Nzinga
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Nzinga is a first name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 of both males and females in many countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
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. It can also be a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

.

People:
  • Nzinga of Ndongo
    Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
    Nzinga Mbande , also known as Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande, was a 17th century queen of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundu people in southwestern Africa.-Early life:...

    , a West African warrior queen
  • Nzinga Nkuwu who was baptised as João I of Kongo
    João I of Kongo
    João I of Kongo, alias Nzinga a Nkuwu or Nkuwu Nzinga, was ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo between 1470–1506. He was baptized as João in 3 May 1491 by Portuguese missionaries.-Early reign:...

     by Portuguese missionaries
  • Nzinga Mbemba
  • Queen Nzinga
  • Nzinga Blake
    Nzinga Blake
    Nzinga Blake is an American / Sierra Leonean actress, writer and currently the host of Culture Click, which appears on Saturday mornings on most ABC stations. Blake was a host on Current TV and starred on the TV series Fridays on Cartoon Network, as well as in national television commercials for...

    , celebrity
  • Daniel Ntoni-Nzinga
    Daniel Ntongi-Nzinga
    Daniel Ntongi-Nzinga is a peace activist and Christian leader in Angola.Ntoni-Nzinga studied at the University of Leeds before co-founding the Grupo Angolan de Reflexao para Paz , and the Inter-Ecclesiastical Committee for Peace in Angola in April 2000, organizations advocating an end to the...

     (PhD), Baptist minister, peace activist, and Secretary of Inter-Ecclesiastical Committee for Peace in Angola (COIEPA)http://www.christianpost.com/news/secretary-of-inter-ecclesiastical-committee-calls-for-unity-among-christians-141/http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_7876.html
  • Nzinga's Daughters is an ensemble of female African-American poets
    Poetry
    Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

     and musician
    Musician
    A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

    s in Connecticut
    Connecticut
    Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

    .http://www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org/nzingas_daughters_09.html

Places named Nzinga:
  • In Gabon
    Gabon
    Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

    :
    • Nzinga, in the province of Nyanga
    • Nzinga, in the province of Ogooué-Ivindo
      Ogooué-Ivindo
      The Ogooué-Ivindo province is the northeastern-most of the nine provinces of Gabon. The regional capital is Makokou, which is home to one-third of the provincial population. It gets its name from two rivers, the Ogooué and the Ivindo...

    • Nzinga, in the province of Ogooué-Lolo
      Ogooué-Lolo
      The Ogooué-Lolo province is one of the nine provinces of Gabon. The regional capital is Koulamoutou, a city of approximately 16,000 people. It is the ninth largest city in Gabon and the home of slightly more than one-third of the provincial population....

  • In South Africa
    South Africa
    The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

    :
    • Nzinga, South Africa

  • Nzinga is the name of a port in the Central African Republic
    Central African Republic
    The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

    .


Places related with Nzinga:
  • Nzinga-Nzinga, in the province of Ogooué-Lolo
  • Nzinga-Tchi, in the province of Nyanga
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