Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 (The Royal Diaries)
by Patricia McKissack | Teens | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0439112109 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0439112109 Global Overview for this book
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This book is one of Scholastic Books The Royal Diaries series. Looks like a very good book. I picked this one up at Goodwill.
From the cover -
First month of Mbangala:
So here I am in the garden, writing... if these words have magic, then I will use them to plot and plan a way to drive the Portugese from our land. And maybe one day my pages will tell others that I, Nzingha, First Daughter of Kiluanji, was a Mbundu, one of a powerful people who are free and unafraid to fight for our beloved homeland of Ndongo in the Kwanza River Valley.
Later the Same Evening
My sisters have found me. Kifunji cannot resist teasing. She gives a big laugh. "Writing is good for you, sister. To see you sitting quietly is such a rare pleasure. Isn't it better than hurling a spear, or wrestling some boy to the ground?"... I am accused of being independent. It is true, I suppose, for I would rather be kept in an open basket than a lukata - a box.
From the cover -
First month of Mbangala:
So here I am in the garden, writing... if these words have magic, then I will use them to plot and plan a way to drive the Portugese from our land. And maybe one day my pages will tell others that I, Nzingha, First Daughter of Kiluanji, was a Mbundu, one of a powerful people who are free and unafraid to fight for our beloved homeland of Ndongo in the Kwanza River Valley.
Later the Same Evening
My sisters have found me. Kifunji cannot resist teasing. She gives a big laugh. "Writing is good for you, sister. To see you sitting quietly is such a rare pleasure. Isn't it better than hurling a spear, or wrestling some boy to the ground?"... I am accused of being independent. It is true, I suppose, for I would rather be kept in an open basket than a lukata - a box.
Journal Entry 2 by 
maryzee
at Pour House Cafe in Westminster, Maryland USA on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
maryzee at Pour House Cafe in Westminster, Maryland USA on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (4/1/2008 UTC) at Pour House Cafe in Westminster, Maryland USA
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