<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nzinga&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Njinga Ana de Sousa Mbande&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang= "en-fonipa" xml:lang="en-fonipa"&gt;&lt;a title="Help:IPA/English" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English"&gt;/&lt;span title= "'n' in 'nigh'"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "/ə/: 'a' in 'about'"&gt;ə&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "/ˈ/: primary stress follows"&gt;ˈ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "'z' in 'zoom'"&gt;z&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'"&gt;ɪ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "/ŋ/: 'ng' in 'sing'"&gt;ŋ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'"&gt;ɡ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "/ə/: 'a' in 'about'"&gt;ə&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;; &lt;abbr title= "circa"&gt;c.&lt;/abbr&gt; 1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African &lt;a title="Paramount ruler" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_ruler"&gt;paramount ruler&lt;/a&gt; who ruled as a queen of the &lt;a title="Ambundu" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambundu"&gt;Ambundu&lt;/a&gt; Kingdoms of &lt;a title="Kingdom of Ndongo" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ndongo"&gt;Ndongo&lt;/a&gt; (1624–1663) and &lt;a title="Kingdom of Matamba" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Matamba"&gt;Matamba&lt;/a&gt; (1631–1663), located in present-day &lt;a class="mw-redirect" title= "Northern Angola" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Angola"&gt;northern Angola&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-nyt-elliott-hughes-2019_1-0" class= "reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzinga_of_Ndongo_and_Matamba#cite_note-nyt-elliott-hughes-2019-1"&gt;&lt;span class="cite-bracket"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;1&lt;span class="cite-bracket"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Born into &lt;a title="List of Ngolas of Ndongo" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ngolas_of_Ndongo"&gt;the ruling family of Ndongo&lt;/a&gt;, her grandfather Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda was the king of Ndongo, succeeded by her father.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Nzinga or Njinga Ana de Sousa Mbande (/nəˈzɪŋɡə/; c. 1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African paramount ruler who ruled as a queen of the Ambundu Kingdoms of Ndongo (1624–1663) and Matamba (1631–1663), located in present-day northern Angola.[1] Born into the ruling family of Ndongo, her grandfather Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda was the king of Ndongo, succeeded by her father.