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[tense music]
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[narrator]
The wheel of history turns once more
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in the Kingdom of Ndongo.
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[instruments playing]
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[upbeat traditional music playing]
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Njinga's brother is dead.
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Her ties to Kasa, the Imbangala warrior,
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have been shattered,
their marriage annulled.
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[echoing]
Njinga!
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[narrator] The consequence of taking
a young, future king's life
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on the day of their wedding.
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[exhales sharply]
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[narrator] A necessary deed,
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to take power
and continue her ultimate plan...
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to drive the Portuguese out of Ndongo,
once and for all.
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[Nganga] All debts are paid.
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You are queen now.
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[soft dramatic music]
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All hail Queen Njinga!
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[crowd] Njinga!
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[crowd chanting]
Njinga! Njinga!
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Njinga! Njinga!
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Njinga! Njinga!
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Njinga! Njinga!
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[ululating]
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[crowd chanting]
Njinga! Njinga!
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Njinga! Njinga!
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[theme music]
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[upbeat music]
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[clucking]
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[bleating]
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The market looks different today.
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These aren't just
our usual traders, sister.
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[Kellie] Now at the age of 42,
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Njinga is Queen.
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She is ruler of all the land.
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She is finally in charge
of the fate of her kingdom, Ndongo.
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[upbeat music continues]
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[Luke] In the Kingdom of Ndongo,
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from the safety of her military base
in the Kindonga Islands,
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Njinga is ruling with her sisters,
Kambu and Funji, by her side.
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Many of these people have come
in response to your call.
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[Kambu] Our spies say
that entire villages have responded,
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emptying out
their most able-bodied to you.
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[Kellie] Njinga is trying to grow her army
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by reaching out to people and saying,
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"Let me be your queen."
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The presentation of herself
as a defiant ruler
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was very appealing to people,
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especially those who felt like
Portuguese enslavement, violence,
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was really undermining
their communities at this time.
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She's creating sanctuary
for people, not only hers,
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but people of other tribes.
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[tense music]
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[Njinga] Who are they?
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[Funji] They arrived this morning.
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On their own?
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[Kambu] Their families were slaughtered.
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Portuguese raided their village.
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Those they didn't kill,
they took with them to Luanda.
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[sighs]
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[Kambu]
They hid in the bushes for three days.
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[tranquil music]
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[Njinga] You're safe now.
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[both chuckle softly]
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[Njinga] A bloody death...
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is too good for Governor Sousa.
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We still don't have enough bodies
to crush Sousa.
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- He's relentless.
- [Njinga] Yes.
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Thank you, Funji. I know what he is like.
You do not need to remind me.
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I was just saying he has men who are...
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Human.
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Not gods.
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Though we may be small in number,
we can still hurt them.
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How?
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These people are mostly farmers,
fishermen, not soldiers.
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Then surrender
if you have given up, Funji.
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Njinga, be reasonable.
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[Njinga] Reasonable nothing.
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You may see civilians
and downtrodden people.
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I see a homegrown army,
ready to defend their land.
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Do not underestimate
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what someone fighting for their family
is capable of.
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Especially when they have
nothing left to lose.
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[Kambu]
Don't take her frustration to heart.
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She is speaking as the King...
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with the weight of her people
on her shoulders,
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not as our sister.
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I know.
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[Queen Diambi] She does not believe
that Portuguese slavery is okay,
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that her people can be taken captive.
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So she will use and deploy
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every single means she has.
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[Mary]
One of the things that Njinga realizes,
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I think very savvily, is that
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she needs the people
to contest what the Portuguese are doing.
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[ancient horn blowing]
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She sends out her messengers
to various provinces within Ndongo,
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and she encourages people to rebel,
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to join her against the Portuguese.
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Enslaved people on Portuguese plantations
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ran away en masse.
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Enslaved soldiers,
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part of the Portuguese
military presence there escape.
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And in a move indicative
of her tactical brilliance,
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Njinga blocks roads,
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and this disrupts markets
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in which Portuguese settlers
would buy slaves.
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[Luke] Destroying these networks
stops the Portuguese
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being able to march the enslaved
to Luanda, the Portuguese base,
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where captives are either
siphoned into coastal plantations,
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become slave soldiers,
or are sent out of Africa
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and into the transatlantic slave trade.
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[seagulls squawking]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Luke] Back in Luanda,
the new governor Fernão de Sousa
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is seething
at the catastrophic loss of profits.
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[Cécile] The new governor is seeing
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not only his army shrinking,
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but his access
to the slave trade dwindling
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with the activities of Njinga.
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[tense music]
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[Luke] The Portuguese are furious.
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This disruption really puts Njinga
on their radar.
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He doesn't look pleased, sister.
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Good.
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If he's angry, he's not in control.
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Mm.
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[Queen Diambi] Although the Portuguese
have a superior military,
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they still feel like
it would be best to negotiate
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rather than go with force every time
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because force will eventually
deplete them.
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[exhales heavily]
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Illustrious envoy
of his Excellency, Governor de Sousa.
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You are most welcome.
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I bring a message.
[clears throat]
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I bring an order from the Governor.
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Return his property immediately.
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Property? What property?
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Slaves.
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Portugal's slaves...
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you know very well
what property I'm referring to,
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since you and your... your...
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[tense music]
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Go on.
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[clicks tongue]
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Since you and your...
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soldiers...
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have disrupted every slave market
from here to Luanda.
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You have taken property
that does not belong to you.
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Those slaves belong to the Governor.
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Please...
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tell the Governor I will be happy
to return his property, his...
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[chuckles]
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...slaves.
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[astonished exhale]
Well, good.
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I, I shall return at once and tell...
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Only problem is...
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I don't have any.
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What?
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I don't have any slaves.
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What do you mean
you don't have any slaves?
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- You can't have sold...
- I never had...
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any slaves.
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Look around.
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Do you see any slaves here?
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If you see any,
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tell me.
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And I will gladly return them
to the Governor.
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[tense music continues]
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Go on!
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[Njinga] Do you see any slaves here?
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Tell the Governor
there are no slaves here...
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in my kingdom.
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Kindly escort our guests
to the road safely.
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[Njinga] It's almost dark.
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We wouldn't want you getting lost.
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Becoming somebody else's property.
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Would we?
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[suspenseful music]
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We both know
that the Governor will not be pleased.
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So be it.
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[hisses]
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[Kellie] This is the first time in decades
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in which Ndongo has the upper hand
against the Portuguese,
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in which Ndongo is a force
to be reckoned with.
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[sighs]
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[tense music]
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[creaking]
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[Mary] The Portuguese were terrified.
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It's detrimental
to the Portuguese Empire as a whole.
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It's not only about
their conquest of Ndongo.
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It's really about
their colonial possessions in Brazil,
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which at this time,
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is one of the wealthiest colonies
in the world.
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And they need enslaved laborers
to grow sugar, white gold,
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one of the most lucrative commodities
that existed in the 17th century.
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[Luke] But now, in what could really be
a huge blow for Portuguese slave traders,
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Njinga is not just winning over
enslaved people,
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she's also bringing
the noble class called sobas, on side.
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[Mary]
The Portuguese use political violence
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in order to create alliances
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and to make people afraid to cross them.
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They relied on sobas, African allies,
to deliver enslaved people
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and because of Njinga's resistance
to Portuguese rule,
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sobas were increasingly denying
that tribute to the Portuguese.
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[Capt. Cardoso]
We do not have any tributes.
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The Soba continue to flock
to Njinga in droves.
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At this rate,
we won't have any slaves to speak of.
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By rights...
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that savage...
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should be in the bowels
of a slave ship on her way to Salvador
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along with her miserable compatriots,
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that thieving whore!
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Njinga has no idea what's coming for her.
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We will unleash the wrath of Portugal
on that pagan female
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until she has nowhere left to hide
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on this miserable,
godforsaken corner of the earth!
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Whatever it takes.
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[exhales sharply]
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[Cécile] Njinga is such a danger
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to the prospect of the Portuguese
in the region
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that they decided
to get rid, right, of the problem
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that Njinga was, once and for all.
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She's basically public enemy number one.
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[Mary] This is the moment
that Governor Fernão de Sousa
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gains authorization
from the Catholic Church
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to launch
this "just holy war" against her.
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[animals chittering]
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Gentlemen, the forest is full of savages.
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Our prize is near.
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I want you coming in from the west...
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and the rest of you,
following me from behind.
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Today we take our prize, boys.
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The Portuguese begin a bloody
military campaign against Njinga.
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[Luke] Over a period of two months,
they eat into her territory
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and eventually surround her stronghold
in the Kindonga Islands.
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- [soldier 1 yells]
- [Njinga grunting]
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- [soldier 2 screams]
- [grunts]
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- [shrieks]
- [soldier 3 groans]
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[strained grunt]
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[breathing heavily]
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[suspenseful music]
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- [gunshot]
- [gasps]
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[tense music]
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[gunshots]
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[soldiers screaming]
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[Ndambi] They're overpowering us.
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[pants]
Retreat!
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Fall back to the bushes now!
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[Kellie] The Portuguese are relentless.
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She thinks she can outwait them
but she really can't.
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[warriors clamoring]
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[gunshots]
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The Portuguese firepower is
too much for Njinga.
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She loses many of her warriors.
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The threat for Njinga
and her people is annihilation,
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you know, complete destruction.
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[soldiers yelling]
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[insects chirping]
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[Luke] From a jungle hideout
in the Kindonga Islands,
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Njinga knows the odds of winning
are stacked against her.
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She must decide whether to stay and fight
or retreat and rebuild.
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[Mwene Lumbo]
De Sousa has increased his armies.
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There's even talk of a reward for...
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[Njinga] Baskets of hands,
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noses, and heads of my subjects.
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And for you too, my Queen.
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[Ndambi] This response of this magnitude
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means that you are a formidable adversary.
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Their actions are speaking louder
than their words.
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And what are they saying?
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That they're bloodthirsty,
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greedy, cruel murderers?
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They are saying that you are Queen.
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Legitimate, powerful, loved.
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[Nganga] Too dangerous to live.
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Isn't that what you wanted?
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For them to know
and acknowledge who you are?
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Well...
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you have your wish.
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What I have...
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is an army that is sick,
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depleted, and exhausted.
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[Njinga]
I know they will be loyal to the end.
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But not like this.
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Not when the Portuguese
can sniff our weakness.
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What do the ancestors say? Hmm?
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They can't have brought us
this far to fail.
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[Olivette]
We know from historical records,
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she needs to retreat,
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but she can't do that without losing face.
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So she decides to consult the ancestors
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and in particular, her dead brother.
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Ngola Mbande.
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You see more than we do.
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Further than we can.
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Guide us.
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[rattling]
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[Njinga] What does it say?
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[Nganga] Shh. Patience.
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Your brother says you have to be alive
to fight, my daughter.
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They say, "Live first,
and fight another day."
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[sighs]
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We can't stay here.
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If more soldiers are coming,
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and the ancestors have agreed...
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that we should retreat...
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then we need to leave tonight.
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Under the cover of dark,
it's too dangerous to wait.
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Wake them.
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[Njinga inhales sharply]
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The ancestors have spoken.
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[Mary]
Njinga uses her spirituality strategically
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to demonstrate to the people of Ndongo
known as Mbundu people
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that ancestral knowledge and power
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is informing her political
and strategic decisions.
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[inhales deeply]
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[animals screeching]
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[calm music]
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[Edson] Njinga and her entourage
flee and go on the run.
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She makes the really difficult decision
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to leave her beloved sisters behind
in the Kindongo Islands
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at the war camp for their own safety.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Edson] At this point, the Portuguese
are taking over large parts
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of Njinga's kingdom, Ndongo.
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In order to protect her people,
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she has to turn to diplomacy.
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Who does this savage think he is?
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[Luke]
In 1626, Njinga sends her Mwene Lumbo,
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the highest official
and highest diplomat to the Portuguese,
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to try and affect a peace.
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I thank you for the honor
of granting this audience.
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With your permission,
permit me to introduce myself.
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I am the Mwene Lumbo,
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special envoy
of her most excellent majesty,
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Queen Njinga of Ndongo.
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[Luke] She sends her highest official
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because this is an act of respect for her.
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It's something that she hopes
will bring the Portuguese
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to the negotiation table.
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[Mwene Lumbo]
Queen Njinga sends her warmest salutations
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to your Excellency.
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She has instructed me to note
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that she will reopen access to markets...
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in return
for her rightful recognition as Queen.
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We offer these tributes...
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as a sign of goodwill from my queen.
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With the promise of more,
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should we reach
a mutually agreeable solution.
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[tense music]
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[Gov. Fernão] Please show our guest...
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what a mutually agreeable solution
looks like.
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[soldier grunts]
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[soldiers grunting heavily]
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[Luke] They imprison the Mwene Lumbo
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and later execute him
in a public beheading.
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But the Portuguese were not done yet.
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The Portuguese will do anything
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to ensure that she's not able
to carry on with her mission.
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So they have to find what weakness
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could erode Njinga's power from within.
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[birds chirping]
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My Queen.
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[breathing heavily]
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00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,400
Speak! What happened?
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The Portuguese destroyed Kilombo.
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[Ndambi] Many have lost their lives.
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Funji, Kambu...
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My sisters. What about my sisters?
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They took them.
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[Nganga] They what?
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[tragic music]
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[breathes shakily]
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No.
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[Njinga crying]
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No, no, please.
[whimpers]
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My ancestors, please.
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No.
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Please, no.
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[Queen Diambi] Her sisters are captured
and taken prisoner
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by the Portuguese,
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as a bargaining chip.
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[sobbing]
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Her sisters, these are two
of the closest relationships in her life.
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It's really terrifying.
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They are taken by the Portuguese,
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who have shown
nothing but violent disregard
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for many Ndongo leaders in the past.
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[Nganga] Enough.
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Get up, Njinga.
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Your ancestors need you on your feet.
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[exhales heavily]
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[Nganga] Yes.
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That's it.
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[Queen Diambi] She's devastated,
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and she has to think about what to do
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and also, she must be aware
of what will be asked of her
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to get her sisters back.
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[exhales deeply]
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[Njinga] We make camp here tonight.
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Tomorrow, we leave for the Imbangala.
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00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:18,440
We are returning to Kasa?
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00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,600
No, Kasa's a boy.
I'm going to Chief Kasanje.
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00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,600
My queen, is that wise?
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00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,040
- Kasanje is...
- He is not a man to be played with.
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00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,520
[Njinga] I have no choice.
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He's the only man...
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who can give me what I need...
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to fight the Portuguese.
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Are you willing to pay the price?
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00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:43,560
Yes.
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00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,480
You do not send a goat to fight a lion.
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I want my sisters back.
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I want the Portuguese off my land.
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Every last one of them, gone!
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[Luke] Njinga is weakened after
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her forces are depleted.
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She needs to rebuild her power base.
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00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,400
She needs men, she needs an army,
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00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,880
and she wants someone who can help
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to make sure that the Portuguese
are no longer able to take another life
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or another member of her family.
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00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:18,720
[groans]
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00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,960
[Luke] So with her back against the wall,
she decides to take quite a drastic step,
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00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,880
trying to become ally
with the Imbangala Captain Kasanje.
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00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,640
[tense music]
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00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:36,480
Kasanje is the most powerful leader
of the Imbangala people.
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00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,760
Kasanje's power reaches far beyond that
of any other Imbangala ruler.
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He has an enormous power base
of 80,000 troops
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that Njinga knows she can tap into.
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00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:52,280
He is reputed to be incredibly violent,
cannibalistic, and dangerous.
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00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:54,160
[villagers screaming frantically]
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00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,560
[Edson] He's also a longtime enemy
who attacked Ndongo seven years earlier.
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00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,440
[birds squawking]
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00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,520
[animal screeching]
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00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,560
[Luke] At this point, Kasanje's Imbangala
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have ambitions
to abandon their nomadic lifestyle
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to become a more settled group.
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00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,120
They both have something the other wants.
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00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,440
He has the fierce army she needs,
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00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,080
and Njinga knows
how to build him a kingdom.
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00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:32,720
[Kellie] It's her last resort.
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00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,040
If she can get an alliance,
she could consolidate power,
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so that she becomes
the greatest threat in the region.
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00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,400
You are your mother's daughter.
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00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:43,480
Meaning?
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00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,880
Do you think that was an easy task,
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being with a powerful man
like your father?
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00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,160
More powerful than this one here.
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00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:57,560
Call on her.
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00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,720
It is your mother's spirit that you need
to be working with now, not your father's.
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[Njinga sighs]
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00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,320
[Njinga] He may be a proud,
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00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,840
battle-hardened Imbangala...
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but he is a man first.
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00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:13,760
Mm-hm.
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[Njinga]
So I will not meet him as a female king.
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But as a queen.
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Because I'm also a woman first.
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For now.
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00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,200
[sighs]
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00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,600
[upbeat music]
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00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,040
[upbeat music continues]
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[Njinga] I have come...
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to seek refuge...
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and an alliance...
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with the only man in this kingdom
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who is truly capable
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of defeating the Portuguese.
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00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,480
The great Njinga...
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seeks my protection from the Portuguese.
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00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,800
And in return,
I shall fight loyally alongside you.
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00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:12,120
With what?
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00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:14,680
[soft chuckle]
With...
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00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:16,560
heart.
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00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,680
And whatever resources
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the great Chief Kasanje
is willing to give me.
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00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,360
[Njinga] I have fought many times
alongside the Imbangala.
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I never disappoint.
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00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:38,600
You speak well.
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00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,600
- Thank you.
- But your words...
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are not enough to get into this camp.
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00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:46,960
What will it take?
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00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:49,920
[sighs]
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00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:55,720
[Kasanje] I have two conditions.
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00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,720
First, you'll become my wife.
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00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,200
I'm the Lord of this Kilombo.
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00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,600
And there's only room
for one lord, not two.
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00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,720
You'll not do to me what you did to Kasa.
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00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,520
And second?
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00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:17,840
[Kasanje] Get rid of that.
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00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,160
I don't want to see it in your hand.
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00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,720
Your symbols of authority
have no weight here.
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00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,200
[Queen Diambi] Njinga has ritual objects,
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00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:31,800
like many kings in Africa.
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00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,520
I have a royal necklace.
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00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,280
I have a royal scepter.
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00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:40,480
Njinga has her belt, the lunga,
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00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,200
which represent her power
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00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:44,720
as being the female king.
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00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,320
Throw it away.
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00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,440
[tense music]
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00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:58,800
[belt clatters]
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00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,560
[Queen Diambi]
She knows that to strengthen her ranks
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00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,520
and get her sisters back,
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00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,880
she has to make certain sacrifices.
509
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,560
[festive music playing]
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00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,160
[crowd cheering]
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00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,920
[Mary] One of the strategies
that she employs throughout her life
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is she will acculturate,
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00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:34,840
take on aspects of cultures foreign to her
in order to get what she wants.
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00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,576
And I think that's something
that's very unique
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00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:37,920
about Njinga as a leader.
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00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:40,760
[Kasanje] You said you wanted to fight,
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to lead a contingent of my men.
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00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,480
Well, you can't do that without the title.
519
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,840
So I've decided
to appoint you Queen Njinga.
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00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,360
Master of Arms and Great Warrior.
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00:31:58,680 --> 00:31:59,720
But...
522
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,360
[Njinga] But what?
523
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,480
- More conditions?
- You know me very well.
524
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,200
We'll make a formidable couple.
525
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,240
What do you want from me, Kasanje?
526
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:13,320
[Kasanje] Not just me.
527
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:15,680
We!
528
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,280
[crowd chanting]
529
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,160
[lively music playing]
530
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:27,960
You must take the Blood Oath.
531
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:32,520
Prove you're truly one of us.
532
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,640
Do it now and everything I promised you
is immediately yours.
533
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,440
[Cécile] She has to prove herself
534
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:58,360
as determined
to become sincerely Imbangala.
535
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,920
She has to go through
a set of ritual procedures.
536
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,640
[crowd chanting]
537
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,440
She has to consume
the blood of a human person.
538
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,600
[lively music playing]
539
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,960
That moment in the biography of Njinga
540
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,920
is the most debated
in the historical records
541
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,040
and in the mythology of Njinga.
542
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,680
[breathing heavily]
543
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:33,640
To what extent did she become
an Imbangala cannibal?
544
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:36,800
Did she consume human flesh?
545
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,720
Did she perform human sacrifices?
546
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,600
[Rosa in Portuguese]
The Portuguese sources,
547
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:51,200
they demonize the Imbangala
as barbaric cannibals.
548
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,160
And the Portuguese
549
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:58,720
used this defamation campaign
to discredit Njinga.
550
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:00,280
In my opinion,
551
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,960
there were no hearts
being eaten by anyone.
552
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,320
Njinga didn't eat anyone's heart.
553
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,720
[intense music]
554
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,280
[breathing heavily]
555
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:16,800
[sighs]
556
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,000
[Luke]
After becoming an Imbangala Captain,
557
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,199
Njinga turns her mind
558
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,679
and her energies to conquest.
559
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:29,400
What?
560
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:34,920
I want one more thing.
561
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:36,480
More?
562
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:37,600
Mm.
563
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:41,880
A base.
564
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,679
You want to talk about war right now?
565
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:46,760
Yes.
566
00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:51,080
You already have a base.
567
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:53,600
Right here.
568
00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:54,840
I want my own base.
569
00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,120
Strong enough where I can plan and build...
570
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,360
and hit the Portuguese
where it hurts them the most.
571
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,360
Why do I have a feeling
you already know where?
572
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,520
I want Matamba as my base.
573
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:21,200
If I help you get what you want...
574
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,600
what do I get in return?
575
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:28,920
What do you want, Kasanje?
576
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,000
Hmm?
577
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,960
What can I possibly give
the all-powerful Kasanje?
578
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:35,320
I want you.
579
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,400
- You already have me.
- [Kasanje] Your loyalty.
580
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,040
- You have...
- [Kasanje] No, Njinga.
581
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:42,560
Listen.
582
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,280
You want to end the Portuguese?
583
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:53,480
I want my own kingdom.
584
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:56,880
A strong kingdom.
585
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:05,680
And I want...
586
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:07,920
To trust me?
587
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:11,640
- That I'll be...
- Loyal.
588
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:14,840
Always.
589
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:19,120
Can I trust you?
590
00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:21,920
Kasanje...
591
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,200
I'm the one lying naked in your bed.
592
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,000
I have nothing to hide.
593
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:39,520
Give me...
594
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,120
thousands...
595
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:44,640
of your strongest men.
596
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,640
I will give you a kingdom.
597
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,120
We have a deal.
598
00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:57,920
My queen of Matamba.
599
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,160
[upbeat music]
600
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,760
The conquest of Matamba is
essential for Njinga
601
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,360
strategically, politically,
and militarily.
602
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,960
[Luke] It sits right on the border
of the Kingdom of Ndongo.
603
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,040
So it's from here
that she can launch attacks
604
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,640
and really harass the Portuguese.
605
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:30,760
With Kasanje's men,
606
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,640
she begins her four-year-long
conquest of Matamba.
607
00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:36,840
And it's really there
that she firmly establishes
608
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,840
her new territorial base.
609
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:48,040
[warriors clamoring]
610
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,000
[Luke] Now, at the age of 53,
611
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,480
Njinga is leading a combined army
612
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:56,080
of thousands of Imbangala warriors
and Mbundu soldiers.
613
00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,440
[suspenseful music]
614
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,760
She storms the kingdom
and eventually, she gets to the capital,
615
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:18,120
which is where
the Matamban Queen's quarters is located.
616
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,600
[gentle music]
617
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,760
[approaching footsteps]
618
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:44,680
[Queen Muongo groans]
619
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:47,600
[yelps, pants]
620
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:48,680
[Njinga] No!
621
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,400
We are not the Portuguese.
622
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,680
This is not how we treat royalty.
623
00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:58,880
Even in defeat.
624
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,440
[terrified breathing]
625
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,240
- I said...
- [weapon clinks]
626
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,000
[pants]
627
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,720
Should we go to Kasanje
and sort this out now?
628
00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:11,800
[Njinga Mona] Are you deaf?
629
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,800
Leave while you still have legs
to walk on.
630
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:15,880
[clicks tongue]
631
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,200
[Queen Muongo chokes, gasps]
632
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:21,960
[coughing]
633
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,600
[Queen Muongo panting]
634
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:29,240
[exhales heavily]
635
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,640
They can't harm you. Don't be afraid.
636
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:35,280
What about you?
637
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,480
[Queen Muongo panting]
638
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,400
Should we fear you?
639
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,040
[tense music]
640
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,040
[breathing heavily]
641
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:03,960
You're banished.
642
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:05,960
But don't worry.
643
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,520
You'll be safe a while
where I'm sending you.
644
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:16,120
You may even rule there on my behalf,
but you can never come back here
645
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:17,640
without my permission.
646
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,480
Matamba is mine now.
647
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,040
Understood?
648
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,080
As you wish.
649
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,400
- My daughter and I will leave...
- Your daughter stays here.
650
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:33,320
What?
651
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,040
She's so young.
652
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,280
She... she still has so much to learn.
653
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:40,680
She won't be of any use to you.
654
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,320
I'll be the judge of that.
655
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:45,720
[Njinga] Don't worry.
656
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,040
As long as you go,
657
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,680
and do as your Queen bids...
658
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:54,720
she'll be safe.
659
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:57,640
Wait, wait, wait...
660
00:40:57,720 --> 00:40:59,160
[Njinga] You have my word.
661
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,600
[woman vocalizing]
662
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,480
[vocalizing continues]
663
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,960
[breathing heavily]
664
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:23,640
It isn't personal.
665
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:32,200
It has to be done.
666
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:38,160
You may leave now.
667
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:40,160
Please.
668
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,520
I said... leave.
669
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,360
I'm all she has.
670
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,560
Please. I'm all she has!
671
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,400
[Queen Muongo] No!
[cries]
672
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:52,760
No!
673
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,560
[Luke] Taking Muongo's daughter
674
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,720
would have been a tough
but necessary choice for Njinga.
675
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:01,320
It would ensure that Muongo
would never return to Matamba.
676
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,760
[Queen Diambi]
Now she is Queen of this kingdom.
677
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:11,480
Njinga has to make
some very difficult choices
678
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:14,880
to make sure
that she guarantees the freedom
679
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,840
and the sovereignty of her people.
680
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:19,840
[breathes lightly]
681
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,240
[dramatic music]
682
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:34,520
Mm.
683
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,560
[Luke]
Njinga has made an amazing comeback.
684
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:41,560
She is now an Imbangala Captain,
she's a feared warrior queen
685
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,720
who commands an army
of around 100,000 strong,
686
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:49,720
but crucially, her sisters are still
in the hands of the Portuguese.
687
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:53,640
[Njinga] I will save you soon, my sisters.
688
00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:02,720
[closing theme music]