Queen Njinga of Ndongo and Performances of Power

Authors

  • Isabella Saracco Stanford University, Undergraduate

Keywords:

gender, power, gender performance, colonialism, slavery, masculinity, Africa, history, Angola, Ndongo, Njinga, Portuguese, religion, Chrisitanity

Abstract

This paper concerns Queen Njinga, the 16th century ruler of present-day Angola, and the different ways she performed power. It argues that she was able to leverage various tools, including forces such as material wealth, tradition, religion, and masculinity, in order to both demonstrate and make manifest her power.

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Published

2022-06-09

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022): Embodied: The Stanford Undergraduate Journal of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Section

Papers/Essays