingdons. We understand that Nzinga Mbandi was the most important leader of the resistance agains the Portuguese presence in Angola in this period, because she gave asylum to many fugitives slaves, obstructed markets and disrupted tax collection. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/13420-2 - Between the cross and the hatchet: Nzinga Mbandi and the resistance in Angola, seventeenth century |
| Grantee: | Mariana Bracks Fonseca |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |