Warrior Queen of Matamba
Angola, Africa, 1595
""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 Portuguese from our land.
Thirteen-year-old Nzingha's journal chronicles her royal life in an African tribe, as her father, the king of the Mbundu, tries to govern his people while holding back the invading Portuguese. With each exciting journal entry, learn Nzingha's relationship with her father develop, as she gains his respect and trust that she will become a successful tribal ruler.