Really enjoyed this #BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek episode of “The West - a new history of an old idea”
by Naoise MacSweeney. It was about #Njinga, Queen of Ndongo in #Angola who defied Portuguese imperialists; and about #PhyllisWheatley an #AfricanAmerican enslaved as a 7yo in West Africa, who at 18yo published a book of #poetry that challenged all ideas of Western (white) superiority and claims to a classical heritage.

#Slavery #West #USHistory #BlackHistory

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001m5pn?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Jada Smith & #netflix may have pulled their Cleopatra stunt because her documentary about #Njinga , Queen of Ndongo & Matambe didn’t attract as many viewers as desired. The thinking may be that any future docu-dramas from Smith will automatically receive publicity & more viewers.

#cleopatranetflix #docudramas #netflix

Decidí cerrar este día de #DocumentalesconSaku con #AfricanQueens: #Njinga.

También narrado y producido por Jada Pinkett Smith.

No conozco absolutamente nada de de la reina Njinga de Angola (Ndongo, 1617) which is the point al que quería llegar Jada Pinkett Smith con estos docudramas, y estoy invested in this.

Ojalá saque más docudramas como este.

https://youtu.be/5z6TntNvGZI

I skip most #biopics and #bioseries after a former neighbor's experience with his father's biopic (#TheButler is nearly all fictional).

I'm also avoiding most #royalty content, real and fictional, because that entire concept needs to be eradicated.

However, I finally decided to watch the #Netflix series, #AfricanQueens: #Njinga, and #AdesuwaOni is great in episode 1.

Interesting story; I wonder how much "artistic license" this team's taken with the known facts.

Bringing an early-modern African queen into the limelight

Yale art historian Cécile Fromont was an on-screen scholar, offering key insights, in “African Queens: Njinga,” Netflix’s docudrama about a 17th-century ruler.

https://news.yale.edu/2023/03/06/bringing-early-modern-african-queen-limelight

#yale #arthistory #QueenNjinga #netflix #Njinga