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[narrator] Centuries ago,
in West Central Africa...
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[ancient horn blowing]
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...where kingdoms rose and fell,
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lived a woman destined to lead.
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- A warrior...
- [indistinct yelling]
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...a queen,
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an unparalleled force.
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Her name...
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Njinga.
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[fighting grunts]
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[woman screams]
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We are a people
born running from extinction.
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[people yelling]
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[narrator] Born into an era of darkness,
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in a time of blood...
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and shifting sands.
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When slavery threatened
to decimate a continent.
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[Njinga] I want the Portuguese
off my land.
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Every last one of them.
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- [grunts]
- [groans]
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[narrator]
She fearlessly defended her kingdom
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against European power.
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[fighting grunt]
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Njinga!
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[exhales]
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Rising to become a beacon of light
for her people.
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[villager singing traditional song]
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Queen Njinga's legacy
echoes throughout Africa to this day.
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It's time we all come to know her name.
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All hail Queen Njinga!
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[crowd chanting]
Njinga! Njinga! Njinga! Njinga! Njinga!
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[women vocalizing]
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[Njinga breathes deeply]
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You ready?
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Are you ready?
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[laughs]
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Don't think I'm gonna take it easy on you
just because your father is watching.
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I don't expect you to.
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Hey.
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[Ndambi laughs]
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[breathes deeply]
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Princess Njinga is born
and grew up in a time
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where her father, the King,
is already struggling
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with the conflict with the Portuguese
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that are coming in the land
and taking people.
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The Portuguese have already been
in Ndongo for 50 years.
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[Mary] And their mission
is really twofold.
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One is to Christianize the people there,
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and the other is to really expand
the territory of the King of Portugal.
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[light upbeat music]
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[Luke] The Portuguese are
the first global maritime superpower
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and have colonies across the world.
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Their largest is in Brazil.
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Where they add to their wealth
by building huge sugar plantations.
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[villagers clamoring]
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[Edson] The Portuguese need people
to work on these plantations,
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so they begin capturing people
from West and Central Africa
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to work as slave labor.
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[Luke] In Ndongo,
they call the King, the Ngola.
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At this moment, he's under pressure
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to protect his kingdom
from the Portuguese.
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He has to prepare
his oldest daughter Njinga
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for the war that lies ahead.
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[Kellie] So, he's exposing her
to the craft of warfare,
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how to fight.
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Using his soldiers as her practice.
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[ancient horn blowing]
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[crowd cheering]
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[all grunting]
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[swooshes]
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[crowd cheering]
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[fighting grunt]
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[screams]
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[Njinga laughs]
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[ancient horn blowing]
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[Njinga squeals]
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- [laughter]
- [crowd cheering]
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[cheering continues]
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An inch left and you would have hit me.
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Never.
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[Njinga laughs]
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Oh.
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[chuckles]
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As a princess,
Njinga has female attendants.
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Some of these are military companions
who train alongside her.
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But it's still quite unusual at this time
for women to have an active military role.
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- I depend on you too much.
- [Ndambi] Hmm.
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Thank God.
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[both laughing]
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- You've slowed your technique.
- Eh...
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That's because the race
isn't always given to the swift.
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Right, Ndambi?
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[soft scoff]
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- Don't you have somewhere to be?
- [laughs]
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- Come, walk with me.
- Mm.
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- Hm. Mm.
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Ndongo is located in what is now Angola
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in West Central Africa.
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[Luke] In 1617,
Ndongo is one of the biggest
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and most important kingdoms at this time.
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It has a population
of about 100,000 to 200,000.
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The kingdom is centered around Kabasa,
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which is the capital
and the home of the royal family.
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[dramatic music]
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[giggles]
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[indistinct chatter]
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Ndongo is a very sophisticated society.
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We have a tendency to think
of the continent of Africa
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as being very primitive
before Europeans get there.
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And that's just not true.
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[chickens clucking]
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There's an active trade within Ndongo.
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It's territorially expansive,
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and it's militarily powerful.
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People don't get it.
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Everyone thinks war is about speed,
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but precision and decision are key.
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You must read the battlefield.
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[Luke] Funji is the youngest
of the King's three daughters.
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As royal princesses,
they are revered and respected in Kabasa.
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Read the battlefield and,
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and every single detail matters.
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You have to be prepared to strike
from a disadvantaged position...
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[Njinga]
So you still won't introduce yourself?
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I'm not as forward as you.
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[giggles]
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[sighs]
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Funji, you are the daughter of a king.
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He will be lucky to have you.
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- [Funji scoffs]
- [Njinga] Come on, I'm late
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- for the council meeting.
- Oh, please. Please?
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We're putting that down, and we are going.
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[sighs]
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- Thank you very much.
- [Funji laughs]
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[indistinct chatter]
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If the weakest in this kingdom
were running our kingdom...
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[Luke] The structure of society
in Ndongo goes like this.
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You have the ruler at the top,
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and then you have the sobas,
who are essentially nobles, just below.
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[Kellie] Njinga's father
is facing a difficult time
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because there are men all around him
that are vying for power.
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[Luke] Mbande, Njinga's brother,
is complex and ambitious.
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You get a sense that he really wants
to prove himself as an effective leader.
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[Cécile] Mbande knew
that it was the half brother, Kiluanje,
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who was expected to be the next Ngola,
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as the oldest son of the current king.
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We have to strategize.
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We have to sit together as one.
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Strategy is for games.
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Strength is for war.
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[Luke] At this time,
the Portuguese have come onto the scene.
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They've exploited some of the divisions
and rivalries between the sobas.
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And although many sobas
support Njinga's father,
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there's one soba in the north,
Soba Kavulo,
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who is leading a rebellion
against the King.
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My King...
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the area is crawling
with people loyal to that traitor,
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Soba Kavulo.
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The Lucalla Pass
is the only way for our warriors.
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They will secure the ravine.
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And they will make a pathway
for our besieged men
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and shore up their numbers.
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Perfect.
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This war will be over in three days.
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The battle will be won,
but the war will rage on
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if Father doesn't accompany the men
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and meet the local people
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and remind them why you're their king.
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I know your time at court
has been limited,
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but your loyalty shouldn't be.
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[Mbande] The King doesn't need
to remind anyone
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why he is king, brother.
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[Njinga] For once I agree with Mbande.
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Father shouldn't lead this battle.
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[Kiluanje] My loyalty is unquestionable,
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- little brother.
- [laughs]
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All I'm trying to say
is let us not ignore the fact
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that the King is under threat.
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The King is always under threat.
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[Mbande] Huh?
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So let the hawkers and drunkards
gossip about that
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while we focus on the immediate problem,
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Soba Kavulo.
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If I may, My King.
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The prince is right.
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Of course, I am.
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Kiluanje's instinct to do everything
we can to protect the King
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is important.
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[Cécile] Around the Ngola
are a range of advisers,
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and one of the most important ones
is the tendala.
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[Luke] He is essentially a captive slave.
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In Ndongo,
people who had been captured in wars...
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could rise to a certain rank.
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You and I have seen many wars, my friend.
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Yes, as king and captive.
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And now as friends.
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Yes.
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You know, only a fool
thinks he can outlive death.
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But we can keep trying.
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Njinga.
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[King Ngola] You have anything to add?
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I'm wondering why we keep chasing
the Portuguese from the back
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instead of meeting them head-on.
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Njinga, the Portuguese
are not the issue here.
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The Portuguese
are always the issue, brother.
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Who do you think is fueling Kavulo's fire?
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Who do you think
is making our people question the King?
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Njinga learns
from the royal court diplomacy
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and the politics of the wider region.
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But it's a male-dominated world.
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And so her presence there
could cause resentment among her brothers.
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Going after this soba...
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is like fighting the shadow,
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not the man himself.
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[pensive music]
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[birds screeching]
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[indistinct chatter]
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The Portuguese are looking
for African captives
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one way or the other.
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So they are really determined
to take over the kingdom of Ndongo.
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[Mary] The Portuguese settle on Luanda
as a base for slaving operations,
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because the journey from Luanda
to the coast of Brazil is actually shorter
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than from many other places
in West Central Africa.
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[soft tense music]
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So it becomes
a very attractive place for them
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to begin their violent slaving operations.
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[indistinct chatter]
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The Portuguese with their
never-ending thirst for more people.
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[distant baby cries]
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[Queen Diambi] They never are satisfied
with the quantity of people they have.
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It's an ongoing trade,
so they have to continue feeding it.
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[plaintive music]
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What do the ancestors say?
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My King.
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[blows air]
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- [ancient drum pounding]
- [Nganga grunts]
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[strained grunting]
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[indistinct chanting]
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The nganga is basically
the spiritual adviser.
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As an African queen or female king myself,
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I have to consult
with my spiritual adviser quite often
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because we cannot speak
only from our own voice.
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We are representing
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the voice of the ancestors.
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So the King, the Ngola,
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will always go to the nganga
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to make sure
that any decision that is taken,
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it's for the benefit
and for the edification
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of the people and the kingdom.
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[indistinct chanting]
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[Nganga shouts]
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[tense music]
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The day will end
with the King still on his throne.
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The ancestors have spoken.
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[ancient drum thumping]
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[indistinct chatter]
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Njinga's not only a warrior
and a diplomat,
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but at this time,
she's also the mother to a young son.
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[baby coos]
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Mmm, you are too besotted with that one.
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I know.
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[baby cooing]
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You haven't mentioned the council meeting.
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Uh, what's there to mention?
[sighs]
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They insist on fighting each other
instead of the Portuguese.
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Mbande and Kiluanje?
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Who else?
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[Kambu] They're just used to fighting.
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It's easy for them.
276
00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:20,000
The Portuguese are
a different kind of fire.
277
00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,240
Well, it's a fire we need to get used to
and quick.
278
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Before it consumes us all.
279
00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,560
Instead, placing Father in harm's way
and for what?
280
00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:36,320
A useless soba who'd rather align
with the Portuguese than his own people?
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[baby coos]
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[Njinga] I say let him do it.
283
00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,640
It's only a matter of time
before the Portuguese dispose of him. Ow!
284
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He bit me!
285
00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,000
- [laughs]
- [baby coos]
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Kambu is the sister
in between Funji and Njinga.
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00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,400
You get the sense
that she really supports her sister.
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00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:55,960
- [Kambu] He's done.
- [clicks tongue]
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00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:57,840
- [Kambu] Give him to me.
- Mmm.
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- Bring him back.
- [baby coos]
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In an hour.
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00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:05,760
Hmm?
293
00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:07,600
- Kambu.
- Mm.
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00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,119
- Mm-hm.
- Kambu.
295
00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:10,280
- [Kambu giggles]
- Ah...
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00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,200
[soft music]
297
00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:33,240
[Cécile] So Njinga's status meant
she was able to gather around her
298
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a, a group of concubines
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that she chose herself.
300
00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,160
[soft sensual music]
301
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[Queen Diambi]
There are different cultures in Africa
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where women can have different partners.
303
00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,800
[soft sensual music]
304
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[Kellie] Njinga's favorite concubine
is a man by the name of Kia Ituxi.
305
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,720
[upbeat sensual music]
306
00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,400
Kia Ituxi is the father of her child.
307
00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:11,120
And they have
this really special relationship.
308
00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,600
And life for her,
for the most part, is pretty good.
309
00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,000
[soft music]
310
00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,840
[dramatic music]
311
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[Olivette] Njinga's father was told
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that one of the sobas
has risen against him.
313
00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,200
So he decides to go there
and show how powerful he is.
314
00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,000
Please allow me to come with you.
315
00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,680
[King Ngola] You are right
where I need you to be.
316
00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:53,920
You're right, you know?
317
00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,520
The Portuguese are gnawing at us,
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00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,720
picking away at the skin
until they get to the bone.
319
00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,320
And that, too, they will take.
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00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:07,880
It'll be like we never existed.
321
00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:10,560
It won't come to that.
322
00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,560
What would you do if you were in my place?
323
00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,680
I would find a way to unite the kingdom.
324
00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,400
Use all our might
325
00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,480
to drive the Portuguese back
to where they came from and...
326
00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:27,560
[King Ngola] And?
327
00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,000
Speak freely, my daughter.
328
00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,160
And I would not go to battle today.
329
00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,600
You say that like I have a choice.
330
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,840
You do not know men and their pride.
331
00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,840
Then again, you may be Ndongo's only hope.
332
00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,160
With a woman on the throne...
333
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,360
there might be less blood spilled.
334
00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:55,960
Water.
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00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,000
You never carry enough.
336
00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,040
[King Ngola inhales sharply]
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00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:10,840
[King Ngola] Keep one eye on your brothers
338
00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:12,400
and the other on your sisters.
339
00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,320
You wish you were going with him,
don't you?
340
00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,440
Yes.
341
00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,520
- Don't you?
- [Kiluanje] No.
342
00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,880
He prefers you at his side, not me.
343
00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,880
[soft tense music]
344
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,720
[birds chirping]
345
00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,360
[distant laughter]
346
00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,800
[tense music]
347
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,240
[tense music continues]
348
00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:24,720
[grunts]
349
00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:25,800
[strained grunt]
350
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:28,920
[pained groan]
351
00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,040
[groans]
352
00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:33,400
[grunts]
353
00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,400
[King Ngola's man] My King?
354
00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:39,800
My King?
355
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:41,696
- [branch crunching]
- [King Ngola's man] My King,
356
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:42,560
where are you?
357
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,640
Ngola? Ngola?
358
00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,360
[somber music]
359
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,760
[Edson] It's very likely
that one of his own men
360
00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,920
separated the King from his army
361
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,240
in order to murder him on behalf
of the sobas who opposed him.
362
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:15,960
[somber music]
363
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,440
[sobbing]
364
00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,000
No!
365
00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,600
No!
366
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,240
[sobbing]
367
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:26,760
[screams]
368
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,080
Now, without Njinga's father,
369
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,680
who is going to rule?
370
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,800
Look what they did to your King!
371
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,440
[all crying]
372
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,880
[Mbande] If we can't trust our own men,
who can we trust?
373
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:45,640
[women sobbing]
374
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,040
It looks like the danger wasn't out
in the field as you stated, brother,
375
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,360
but in our own home!
376
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,160
[sobbing]
377
00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:54,880
Tendala!
378
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,120
Where is the general?
379
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,760
He did not return.
380
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:00,320
Then bring him to me!
381
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:05,400
I want those responsible
for this at my feet by sundown!
382
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:06,680
No, brother.
383
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,240
[breathing heavily]
384
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:09,320
What?
385
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:12,760
[sobbing]
386
00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,040
They'll have reached their masters by now.
387
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:17,880
[Njinga sobs]
388
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,320
Leave them there.
[sniffles]
389
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,600
Let them feel safe,
390
00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:27,400
marry...
391
00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:29,680
bed their wives...
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00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,160
[sniffles]
...have heirs.
393
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:32,760
[Njinga cries]
And then,
394
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,160
when they think they have won
395
00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,240
and the ancestors decree it,
396
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,080
we will find them
397
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,400
and we will strike them dead.
398
00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:50,520
We will wipe out their whole lives,
399
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,880
until their bloodlines are no more!
400
00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,440
[Mbande] Tendala,
send word of my father's death
401
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:02,920
and convene the council.
402
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,520
[cries, sniffles]
403
00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:18,760
[ominous music]
404
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,200
[Nganga] He's not here, you know.
405
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,360
Seeing that he is with the ancestors.
406
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:43,720
Why did you tell him the day would end
with him still on his throne?
407
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,480
Isn't he still on this throne?
408
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:50,800
You know what I mean.
409
00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:03,520
"Only a fool thinks he can outlive death."
410
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,640
Those were your father's words.
411
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,280
He understood what the ancestors meant.
412
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:12,560
[sniffles]
413
00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:16,120
He always understood
the meaning behind words.
414
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:18,080
[sniffles]
415
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,040
He called me Ndongo's hope.
416
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,800
What did he mean?
417
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,120
Oh, child.
418
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,600
Don't act like you don't know.
419
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:30,680
You were too close to him not to.
420
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:37,400
It's one thing to know.
421
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,960
It's another thing
convincing everyone else.
422
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,280
[Queen Diambi] Njinga is devastated,
423
00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:51,720
as any daughter would be to lose a father.
424
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,080
But here, it's not just losing a father.
425
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,400
It's losing the King.
426
00:25:57,360 --> 00:26:00,240
[Kellie] It throws
a lot of things into question,
427
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,480
and it's Mbande who feels
as though he's the rightful heir.
428
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:11,440
But because he was not the son
of the main wife of the former Ngola,
429
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,200
his claim to the throne was less strong.
430
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,000
[Mary] There's no clear line
of succession.
431
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:19,920
So he orders a series
432
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,440
of political assassinations
433
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,160
to rid himself of rivals
434
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,160
Kiluanje's son...
435
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:29,080
and all his heirs.
436
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,560
There must be no threat to my throne.
437
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,400
[scrapes]
438
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,120
[melancholy music]
439
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:47,960
[foreboding music]
440
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,080
Get out! Do you know where you are?
441
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,320
[clinks]
442
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,600
[baby crying]
443
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,200
[thwacks]
444
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,400
[baby crying]
445
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,480
[Kellie] Njinga's son,
who is a child, an infant,
446
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,200
is murdered by Mbande
447
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:22,800
because he sees this child
as a threat to his power.
448
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,800
[tense music]
449
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,040
I did what must be done.
450
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:45,360
Then why did you call for me?
451
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,120
Because I'm unsure.
452
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,320
Of what?
453
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,120
[Nganga] The throne?
454
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:54,920
Or what you did to get it?
455
00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:57,120
[breathes deeply]
456
00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:01,200
I cannot absolve you
of the choice that you made.
457
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:02,640
It was yours to make.
458
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:04,600
But I'll tell you this.
459
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,920
A stabilized throne means nothing
460
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,760
without a stable king.
461
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,120
So find your feet.
462
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,480
[suspenseful music]
463
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,800
[Queen Diambi] This is a crucial moment
for Mbande
464
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,520
because he wants to ensure
his position on the throne.
465
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,760
[Cécile] Once you're a king,
you're not a normal person
466
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,920
who has to obey the social rule.
467
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:36,040
So in murdering his potential opponents...
468
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,880
he acts as a king already.
469
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,880
[tense music]
470
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,400
[Njinga] Where am I?
471
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:57,720
Njinga.
[inhales deeply]
472
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,120
[Mary] Mbande doesn't kill Njinga
and her sisters.
473
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,680
Njinga was popular,
474
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,360
and perhaps he felt he could rid her
of any potential heirs,
475
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:10,480
but also
476
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,240
make her a political asset to himself.
477
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:15,360
Where's my son?
478
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:21,440
Where is my son?
479
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:23,920
Mbande.
480
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,720
Get... me...
481
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,000
my battle ax.
482
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:35,960
- [Nganga] Hold her.
- [groans]
483
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,040
Drink.
484
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:40,320
It will calm you.
485
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,160
[whimpers]
486
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,680
No, I need to be...
487
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:45,920
[sobs]
488
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,800
I... I need to...
489
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,200
My boy.
490
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:52,400
My boy.
491
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:53,640
[Nganga] Be still.
492
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,440
Everything is as the ancestors will it.
493
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:57,600
No!
494
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,920
That cannot be.
495
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:04,600
He's my boy.
496
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:06,840
He's my baby.
497
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,280
He wasn't a threat.
498
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:14,160
Mbande was afraid of the man
your baby could be.
499
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,960
Are the ancestors afraid too?
[sobs]
500
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:19,520
Whose side are you on?
501
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,000
I am not defending him.
502
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:24,920
- I am thinking of Ndongo...
- [sobs]
503
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,400
...as you should be.
504
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:28,360
I'm sorry.
505
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,440
[somber music]
506
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:35,960
Then I'll leave.
507
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:39,880
I can't stay here.
508
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:41,320
You can't.
509
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,480
- [breathes heavily]
- You are from the royal house.
510
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,720
You cannot move
without consulting the ancestors first.
511
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,080
[Njinga] Then tell me...
512
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:53,360
what I'm supposed to do with this pain.
513
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:55,480
Tell me.
514
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:56,560
[sobs]
515
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,000
What am I supposed to do?
516
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,000
What if they kill me?
517
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,200
[crying]
518
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,520
Because...
519
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:07,480
[Njinga cries]
520
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:10,280
...you are Ndongo's hope.
521
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:12,320
[Nganga] Mbande does not know it,
522
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,400
but your father and our ancestors do,
523
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,480
and nothing happens without their will.
524
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,800
Endure, daughter,
525
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,680
and trust that all this
is part of our ancestors' plan.
526
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,640
The ancestors are asking too much.
527
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:31,280
Maybe.
528
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,280
Remember your loyalty
529
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,480
isn't to the one who sits on the throne...
530
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,360
but to the people of Ndongo
and to the throne itself.
531
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:44,560
Endure this...
532
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,800
and you can be anything.
533
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:50,040
[sobs]
534
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,240
[melancholy music]
535
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,880
[Luke] During the first six months
of Mbande's reign,
536
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:13,120
the Portuguese step up their attacks
on his people.
537
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,800
[birds squawking]
538
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,720
[Portuguese man]
Now, look at these two charts.
539
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:18,920
This is the ratio...
540
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,960
[Kellie] There is new leadership
among the Portuguese.
541
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,760
And the Portuguese are invading
542
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:25,880
and encroaching
543
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,480
deeper and deeper
into the interior of Africa.
544
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,400
[light upbeat music]
545
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,560
[Mary] Essentially,
Mbande is unable to create
546
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,520
the military and political alliances
547
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,320
needed to stem Portuguese aggression.
548
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,200
[inhales sharply]
549
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,160
Tell me about Mbande.
550
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:47,560
Well,
551
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:51,920
we have been averaging 15,000 slaves
a year from the Ndongo region.
552
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,960
We've been losing a few hundred
553
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,880
due to attacks on local slave markets.
554
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,640
[Edson] To capture even more
of Mbande's people,
555
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,280
the Portuguese enlist the help
of a group of warriors
556
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:05,800
called the Imbangala.
557
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,120
["We Are Not the Same" by DJ G1 playing]
558
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,520
The Imbangala are a group of mercenaries.
559
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,520
Essentially, they are hired hands.
560
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,960
And they're known
for being fierce warriors.
561
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,600
["We Are Not the Same" by DJ G1 playing]
562
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,920
[Luke] The most important
of the Imbangala leaders, Kasanje,
563
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,320
is allied with the Portuguese.
564
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,920
[Kellie] People feared them
but they respected them.
565
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,280
So everyone wants the Imbangala
on their side or on their payroll
566
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:56,200
because they knew
that if you had them in your corner,
567
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:57,800
you might have a fighting chance.
568
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:01,640
["We Are Not the Same" by DJ G1 playing]
569
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,400
[plaintive music]
570
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,720
[Queen Diambi] Njinga lost her father,
and she lost her child.
571
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,080
So, I think, as a person,
she must be quite devastated.
572
00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:19,159
However, she's still a princess.
573
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,480
She is still the embodiment
of an ancestor,
574
00:34:23,199 --> 00:34:24,280
so...
575
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:29,120
she has to put aside
the resentment she may harbor
576
00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:31,199
for the man who killed her child.
577
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:37,239
You summoned me.
578
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:39,920
You missed another council meeting.
579
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,520
[Njinga] Accept my apologies,
580
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:47,120
our King.
581
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:50,480
Show her.
582
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,719
[Mbande] What's left of our scouts.
583
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,000
Kasanje.
584
00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,080
The Ghost in the Mist.
585
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,400
[Mbande] How does Kasanje
keep breaking through our defenses?
586
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,880
Get some soldiers out there
and bring him to me!
587
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,880
The only soldiers you have left
are guarding Kabasa.
588
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,680
Then send them.
589
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,720
He mustn't be allowed
to cross into Kabasa.
590
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,760
I will not lose
more than my father has lost!
591
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,400
[Njinga] If you lose Kabasa,
592
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,720
you will lose more
than our father ever did.
593
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,320
It's not wise to gamble
with your last line of defense.
594
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,440
And what do you suggest we do, huh?
595
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:39,360
Njinga!
596
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,400
You can use Imbangala warriors.
597
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:42,480
What?
598
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,640
I'm not putting Ndongo's future
in the hands of those traitors.
599
00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:48,640
[Njinga] Those traitors, they are divided.
600
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:50,200
Leverage that.
601
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:56,240
And who better to fight
an Imbangala warrior like Kasanje
602
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:57,880
than another Imbangala?
603
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,240
[Kellie] The Imbangala are actually
made up of different groups,
604
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,200
so they're not all led by the same person.
605
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,720
[Edson] The Imbangala leaders
have no loyalty to anyone.
606
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,080
They'll even fight each other
if the price is right.
607
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,360
And how do you propose we tame them?
608
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:19,560
[Njinga] We don't.
609
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:23,840
We arm them, set them loose,
and buy time to regroup.
610
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:25,440
And if they stand against us? Hm?
611
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,080
They send us over to these slavers?
612
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,160
They won't.
613
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:29,240
You're certain, eh?
614
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:30,720
What other choice do we have?
615
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:32,680
Hmm?
616
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,720
Send me. I'll convince them myself.
617
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,280
No, it's too risky.
618
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,720
We will use whatever men
we have left in Kabasa
619
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,400
to move against the Portuguese
and Kasanje!
620
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:49,360
Why?
621
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,240
My decision is final...
622
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,320
I meant my son.
623
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:56,640
[Njinga] Why?
624
00:36:57,640 --> 00:36:59,600
If you had asked me,
625
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,520
I'd have taken him away from here.
626
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,880
So that you'd never feel threatened.
627
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:07,480
Never see him again.
628
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,320
Why didn't you ask me, Mbande?
629
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,000
Why did you have to take away
630
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,520
the only thing that mattered to me
in this world?
631
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,680
[slow tense music]
632
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,320
The King does what must be done.
633
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:28,680
[scoffs]
634
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:33,320
[sobs]
635
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,960
[slow tense music]
636
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,680
[ominous music]
637
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,880
[children chattering]
638
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,800
[Njinga] It's better
that I go find the Imbangala.
639
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:12,720
I'm afraid, if I stay...
640
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:18,520
I'll do something to the King
that will anger the ancestors.
641
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,640
- But he forbade you to go.
- [Njinga scoffs]
642
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:22,760
I'm not afraid of him.
643
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,240
He can't kill me twice.
644
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,560
[clicks tongue, sighs]
She won't understand.
645
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,600
I heard you're leaving. Where to?
646
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:32,920
To find the Imbangala.
647
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,376
What if they capture you
and give you to the slavers?
648
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,160
[Njinga] That's a risk
I'm willing to take.
649
00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:40,120
If it saves us all from being killed
650
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,440
by Mbande's foolishness
with the Portuguese.
651
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,720
Then let Mbande go, it's his mess!
He's the King!
652
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,320
No! He's better off here.
653
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:48,920
Fine, then I'll come with you.
654
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,720
[Njinga] I need you here,
655
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,920
so that the both of you
can keep an eye on Mbande.
656
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,080
[sobs]
657
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:57,600
Promise me
658
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,000
you'll look after each other
until I return.
659
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:02,480
[Kambu] Promise us...
660
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:03,880
you will return.
661
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:06,640
[sobs]
662
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:08,320
[Funji] Please come back safe.
663
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:12,080
[all sobbing]
664
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:13,320
[Njinga] I love you both.
665
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:14,480
[Njinga sniffles]
666
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,480
[Luke] Njinga defies her brother
and seeks an alliance
667
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,640
with an Imbangala leader called Kasa.
668
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:23,760
This is her really acting on her own.
669
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,360
[pensive music]
670
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,040
[King Ngola] You may be
Ndongo's only hope.
671
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,840
[pensive music]
672
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,800
[upbeat music]
673
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,560
[animals screeching]
674
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:38,200
[Edson] Njinga's taking a huge risk
in seeking out the Imbangala.
675
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:41,640
They're constantly on the move,
676
00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:42,840
pillaging settlements,
677
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,760
and murdering anyone
who stands in their way.
678
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,560
[animals screeching]
679
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,800
[flies buzzing]
680
00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:07,960
Imbangala were here.
681
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:09,320
Weapons out!
682
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,280
[flies buzzing]
683
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:13,440
Careful.
684
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,920
Are you sure about the Imbangala?
685
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:19,480
[Njinga] No.
686
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:23,040
But I trust them
more than I trust the Portuguese.
687
00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:28,680
They cut him down from the back.
688
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:30,960
[Ndambi] Dishonorable.
689
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,760
- War is about honor.
- War is about death.
690
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:37,720
Make no mistake, Ndambi.
691
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:42,400
Look around you.
692
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,680
Honor left these battlefields years ago.
693
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,480
[yelling]
694
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:50,920
[grunts]
695
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,040
[gasps]
696
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:59,360
- [Kasa] Imbangala!
- [Imbangala warriors chanting]
697
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,200
[Njinga] Everyone, behind me!
698
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:04,720
[Imbangala warriors chanting]
699
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,920
- Imbangala!
- [Imbangala warriors howl]
700
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,600
- Imbangala!
- [Imbangala warriors howl]
701
00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:16,000
Imbangala!
702
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:17,080
[Imbangala warriors howl]
703
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:20,960
[Kasa] Well, look at this.
704
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:22,880
A woman.
705
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,360
And you are?
706
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,880
Disappointed at you.
707
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,360
Is this how you welcome guests
onto your land?
708
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,000
Guests bring gifts. You?
709
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,240
You have brought a battle ax.
710
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:38,880
- You brought warriors.
- [Kasa laughs]
711
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:40,440
True.
712
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,040
[Kasa] Let my warrior go.
713
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,640
Put the ax away and I shall give you
a dagger to play with.
714
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:52,360
If you insist.
715
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,000
You still have not introduced yourself.
716
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:00,960
Njinga.
717
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:02,600
Princess of Ndongo,
718
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,680
sister to King Ngola Mbande.
719
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:08,200
And you must be Kasa.
720
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,640
[Kellie] The Imbangala leader, Kasa,
is younger than Njinga,
721
00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:16,280
but he has military prowess.
722
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,680
And he has a band of warriors
723
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:21,640
that she believes
will really serve her well.
724
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:24,480
I have a proposal for you.
725
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:25,960
[inhales sharply]
726
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:29,400
Take your people and leave, princess.
727
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,240
- Now.
- Not...
728
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,000
without what I came for.
729
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:34,720
And what is it that you have come for?
730
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,720
- Your warriors to fight Kasanje...
- [laughs]
731
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:39,920
...and the Portuguese.
732
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:42,280
Is that all?
733
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:47,440
Now tell me.
734
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:53,560
What is it that you have brought
in return for this big request?
735
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:56,000
- Nothing.
- Nothing?
736
00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:58,280
Nothing?
737
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:01,480
Why would I help you for nothing?
738
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:05,040
Because I have nothing to lose,
739
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:08,320
which makes me dangerous.
740
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:14,400
[yelps]
741
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:15,720
[grunts]
742
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:22,000
You don't look very dangerous from here,
Princess Njinga of Ndongo.
743
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:24,000
Really?
744
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:27,880
- [Kasa gasps]
- [Njinga laughs softly]
745
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:29,920
[laughing]
746
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,440
Are you ready to talk now?
747
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:36,120
Or do you still want me
to play with your dagger?
748
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:39,120
[closing theme music]