Queen Nzinga of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms, a scion of the Mbundu people, will spend forty years standing between the Portuguese and their ambitions, using everything at her command -- her cunning, her ruthless intellect, her military acumen, even the bodies of her people -- whatever it takes to succeed. Get behind-the-scenes access to this show at bit.ly/EHPatreon
Nzinga : Hey Guys !! i figured it out, i know the weakness of the Europeans Everyone : Really what is it? Nzinga : They really , really hate each other.
I wish we had RUclips videos like this available back in the 90's; when I was a teenager. I think I learned more from this than I did an entire semester in Global History.
Huh. She seemed way more willing to make deals with the Portuguese than I expected at first. Also,, way to screw a profitable business and diplomatic relationship on the governor's part.
She did not want war, keep in mind that the Portuguese would of completely destroyed her country if they went to war at the time. Her making deals with the Portuguese was not her being open minded, in fact, she hated them, she just did not want them to come in and destroy the country because she was being difficult
Nzinga had a great cultural impact on Brazilian slaves, many today don't know, but the word we use "Ginga", is directly related to queen Nzinga. Ginga means something like "finding a way through adversity, no matter how", deeply related to creative means. That word seems to originate based on queen Nzinga's persistence, and creativity towards the challenges of her life.
@@clayxros576 Eh, depends. Europe had many competent administrator's but only few were mentioned due to the way they affected the continent. But Africa on the other hand was usually made up of smaller tribal societies in which making an impact was much easier.
@@alexandrub8786 the first queen gave back political power to the noble families that the previous prime minister had taken in an attempt to end feudalism due to his ideals in the enlightment, allowed the return of the jesuits and later she became insane, the second one on the other hand was the daughter of a traitor so you can see how well we've had with queens
@@averymetaboi5317 Eh, still, the way her reign went sorta lent ammo to the idea that women were incapable of leadership positions, since she spent the last 20 years of her life (approximation here) living in Brazil, in screaming madness
Aksumite, Ethiopian, Kemet and kushite empires would be lovely. You guys are great in narrating these over looked gems of history. The history it’s self will reshape the way the world views Africa as well as other continents. None of this is mentioned in westernized curriculum so I use videos like this as well as global encyclopedic entries to teach my children their history. Thank you.
Unfortunately, I really am upset that EH didn't go into this, she was a bigger slaver than Portugal. She wasn't upset at slavery, she was upset she couldn't profit from it. That story at the beginning? That was her slave, and after the conversation she gave the slave to the Portuguese dignitary.
Much agreed. Eurocentric channels through me off. Even though of course European history is just as valuable and interesting as African, Asain, and American history it just doesn't sit right. So major props to this channel for inclusion
Unfortunately, a great deal of (Sub-Saharan) African history was only recorded orally. And through war and colonization, those stories inevitably would get lost. So we have to rely on foreigners writing down events as they saw it (whether Arab or European).
A trivia. In Angola local language "Quimbundo" there are 4 or 5 categories of names according to certain circumstances of the baby birth. For examples Queen Nzinga as a baby born with the umbilical cord around her neck would traditionally receive the name of "Lubambo". (Oscar Ribas is the most comprehensive author about the subject of myths, language and culture of Angola.)
bro it nice to see a person how haves interest in my home country history but Quimbundo is one of the 16 Local languages of Angola and the most spoken among the people is Portuguese
@@Dzinho29 I am from angola too living in luanda now actually and meus pais são do kuanza norte. And the both my parent are from the tribe of mainly quimbundo speakers. And this is why i said "one language of Angola, quimbundo" not "the language of angola". I know the other exists but besides Portuguese being our main language, in the local dialects today you are more likely to find quimbundo speaker's than others. From which province did you came from?
I found out just recently that she is my great+ grandmother. Now I'm trying to learn as much as possible about her. So far, I've found that she was a total badass. More research to come...
I love how you guys always bring us history that we wouldnt learn about in normal schooling. THANK YOU!!! Keep it up you guys I'm always learning something new and its always interesting:)
Oof, indeed. Her time ruling, as far as the books are concerned, was a *shipwreck* . Or should I say, - book spoiler alert, ignored by the series - a *"shipsgiving"* to a brand-new pirate crew.
I honestly hate them and I feel like it really detracts from the seriousness of the series. It's already a pretty casual retelling of history, which is fine, but dear god man the voices really bother me. I would actually watch their mythology stuff if it wasn't pretty much based around doing the voices
I think it fits very well to represent the individual in question, such ideas and people who hold them are pathetic and should be treated as such, I feel.
The fact that here in Portugal, we don't learn anything about her its for me perplexing, I mean, we should know about her as our neighbors in Spain know about Montezuma
in general we gloss over this time period because it is during the Filipin dynasty. it just resumes itself to "the british, french and dutch are taking our land in South America, Asia and Africa. case in point: the dutch have arrived to help Nzinga.
I love your channel, not only do I learn more than I did at school about the period of history that were taught (Irish potato famine to name just one) but I learn about fascinating periods of history that were ignored completely. I look forward to learning more about this woman.
I really appreciate you guys including African history it's extremely refreshing and a great reason why I value you guys above all other channels of History
I read about this story from that book series where its written like a diary and it goes back in time with history. I absolutely fell in love with this story and it just goes to show how resilient a people can be. I encourage EVERY ONE OF YOU to watch all of these videos because I think you'll love this story as well.
16th century, 1600-1700 so is it done in my country. I for example am 25 and two month old, and I do not call myself 26 years old, the same reasoning is used in Sweden when it comes to centuries. when you pass into the 1600 its the 16th century, not the 17th. Same we call its the 20th century right now, and the world wars was in the early 19th century etc. To me its weird to say 17th century and mean the years 1600-1699 instead of 1700-1799.
@@MrEmiosk i am sure what you're saying is true but with all due respect ,generally when we talk about centurys we call the 16 hundreds the 17th century. I am sure you dont need an explanation but year 0 to year 100 is the 1st century so the 1600 to 1700 is the 17th century.
We will never whether Nzinga was as brutal as the Portuguese say or genuinely Christian (the Portuguese claimed she converted at the end of her life) we have to remember that, like the Romans with Attila the Hun, most of our knowledge of Nzinga comes from Portugal.
Yeah, this is one of those things where short of having a testimonial from the servant herself, you can't really tell how this played out. Based on the brief description, I can imagine "I have to kneel down and be a seat for this woman or else I will be brutally punished" or "Of course I'll suffer this indignity to preserve the dignity of my nation in the face of a slaver" both being potential lines of thought for her in that position.
Her sitting on the floor would hurt many thousands of her people. By doing so she would accept the insult the king gave her and acknowledge that her race is a lower form of life. I applaud her for not accepting this insult.
@@Geothesponge111 Yeah, it's kinda hard to get the servant's opinion considering she supposedly slit his throat immediately after using him as a chair.
I really enjoy this. I know very little about African history and, as a Brazilian, looking for other once-Portuguese-colonies seems like a great place to start.
@@Iarlen i think only the ones at the sea not in inland. Also not really all of Africa rather the wester and maybe the central (that maded slave trade with the europeans) part the norther was raiding europe fow slaves the east was exporting to arabia and south, who I reqlly don't know.
@@abcdef27669 Extra credits is pretty capable. Even thoug the theme is VERY sensible (and not without reasons), I belive they could make a well balenced series of the war as how it was, and not how extremists on both sides want it to be remembered.
"You might treat your own people with some slight sliver of human rights, but I treat mine as litteral objects !" Weird to spin it as a positive thing.
I don’t know what you mean here. Both Nzinga’s kingdom and Portugal were slave empires, therefore both treated some of their ‘subjects’ (as slaves technically are ‘subjects’ of the crown or private individuals) as objects.
"How dare you, I won't be degraded like this and sit at your feet. I deserve respect". "You there, servent, get down on all fours so I can use you as a chair. No it's not degrading it's completely different!"
Very accurate narration. I am from Angola too and I feel really privileged for seeing you guys making a video on one of the most encouraging and iconic shares of our history! Thanks @Extra Credits
TheRedHunter how do YOU know?! Were YOU there?! This was her entourage! The servant KNEW what she had to do to avoid humiliation for her princess. Nzinga’s own mother was a slave cretin!
Episode idea: The 80 years war and Dutch Revolt. Very influencial and very complicated. Also not so well known. I think it would make for a great series!
Thanks for doing a video with a part of Portuguese history... As a Portuguese I am greatfull... As an Fan of History thanks for show me the other side of the Portuguese colonial expantion....
Might wanna take a few tips out of Dante's Inferno. Whole thing was pretty much the guy writing the world's first self-immersion fanfic. It's hilarious.
If there’s one person I wanted covered by Extra History but never expected to be covered, it’s Queen Nzinga. Glad to see this underrated ruler get some love!
You guys are sounding just like the governer -_- I mean come on: they did voices for other individuals in the videos and nobody complained in those instances. Yet governer complains that a women is leading her people with obvious misogyny and you complain about the way his tone is depicted? Seems sketchy to me..... Besides: that is the typical tone of voice mysogensits use whenever a women does something that makes them butt-hurt.
we forget them because they are irrelevant to history. yes mali may have had thousands of slaves get gold but that doesnt mean anything when you lack in technology to further your power. zulu wasnt really significant either, nor is nzinga. we dont forget them, they are just not important
@@iPizerr ... irrelevant, because we consider it so. But even if we don't know or see their influence, on our modern world doesn't mean the didn't have one. Learning about african culture can make you understand a lot on how some modern culture, religion (such as modern vaudou),were born, modified and evolve through time... History is generaly a matter of perspective if you look only one way you never grasp how some detail actualy define our world today. Plus seeing africa as irrelevant is a mistake, africa might be unstable, but we can't deny they go a rich culture, history and rich land too So no they are not irrelevant. Africa influence most of the culture of the "new world". Most of ex colonial empire have now complex relation of love & hate with Africa. maybe european shape modern Africa but violent or not when 2 civ meet each other there is exchange in the 2 sides.
Nice calling her slave a "servant". She also gifted that servant to the portuguese before leaving because she has many more "chairs" and won't use the same one twice
This is an account that is contradicted by other sources. It’s important to realize that Portuguese sources on Nzinga, although greatly respecting her military ability and religious conversion, are as heavily biased as Tacitus on Boudicca (for example, Tacitus claims Boudicca was 6ft tall but he never even saw her/had a written physical description).
Terry Carr they were slaves, the Portuguese started the slave trade when they had contact with africans South of Marroco, the empire of Mali was one of them, they were using slaves for Battle and forced work. Ndongo was the same thing, the europeans “just” made it a bigger operation and worsen the life of slaves, their life was bad but we made it worst.
@@giadinhhang5988 Royal servants often fall under a different category than slaves, as they either were hired on or hand picked from willing families. Slaves get no say in the matter. I say typically cause obviously that doesn't happen every time, but you get the idea.
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Queen Nzinga of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms, a scion of the Mbundu
people, will spend forty years standing between the Portuguese and their ambitions, using everything at her command -- her cunning, her ruthless intellect, her military acumen, even the bodies of her people -- whatever it takes to succeed.
Get behind-the-scenes access to this show at bit.ly/EHPatreon
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Extra Credits pls do aztecs
Another good video!
Been waiting for this one! Can't wait for the rest of the series.
Wakanda- uh...I mean, Ndongo foreva!!!
King: "Kill my sister's child, and sterilize her."
Advisor: "Ok, but don't you think she will want revenge?"
King: "Nah, what reason would she have."
Why brutality is never a good idea for long term health
@@clayxros576 For the point of the joke ladies and gentlemen, look above.
@@clayxros576 ahem... Noone can avenge their sons if there is Noone alive to avenge
Dead men don’t grudges.
@@ОлегКозлов-ю9т He's right,tho, brutality isn't a good idea.
Nzinga: *sits on her servant as a throne*
Weird flex but okay
Would you like to elaborate?
Sorry.
servant=slave= whatever I want you to be atm
There was no chair, what else could she sit on? The floor? That would be barbaric.
@@np7736 would not want to be around her when she needed tp
Nzinga : Hey Guys !! i figured it out, i know the weakness of the Europeans
Everyone : Really what is it?
Nzinga : They really , really hate each other.
svon1 lol
Yeah... that’s sounds about right
Lol true.
that's almost every European country in that century
@@annoyingamerican515 still now tho, (to an extent lol)
the enemy of my enemy is still probably my backstabbing enemy.
realistic
If the enemy of my enemy is a Dutch I have two enemies
@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio wow
@spider879 Exactly. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy (in this case)
@Tyler McDaniel In alliances of convience that is usually true.
"can i have a chair"
"i dont know can you"
*sits on servant*
"Yes; yes I can."
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Portuguese: Exists
Dutch: *Im bout to end this mans whole career*
Dutch: Gets kicked from Brazil by a handful of portuguese some slaves and Indians
Portugal: What a noob
Brazil in the future: My Childhood was wierd
*WILHELMUS VAN NASSOUWE*
*BEN IK, VAN DUITSEN BLOED...*
@@miguelmontenegro3520 It didn't matter that you eventually kicked us out. By the time you got it back, brazil had already lost it's sugar monopoly.
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
Brasil: “Hold my coffee... Time to kick some dutch ass!”
16th century...the year 1626...
Somebody made an oopsie!
Remember century names are always one plus than the actual century itself
Yeah they do that pretty consistently throughout all of their videos. Not sure why.
@@reddyforlenny9389 2000 was in the 20th century though ;)
@@realhawaii5o Not 2001 though.
@@bobbylewis2 Probably because the rest of the world doesn't do that.
Queen Nzinga to the Portuguese: *_I am inevitable_*
Hehehe
Lachelle Lewis hehehe
Hehe
I am the Senate
Is that going to be a new meme? I'm all for it.
I wish we had RUclips videos like this available back in the 90's; when I was a teenager. I think I learned more from this than I did an entire semester in Global History.
❤
Huh. She seemed way more willing to make deals with the Portuguese than I expected at first.
Also,, way to screw a profitable business and diplomatic relationship on the governor's part.
The Portuguese looked Africa and saw resources they could forge. Nzinga looked at the Portuguese and saw an anvil she could forge with.
@@timothymclean As a Portuguese person myself, you're right.
racism and self obsession is one hell of a drug
And that's the "good" governor of Luanda. Just you wait until the next one comes.
She did not want war, keep in mind that the Portuguese would of completely destroyed her country if they went to war at the time. Her making deals with the Portuguese was not her being open minded, in fact, she hated them, she just did not want them to come in and destroy the country because she was being difficult
Nzinga had a great cultural impact on Brazilian slaves, many today don't know, but the word we use "Ginga", is directly related to queen Nzinga. Ginga means something like "finding a way through adversity, no matter how", deeply related to creative means. That word seems to originate based on queen Nzinga's persistence, and creativity towards the challenges of her life.
*Meanwhile in EU4* Byzantine Africa.
Kinda surprised an african leader hasn't managed this already. The number of capable administrators out there in comparison to Europe is staggering
@@clayxros576 Eh, depends. Europe had many competent administrator's but only few were mentioned due to the way they affected the continent. But Africa on the other hand was usually made up of smaller tribal societies in which making an impact was much easier.
A man of culture as well
Byzantine Africa, and Ming California
@@archsteel7 That is an awfully common colony for Ming to gain not gonna lie
Funny thing is, Maria, a woman, would eventually lead Portugal.
Also, random, bottom of the stack of papers request, maybe do a Series on Eva Peron.
Wasn't she crazy? That rather help the portuguese governator.
@@alexandrub8786 Well, She went crazy but she wasn't always crazy
@@alexandrub8786 the first queen gave back political power to the noble families that the previous prime minister had taken in an attempt to end feudalism due to his ideals in the enlightment, allowed the return of the jesuits and later she became insane, the second one on the other hand was the daughter of a traitor so you can see how well we've had with queens
@@averymetaboi5317 Eh, still, the way her reign went sorta lent ammo to the idea that women were incapable of leadership positions, since she spent the last 20 years of her life (approximation here) living in Brazil, in screaming madness
She was a pretty shitty leader actually
Aksumite, Ethiopian, Kemet and kushite empires would be lovely. You guys are great in narrating these over looked gems of history. The history it’s self will reshape the way the world views Africa as well as other continents. None of this is mentioned in westernized curriculum so I use videos like this as well as global encyclopedic entries to teach my children their history. Thank you.
Queen Nzinga to Portugal: *"YOU CAN'T SEE ME, MY TIME IS NOW!"*
@Holy Sealandic
TO THE SKIES!
@@evelyngravatt3198 SEE CARO-wait is this even allowed here?
What's EU4
They should teach about her in school. Absolute badass woman.
You should research her more thoroughly.
?
Today my teacher made us watch this very video
Unfortunately, I really am upset that EH didn't go into this, she was a bigger slaver than Portugal. She wasn't upset at slavery, she was upset she couldn't profit from it. That story at the beginning? That was her slave, and after the conversation she gave the slave to the Portuguese dignitary.
@@Dr.Starboundeven if that happened, she’s still way better than most people in history
I really appreciate how you incorporate African history into your series! I feel it's oft overlooked and it's nice to see this channel value it :)
Much agreed. Eurocentric channels through me off. Even though of course European history is just as valuable and interesting as African, Asain, and American history it just doesn't sit right. So major props to this channel for inclusion
Side note: Extra Credit's series on Shaka is one of their best
Unfortunately, a great deal of (Sub-Saharan) African history was only recorded orally. And through war and colonization, those stories inevitably would get lost. So we have to rely on foreigners writing down events as they saw it (whether Arab or European).
@@jackson0335 hell yeah it is. Mansa Musa was really good too.
They do a lot of non-European (ehem) history. And it is great.
"And stole adolescents to fill their ranks,"
Some things never change.
Preston Jones they just want to speed run the kids,
bloody hell I'm in the middle of my EU4 Kongo run (around 1550)
kriegwhatever African Power?
@@theliberator5126 of course!
Make nzinga proud, to colonise the Portuguese
now in 1700s pushing through morocco to tangiers. next war I'll grab Lisboa
Lol I shall amass troops to aid you Krieg
A trivia. In Angola local language "Quimbundo" there are 4 or 5 categories of names according to certain circumstances of the baby birth. For examples Queen Nzinga as a baby born with the umbilical cord around her neck would traditionally receive the name of "Lubambo".
(Oscar Ribas is the most comprehensive author about the subject of myths, language and culture of Angola.)
bro it nice to see a person how haves interest in my home country history but Quimbundo is one of the 16 Local languages of Angola and the most spoken among the people is Portuguese
Fascinating
@First Last
I have an intrest in Language & culture
@First Last nah its fascinating men
@@Dzinho29 I am from angola too living in luanda now actually and meus pais são do kuanza norte. And the both my parent are from the tribe of mainly quimbundo speakers. And this is why i said "one language of Angola, quimbundo" not "the language of angola". I know the other exists but besides Portuguese being our main language, in the local dialects today you are more likely to find quimbundo speaker's than others.
From which province did you came from?
Portugal: AFRICA IS OURS!!!!
Nzinga: GTFO, I won't say it again.
I found out just recently that she is my great+ grandmother. Now I'm trying to learn as much as possible about her. So far, I've found that she was a total badass. More research to come...
Are you by chance Brazilian?
Great grandmother?
@@afrolofi The plus
@@idiosyncraticlawyer3400 appreciate you 🙏
@@anoon- gotta be Angolan...
Since they didn't have tubal ligation in 17th-century Africa, I shudder to think of what 'sterilization' method was used on Nzinga and her sister.
CUT YOU KNOW WHAT OFF
Marilyn Pickles WE DON’T KNOW WHAT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO REMOVABLE SURFACE FEATURES FOR STERILIZING WOMEN
They would usually stick hooks or other sharp things to rip apart um, you know were...
Or made them drink poison
Nurlinda F Sihotang aren't you forgetting they were supposed to remain alive after the sterilization? -.-
SHE IS A LEGEND IN OUR COUNTRY.♥️🇦🇴
God bless Angola and long live the MPLA! 🇨🇺❤🇦🇴 ☭
You guys must be short on legends if this is the type of person you admire LMAO
I love how you guys always bring us history that we wouldnt learn about in normal schooling. THANK YOU!!! Keep it up you guys I'm always learning something new and its always interesting:)
Queen Nzinga: Like Cersei Lannister if she lived up to her own hype.
Smarter
Remember Tywin's words, "You're not as smart as you think you are"
Oof, indeed. Her time ruling, as far as the books are concerned, was a *shipwreck* . Or should I say, - book spoiler alert, ignored by the series - a *"shipsgiving"* to a brand-new pirate crew.
And was actually smart.
And Competent.
@@mykomatos5445 Yup. Nzinga is way smarter. By "her own hype," I also meant how Cersei thought of her own intelligence.
Didn't get the turn of words my bad
Portuguese: "We want to enslave your people."
Queen Nzinga: "Dracarys 🙃"
Thank you so much for including African history in your work without the bias we encounter so often.
@Fatin Marwat True but European history does the same.
I like the funny voices but maybe they should be kept in the mythology series.
I honestly hate them and I feel like it really detracts from the seriousness of the series. It's already a pretty casual retelling of history, which is fine, but dear god man the voices really bother me. I would actually watch their mythology stuff if it wasn't pretty much based around doing the voices
I'd settle for no funny voices.
I think it fits very well to represent the individual in question, such ideas and people who hold them are pathetic and should be treated as such, I feel.
@@vazak11 I understand what you mean, but I personally think that you don't need funny voices to make fun of them.
I stopped watching the whole mythology series because of all the over-acting...
The fact that here in Portugal, we don't learn anything about her its for me perplexing, I mean, we should know about her as our neighbors in Spain know about Montezuma
in general we gloss over this time period because it is during the Filipin dynasty. it just resumes itself to "the british, french and dutch are taking our land in South America, Asia and Africa. case in point: the dutch have arrived to help Nzinga.
I love your channel, not only do I learn more than I did at school about the period of history that were taught (Irish potato famine to name just one) but I learn about fascinating periods of history that were ignored completely. I look forward to learning more about this woman.
I really appreciate you guys including African history it's extremely refreshing and a great reason why I value you guys above all other channels of History
I read about this story from that book series where its written like a diary and it goes back in time with history. I absolutely fell in love with this story and it just goes to show how resilient a people can be. I encourage EVERY ONE OF YOU to watch all of these videos because I think you'll love this story as well.
I remeber reading that! the royal diaries, right?
@@wajeehahmumin1675 Yes! Exactly! It was an amazing book.
Please do Atilla the hun or something about the Vandals
There's already a video series about the founding of the Hun empire
@@Elonyx.studios They haven't done a series on the Huns.
@@Elonyx.studios it's the Mongols that they did. Nothing for the huns yet
I second that
I agree with the latter.
thank you for having African history into these videos
Uhm thats the 17th century...you said 16th
16th century, 1600-1700 so is it done in my country. I for example am 25 and two month old, and I do not call myself 26 years old, the same reasoning is used in Sweden when it comes to centuries. when you pass into the 1600 its the 16th century, not the 17th. Same we call its the 20th century right now, and the world wars was in the early 19th century etc.
To me its weird to say 17th century and mean the years 1600-1699 instead of 1700-1799.
MrEmiosk it’s the 21st century right now
@@MrEmiosk i am sure what you're saying is true but with all due respect ,generally when we talk about centurys we call the 16 hundreds the 17th century. I am sure you dont need an explanation but year 0 to year 100 is the 1st century so the 1600 to 1700 is the 17th century.
Hi i love your videos you should do one on rasputin
Ra ra Rasputin lover of the Russian queen..
@@finner_1415 love that song.
@@finner_1415 There was a cat that really was gone
Ra ra Rasputin
RA RA RUSPUTIN RUSSIAS GREATEST LOVE MACHINE
Will Rasputin be on Extra History or Extra Myth though? He was a slavic deity after all.
listening to history here is a painkiller for me, ends my sarrows for a few mins, i love you extra history
man, this sure smells like a truthful retelling of history with no biases in the manuscript or source material for that matter.
Sarcasm orrrrrrr
We will never whether Nzinga was as brutal as the Portuguese say or genuinely Christian (the Portuguese claimed she converted at the end of her life) we have to remember that, like the Romans with Attila the Hun, most of our knowledge of Nzinga comes from Portugal.
Nobody :
Nzinga : *the pain of another human is a preferable alternative to sitting on the floor*
nzinga: The pain of one human is preferable to the humiliation of all of the Ndongo.
Yeah, this is one of those things where short of having a testimonial from the servant herself, you can't really tell how this played out. Based on the brief description, I can imagine "I have to kneel down and be a seat for this woman or else I will be brutally punished" or "Of course I'll suffer this indignity to preserve the dignity of my nation in the face of a slaver" both being potential lines of thought for her in that position.
Her sitting on the floor would hurt many thousands of her people. By doing so she would accept the insult the king gave her and acknowledge that her race is a lower form of life. I applaud her for not accepting this insult.
@@Geothesponge111 Yeah, it's kinda hard to get the servant's opinion considering she supposedly slit his throat immediately after using him as a chair.
She apparently killed the man afterwords, something about not wanting to sit on the same throne twice... pretty hard to see her as a hero here
Portugese King: Doesn't provide a chair, hoping to humiliate Nzinga
Nzinga: Uses her servant as a throne
What a power move
I really enjoy this. I know very little about African history and, as a Brazilian, looking for other once-Portuguese-colonies seems like a great place to start.
0:46 The look in Nzingas eye of "Ill flip the Portuguese" is beautiful
new world/ africa: *exist*
europe: "HIPITY HOPITY, YOUR LAND IS NOW MY PROPERTY"
It's free real estate.
You should also say that nzingas government had a part in the slave trade and sold their own kind to the european powers
Aren't they american?
alot of nations in africa and asia did that, it was an easy way to dsipose of enemies.
@@Iarlen i think only the ones at the sea not in inland. Also not really all of Africa rather the wester and maybe the central (that maded slave trade with the europeans) part the norther was raiding europe fow slaves the east was exporting to arabia and south, who I reqlly don't know.
Not “ their own people “ , enemies, and are you forgetting that they were *FORCED* to by the Portuguese?
4:04 When you place something on top of a shelf only for it to fall back down and crush your toes.
Make a series about the Paraguayan War
Melhor não... Imagina a encrenca...
Better not... Just imagine the trouble...
@@abcdef27669 Extra credits is pretty capable. Even thoug the theme is VERY sensible (and not without reasons), I belive they could make a well balenced series of the war as how it was, and not how extremists on both sides want it to be remembered.
Please
The triple aliance war
Muito bom. Mas os Paraguaios iam dizer que o paraguai era o pais mais forte das galáxias
“Assert dominance by becoming a chair” is not something I had heard of until Nzinga’s servant
“A woman can’t be a ruler!”
Nzinga: Hold my tribe!
@@doubled6490 No we did not.
such diverse elements as "her cunning, her ruthless intellect, her military acumen and" almost fanatical devotion to the pope - no? damnit! (1:12)
"You might treat your own people with some slight sliver of human rights, but I treat mine as litteral objects !"
Weird to spin it as a positive thing.
I don’t know what you mean here. Both Nzinga’s kingdom and Portugal were slave empires, therefore both treated some of their ‘subjects’ (as slaves technically are ‘subjects’ of the crown or private individuals) as objects.
"How dare you, I won't be degraded like this and sit at your feet. I deserve respect".
"You there, servent, get down on all fours so I can use you as a chair. No it's not degrading it's completely different!"
Or she just wanted to suffer one servant to secure the dignity of all ngondo.
Yeah nothing says dignity more than reducing someone to furniture.@@evrensaygn1017
Very accurate narration. I am from Angola too and I feel really privileged for seeing you guys making a video on one of the most encouraging and iconic shares of our history! Thanks @Extra Credits
I love these african stories guys/gals! We never learn of these in school. keep it up
That slave seems suspiciously happy to be a chair... Servant I mean...
She wasn't a slave and she knew she was helping give the middle finger to the colonists.
@@vazak11 no, she was a slave she probably mostly brought slaves to a meeting, and most 'servants" were salves anyway
TheRedHunter how do YOU know?! Were YOU there?! This was her entourage! The servant KNEW what she had to do to avoid humiliation for her princess. Nzinga’s own mother was a slave cretin!
@@antoniacapellaborges6566 How do you know how the servant was feeling? Were YOU there??
@@antoniacapellaborges6566 wErE yOu ThErE?
Portugese colonial ambitions: *exist*
The Dutch: I'm going to have to stop you right there
Dutch Republic Mapping
The English: how dare you interfere with my ancient ally?
Thank you for treating African history with the same grace as all your wonderfully produced videos 👍
Episode idea:
The 80 years war and Dutch Revolt.
Very influencial and very complicated. Also not so well known. I think it would make for a great series!
"but a woman has never governed this kingdom"
perfect tone for that stupid whining complaint.
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That human chair move seems like such a dickish thing to do to your own subjects when you can't be bothered to bow to anyone in the first place.
Foreign politics are a vicious thing. Had she sat on the floor, it would’ve been an admission of weakness.
she seems like the definition of the saying "she is beauty, she is grace, she will punch you in the face"
As a Portuguese I feel compelled to say that when she stod up she left that sevant girl there, saying "You can keep her. Have more like her."
?? wdym
Thanks for doing a video with a part of Portuguese history... As a Portuguese I am greatfull... As an Fan of History thanks for show me the other side of the Portuguese colonial expantion....
It’s always nice when you do a series in Africa
Yes that partvis pretty ignored.
3:15 "window" of opportunity, dang it
Portuguese colonial empire: **exists**
Dutch: *It's Free Real Estate*
United Kingdom: *DID SOMEONE SAY land?!?!!!!?!!*
*G O D S A V E T H E Q U E E N I N T E N S I F I E S*
*captain smiling background
I think she'd find a common lenguage with Catherine and Theodora.
In fact, I may even write a story about that...
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Would you like to elaborate?
Also Caterina Sforza
Might wanna take a few tips out of Dante's Inferno. Whole thing was pretty much the guy writing the world's first self-immersion fanfic. It's hilarious.
MORE REEeeee
This series is off to a great start :D
buddy says reee in 2019 with a ugandan knuckles profile picture.. no wonder you like this shit video
-._-.
Stoked for #2 of Queen Nzinga ! This is by far one of my favorite YT channels
FInally, I can learn some African History
they have other videos about african history, I highly sugest you to see them, high quality.
I eat penis because
Uh... terribl- uh I mean magnifice-, magnificent name.
I eat penis because they also made videos about the mali empire and great zimbabwe,the zulu empire
Did you miss the Mali and zulu episodes?
You know, what? Your one episode is far better than hundered lessons of historu
...even if they get the centuries wrong. (I mean, 1626. _Sixteenth_ century? Really?)
@@ArkadiBolschek Everyone can make mistake
@@stanisawhupert9015 But they _always_ do that >_
@@ArkadiBolschek Oh....i didnt notice that
@@ArkadiBolschek Oh i havent noticed that
1:35 as Noah Sterling once said: "she's pretty much better than you in every way"
Portuguese: I fear no man….. but that woman is scary
Nzinga: >:3 you know what happens not
Do Empire of Benin, Haile Selassie, and Yaa Asantewaa next, please
@First Last What do you mean "why?"?
@spider879 That's what I was asking
If there’s one person I wanted covered by Extra History but never expected to be covered, it’s Queen Nzinga. Glad to see this underrated ruler get some love!
7:58
I like the chess metaphor, but that other piece is the Queen, defeating the point of the metaphor
Well a king can capture a queen
I like the video but calm down 7:53 just ruined the mood and was annoying.
Yes that part was annoing.
Totally broke my attention. The channel is getting cringey
You guys are sounding just like the governer -_-
I mean come on: they did voices for other individuals in the videos and nobody complained in those instances.
Yet governer complains that a women is leading her people with obvious misogyny and you complain about the way his tone is depicted?
Seems sketchy to me.....
Besides: that is the typical tone of voice mysogensits use whenever a women does something that makes them butt-hurt.
@brano13177 it was cringey and annoing the Ghilghamesh episode too.
He was being a whiney brat coming up with bs reasons to depose her, and we will treat him as such.
the rise of the legend 47 the Nzinga
Yo why am I subscribed to you
Nzinga's brother: I AM KING
Nzinga: Sit yourself down, son.
All salute the servant who accomplished her task as throne of Queen Nzinga
Thanks a lot.
We so often forgot africa in history classes. Yet here we got the Zulu empire, Mali empire and now Nzinga.
we forget them because they are irrelevant to history. yes mali may have had thousands of slaves get gold but that doesnt mean anything when you lack in technology to further your power. zulu wasnt really significant either, nor is nzinga. we dont forget them, they are just not important
@@iPizerr ... irrelevant, because we consider it so. But even if we don't know or see their influence, on our modern world doesn't mean the didn't have one. Learning about african culture can make you understand a lot on how some modern culture, religion (such as modern vaudou),were born, modified and evolve through time...
History is generaly a matter of perspective if you look only one way you never grasp how some detail actualy define our world today.
Plus seeing africa as irrelevant is a mistake, africa might be unstable, but we can't deny they go a rich culture, history and rich land too So no they are not irrelevant.
Africa influence most of the culture of the "new world".
Most of ex colonial empire have now complex relation of love & hate with Africa.
maybe european shape modern Africa but violent or not when 2 civ meet each other there is exchange in the 2 sides.
This story should have been the woman king movie
REAL
Yeeees!! She has been one of my hero’s since a was a small child! Thank you for covering her! ❤️❤️❤️
Dutch: If only we had a way to stick it to the Portuguese.
Nzinga: Allow me to introduce myself...
Love how the servant is just as smug about Nzinga sitting on her as Nzinga is.
I suspect what's going through her mind is, "I elevate my queen, I elevate my people."
@@hestiathena4917 That's what I assumed too.
The Portuguese surprised a Queen will not sit down...... is the missed lesson
5:48 so she killed an innocent soul who had done nothing but being son of some bad guy? What a cruel atrocity.
She got back at him for killing her child
I love how happy the human chair looks :D
NEVER HEARD OF ANY OF THIS! Thanks guys, this is why you're my favorite channel. If I had a job, I would totally give you money.
Ah man, I was so invested! Will have to wait for part 2 to come out. ‘Sigh’ 😔
02:54 I have never seen a depiction of Power as cute as this one
Nice calling her slave a "servant". She also gifted that servant to the portuguese before leaving because she has many more "chairs" and won't use the same one twice
This is an account that is contradicted by other sources. It’s important to realize that Portuguese sources on Nzinga, although greatly respecting her military ability and religious conversion, are as heavily biased as Tacitus on Boudicca (for example, Tacitus claims Boudicca was 6ft tall but he never even saw her/had a written physical description).
Sterilize and murder...
Surprised when she wants revenge...
What?
I love how the servant is just like >:) "My back hurts but not as much as your ego"
Please Extra History, a video about great brasilian people!! :D
...carried by her servents (slaves).
Just a fancy words for slaves.
@@giadinhhang5988 you can debate that because i'm pretty sure those servants were also soldiers
@@IceFireTerry well that is certainly a possibility.
Terry Carr they were slaves, the Portuguese started the slave trade when they had contact with africans South of Marroco, the empire of Mali was one of them, they were using slaves for Battle and forced work. Ndongo was the same thing, the europeans “just” made it a bigger operation and worsen the life of slaves, their life was bad but we made it worst.
@@giadinhhang5988
Royal servants often fall under a different category than slaves, as they either were hired on or hand picked from willing families. Slaves get no say in the matter.
I say typically cause obviously that doesn't happen every time, but you get the idea.
Is it just me or dose Portugal look likes a french fry
We just call it "The Rectangle" (France is the hexagon)
A lil bit, ye
Yeah
And Spain controls Algarve in some scenes for a reason
YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS AN EPISODE ON PORTUGUESE COLONOIAL HISTORY
I'VE BEEN WAITING THIS FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS NOW
I'M SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY :DDDDDDDD
Videos length is 9.11
*_MUST BE DEMONITIZED_*
Lol
Pijus Pijus lol 😂
Man that chair servant is so into it.