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[tense music]
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[narrator]
Njinga, a princess far from home
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for three long years.
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[Kasa] We have to be simultaneous.
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The moment one camp gets word
from the other camp, it's over.
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I'm going to trust you
and your men to lead this charge.
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[narrator]
Aware of her kingdom's state of despair,
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she forges an alliance
with the Imbangala leader Kasa,
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making the enemy
of her enemy a brother in arms.
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[suspenseful music]
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[crowd clamoring]
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[narrator] Back home, Kabasa is falling
into the hands of their rivals.
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[Kambu] Don't touch her, I said!
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Hey, hey!
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- Fu... Funji!
- [Kambu] Funji!
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- You need... You need to get out of here.
- What's happening?
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- We must do something!
- [Tendala] We will!
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[Kambu] No, no!
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Funji! Funji!
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[narrator] But Njinga remains steadfast
and determined to do whatever it takes
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to protect the future
and safety of her people.
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Or die trying.
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[foreboding music]
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[soldiers chattering]
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[soldier sighs]
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[grunts]
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[soldier groans]
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[warriors yelling]
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[warriors grunting]
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[angry grunt]
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[insects chirping]
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May your ancestors welcome you home.
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[theme music]
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[birds screeching]
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[Luke] Njinga is in self-imposed exile.
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She has formed alliances
with the Imbangala.
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With them, she's been fighting
against the Portuguese.
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Njinga works with Kasa
to disrupt the slave trade routes,
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to help to get slaves from the interior
of West Central Africa to the coast.
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She's still, I think, heartbroken
because of the death of her son,
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and she still feels resentful
towards her brother, Mbande.
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[birds screeching]
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[Edson] But now,
King Mbande is in a desperate situation.
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His capital, Kabasa,
has been sacked by the Portuguese.
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And he's been forced to flee
to the Kindonga Islands.
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The islands are a defensive stronghold
located in the middle of the Kwanza River.
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And now he's summoned Njinga
for a meeting.
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Where are his guards?
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[Ndambi] Njinga, you should know...
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the past three years have changed him.
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I can see that.
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Let's cross.
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[birds chirping]
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[solemn music]
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What have you done?
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[Njinga] Are you immortal now?
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Walking around here unprotected.
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What if the Portuguese had got here
before I did?
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Didn't you hear?
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They already have.
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Kabasa is lost.
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Now I've lost more than Father ever did.
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What of my sisters?
Where are Funji and Kambu?
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I got them out.
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[sighs]
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[inhales sharply]
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- This can't be our end.
- It isn't.
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We're still here.
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Why did my King call me?
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Peace.
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I want you to negotiate peace
with the Portuguese.
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[Njinga] What?
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Your successes with the Imbangala
have reached us in Kabasa.
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- You put order to their chaos.
- [Njinga sighs]
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Use them to cut
Portuguese communication lines.
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Njinga, your skills are undeniable.
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It makes you the best person
to negotiate peace on our behalf.
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I've been fighting them for years.
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- [Mbande] Yes, I know.
- And even if I hadn't,
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this is not the time to negotiate peace.
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Not when you...
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Not when the throne is so weak.
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We must keep fighting.
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Njinga.
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[Njinga sighs]
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I have no more blood left to spill.
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It won't be your blood we're spilling.
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It will be theirs.
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Until we drive those murderous thieves
out of this kingdom.
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Please, Njinga!
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You're our only hope!
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[Njinga sighs]
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I am not asking as your king.
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[exhales heavily]
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I'm asking as your brother.
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[breathes deeply]
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[Queen Diambi] When Njinga's brother
comes to look for Njinga,
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she doesn't just have her brother,
the one who killed her son.
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She has the King,
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the one who's seated
on the throne of her people.
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He's an entity that she has to serve.
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- [sniffles, sighs]
- Hey.
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The King of Ndongo does not bow to anyone
except the ancestors.
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[Njinga breathes deeply]
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[exhales]
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[Mbande sniffles]
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[exhales]
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[inhales heavily]
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[exhales]
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What does my brother need?
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[inhales]
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[Kellie] It might seem unimaginable
for us today
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to think about her still having
a relationship with her brother.
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She does not trust him,
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but this was so much bigger than him.
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Really at the heart
of every decision she's making,
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she's thinking
about protecting her people,
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and keeping as many people
out of the slave trade as possible.
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[Luke] The Portuguese raid on Kabasa
was a show of military force
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to intimidate Mbande and his people.
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So when the Portuguese troops
move elsewhere,
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Mbande and his sister
are able to return to their home city,
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but they know that their battle
with the Portuguese is far from over.
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West Central Africa
is going through a massive turmoil.
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The Portuguese are going in villages
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and in towns and cities,
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destroying and pillaging,
ravaging society.
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[gunshots]
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[Edson] The Portuguese
have even built a fort at Ambaca,
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a site threateningly close
to Mbande's capital, Kabasa.
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He knows that they can attack at any time.
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[Luke] Mbande is absolutely exhausted.
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He doesn't have the military capacity
to take on the Portuguese.
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There is chaos in the region.
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[crowd clamors]
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It's really now or never
if he's going to remain on the throne
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and keep even just a tiny bit of power.
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[Njinga] I've called you both here
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because I need to tell you that
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I've made peace with Mbande.
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What?
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[Njinga] And I've also agreed
to be his ambassador to the Portuguese.
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So we are going to Luanda.
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[Funji] Why are you letting Mbande
hide behind you?
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He is the king after all.
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A king who has lost his feet.
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[mouths]
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[speaks traditional language]
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[both sigh]
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Mbande...
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He's not himself right now.
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He believes
the Portuguese want peace, but...
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[scoffs]
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...I know this enemy.
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He is cunning and ruthless,
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and he wants our complete subjugation.
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Why don't we send a war party?
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Kambu.
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Battles aren't won in the field
until they're won in the mind.
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[clicks tongue]
Father used to say that.
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Yes, he did.
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- [sighs]
- [Njinga] So that's why I'm going.
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Because I wanna look
that governor in the eye
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when he gives me back everything
that he's taken from us.
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How are you so sure he will?
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Because I won't rest until he does.
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What Njinga is taking on
is a formidable challenge,
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the largest official peace delegation
ever undertaken
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since the arrival of the Portuguese.
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[Luke] Njinga
and a huge group of attendants
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make the 200-mile journey
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from Kabasa to Luanda.
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[soft music]
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[birds chirping]
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[villagers cheering, ululating]
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[villagers cheering]
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- [drums pounding]
- [villagers ululating]
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[Cécile] Njinga arrives
in Luanda with a retinue
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and makes a splendid display
of Ndongo aristocracy
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and Ndongo royalty.
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[villagers chanting]
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[Queen Diambi] She speaks Portuguese.
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She's very knowledgeable of the politics.
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And she's a strategic thinker.
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She will be a perfect envoy
to show the Portuguese,
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you know, that, "We are mighty people,
we are grand, and we are honorable."
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[upbeat music]
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[Luke] At this point,
the governor in this region is de Sousa,
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who acts on behalf
of the Portuguese State.
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He is intent on putting Njinga firmly
in her place.
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She's older than I expected.
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Don't underestimate her.
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[Gov. de Sousa] I don't intend to.
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No one's brought her to heel yet.
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[villagers cheering]
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[Kellie] I don't think that the Portuguese
were at all prepared
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to receive a woman as their diplomat.
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And I think they thought,
because she was a woman,
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that they might be able
to trick her or undermine her.
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While the Portuguese understand
that Mbande
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and his sister
are key players in the region,
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this is a powerful kingdom.
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For the time being, what they want
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is to appear to show respect.
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[inhales]
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[Gov. de Sousa] Princess Njinga,
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my pleasure.
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I'm sure it is, Governor.
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It's rare to behold a princess of Ndongo,
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let alone three.
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You really didn't need
to come all this way.
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I could easily have sent
a messenger with our terms.
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[Njinga] A messenger
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on these dangerous roads.
[clicks tongue]
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That would have been unwise.
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[upbeat tense music]
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[Luke] Njinga wants three key things
from these negotiations,
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the release of Ndongo enslaved captives,
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protection from mutual enemies,
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and the promise from the Portuguese
to remove their fort from Ambaca.
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The question is, how much will she have
to give up to get what she wants?
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[upbeat tense music]
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[inhales]
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[sniffs]
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Please...
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sit.
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[Olivette] What the Portuguese do
when they first meet her
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is to try and humiliate her.
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She's not provided a chair.
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The Portuguese are trying to show her
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that whatever negotiations
are gonna happen
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is gonna be on their terms.
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You didn't need to inconvenience yourself
on my behalf.
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[soft laugh]
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I always come prepared.
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[tense music]
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[Kellie] It's such a power move.
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It's such a boss move, to be able to say,
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"I will not allow you
to make me have a lower status.
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We are equal partners
in these conversations.
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And if I have to create my own chair,
I will do so."
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I had hoped to have this conversation
with your brother and not an envoy.
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My King delegates duties
however he sees fit.
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Clearly.
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Well, our terms are quite simple.
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Our King is willing
to offer your brother peace
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on condition that he lay down his weapons,
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helps us fight our mutual enemies,
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and he returns our property.
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Property?
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Slaves.
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[dark music]
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[baby crying in distance]
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[Kellie] The Portuguese
are the first to really start
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using Africa as a place
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in which they will get
their enslaved human cargo.
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Njinga is aware
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that they're losing thousands of people
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because of this insatiable appetite
that the Portuguese have
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for the slave trade
and colonization in the New World.
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My King believes
friendship would be better...
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for all.
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Surely, your king believes in friendships.
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No?
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Yes, he does.
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My King wishes to live peacefully
with the Portuguese,
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but we keep running into a problem.
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Kasanje.
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[Edson] Kasanje is an Imbangala leader
with a fearsome reputation.
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[warriors chanting]
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He's an unpredictable force
in and around Ndongo.
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He's a threat to both Njinga
and the Portuguese.
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The Ghost in the Mist.
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So, you're familiar with him?
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We can take care of Kasanje...
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[inhales sharply]
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...as long as your brother
pays tribute to the King
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to make up
for all the property we'd be losing.
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[Cécile] The Portuguese wanted Ndongo
to pay yearly tribute to them,
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which means that they would have to bring
a certain number of slaves to Luanda
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to pay to the Portuguese State.
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[Njinga] Governor,
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my people have a saying,
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"He who is born free
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should maintain himself in freedom
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and not submit to others."
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Tribute can only be paid
by those who have been conquered.
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My King Mbande has never been conquered.
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[Queen Diambi] Njinga refuses
to give tribute that is actually people,
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to give people to slavery,
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because Njinga deeply believes
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that is against what she thinks is right.
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She does not believe
that the Portuguese slavery is okay.
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[in Portuguese]
The Portuguese wanted
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to impose conditions of submission,
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of servanthood.
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She said that there was no way
the ruler of Ndongo
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would be subordinate
to the King of Portugal,
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because they hadn't won any war,
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and because they hadn't conquered Ndongo.
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[tranquil music]
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[Mary in English] Njinga
is an incredibly savvy political operator.
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She will take on aspects of...
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political cultures foreign to her
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in order to get what she wants.
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I believe she entered those negotiations
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with a sense that she could prevail.
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Captain Cardoso,
if you keep emptying out our lands,
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my King will have no one left to govern.
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And what is a king without subjects?
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[laughter]
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Well, you would make a formidable ally.
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Now, uh, if we may,
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the captain and I are needed elsewhere.
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[clears throat]
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Milady.
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- Any progress?
- They're still toying with us.
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Trying to figure out
how much we're willing to give
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and how much
he's gonna have to take by force.
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What does that mean for peace?
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[chuckles]
Peace isn't even on the table yet.
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But at least they remembered
to get me a chair this time.
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[chuckling]
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Mm.
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[Njinga] And sometimes,
to understand a man...
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you have to go through a woman.
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[Edson] Ana da Silva is the wife
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of a prominent Portuguese official
in Luanda.
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Like most of the Portuguese,
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she's a devout Catholic.
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From the records, we can tell that
she and Njinga were fond of each other.
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You've been gone from home for so long.
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How do your children cope?
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My people are my children.
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They understand I serve them
wherever I go.
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Yes.
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Your men...
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they say one thing, they mean another.
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Why?
[chuckles]
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I guess it depends.
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On what?
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Whether they trust you or not.
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Mm, for my people,
a man's honor is his word.
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Unless he breaks it, you trust it.
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Where I come from,
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trust is earned through service
and communion with one another.
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- Through a shared belief in our values.
- For us too.
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A shared belief in our God,
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and our baptism
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into one Catholic family.
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[Njinga] Mm.
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So...
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in this baptism,
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you see yourselves as the same?
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Yes.
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[Mary] The Portuguese,
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they didn't imagine themselves
as undertaking this violent conquest
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for purely selfish motives.
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They thought that they were
Christianizing barbarians.
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They thought that they had
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a religious justification
for this conquest.
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[Kellie] They believe if they can convert
as many people as possible,
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that they can maintain spiritual
and political control over the region,
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that they can gain
a foothold of influence.
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[upbeat music]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Funji] If you don't trust them,
why are you even considering baptism?
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00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:02,560
Because we can use it
to force them to keep their word.
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Convince them
we're one big Catholic family.
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[Kambu] Then why are you hesitating?
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[Njinga] Kambu, I'd still be taking
the hand of an enemy that I don't trust,
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with no guarantees.
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[inhales sharply]
So, you'd be taking a leap of faith.
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[laughs]
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[woman screams]
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[crowd clamoring]
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I don't want to see it again.
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You must.
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[despondent music]
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[groans]
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[baby crying in distance]
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[Njinga sighs]
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[Kellie] The Portuguese
practiced chattel slavery,
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which is an extremely violent form
of exploitation,
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in which you get as many people
as you possibly can
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and you cram them into ships
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in horrific conditions
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and then you send them
to work on sugar plantations
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or coffee plantations.
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00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,760
Njinga knows
that it is devastating her people,
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that it is decimating their numbers.
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She's seen hundreds of people
being captured and kidnapped.
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How many so far?
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I lost count days ago.
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If we don't do something
to end this now, our people...
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we will be no more.
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[Kellie] It's a really, really hard life.
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The life expectancy
is about seven to eight years.
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Imagine that, seven years
from the moment you get to the New World,
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the clock is ticking
on your life expectancy.
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00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,440
There were slave markets
at this time in Ndongo,
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but they were actually
quite tightly regulated and monitored.
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00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,160
And it wasn't really a system
of chattel slavery.
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00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,960
So these slaves in Ndongo
weren't necessarily people's property.
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They were essentially members
of the family unit.
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00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:15,360
It's very complicated.
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00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,160
There are no perfect solutions
in this time period
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00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,320
because slavery was so endemic.
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It was so common.
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It was almost impossible
to avoid participating in it.
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[Kellie] There are major differences
between the way that slavery is understood
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among the Portuguese
and among the all.
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I think Njinga believes
that she cannot stop slavery,
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but I do think
she believes she can contain it.
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00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,120
[tranquil music]
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[Queen Diambi] Njinga is using every tool
she has in her toolbox
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in order to salvage her kingdom.
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00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,880
So she will take strategic decisions,
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00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,760
hoping that converting into Christianity
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would help her save
the legacy of her forefathers.
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00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,800
[tranquil music]
422
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,440
Congratulations.
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00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:38,920
I think it's safe to tell Ngola Mbande
that we have an agreement.
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00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,560
- And the terms?
- Acceptable.
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00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,480
Including the fort at Ambaca?
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00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:49,240
And one more thing,
we'll be releasing the Ndongo captives
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00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,000
so that your brother
can reestablish his kingdom.
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00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,640
Because what is a king
without subjects? Hm?
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00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,160
[Edson] Njinga plays
a masterful game of diplomacy
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and her baptism seals the deal.
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00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,480
The Portuguese finally agree
to a peace treaty.
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[Luke] The Portuguese agree
to all three of Njinga's demands.
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They say they will help protect her people
against the Imbangala leader Kasanje.
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00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,120
They agree to remove troops
from their fort at Ambaca.
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00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,000
And they even agree
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to return some of the all
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they've stolen and enslaved.
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00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,680
[upbeat music]
439
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,720
[all cheering]
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00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:38,800
[indistinct chatter]
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00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,120
[laughter]
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00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,280
[breathes happily]
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00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:46,600
Njinga goes back to Ndongo triumphant...
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having secured an agreement
with the Portuguese
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to turn the downward spiral of Ndongo...
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00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:57,040
[all chanting]
Njinga! Njinga! Njinga!
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00:25:57,120 --> 00:25:59,320
[Cécile] ...which promises a better future
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00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,000
for the kingdom and its people.
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00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,120
[all chanting]
Njinga! Njinga! Njinga!
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00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,120
You did it!
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00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,120
[all chanting]
Njinga! Njinga! Njinga!
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00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,680
Njinga! Njinga! Njinga! Njinga!
453
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,480
Njinga! Njinga! Njinga!
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00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:17,160
Njinga! Njinga! Njinga!
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00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:22,320
[Kellie] I think this is a point
where Mbande starts to realize
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that his sister has more power
and influence than he had anticipated.
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00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,800
[crowd cheering]
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00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,600
[Kellie] Mbande's very insecure.
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00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,240
He's also very much aware
of the fact that Njinga is favored.
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00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:44,720
I think that he feels sidelined
or marginalized within the community.
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00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,920
From early on in her childhood
and her early adulthood,
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Njinga outshone Mbande.
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00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,360
She was smarter.
She was her father's favorite.
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She seemed to have a natural talent
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for politics and for diplomacy.
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00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,160
There seems to have been a rivalry
from very early on.
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[Njinga] Brother.
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00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:13,440
[Mbande inhales heavily]
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00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,760
[Njinga] I saw the scale of it.
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00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,040
What?
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00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,240
- The trade in our people.
- [sighs]
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00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,600
- You can't imagine.
- Njinga.
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00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,400
- You brought us a victory.
- [Njinga] This is not enough.
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00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,560
It's going to take more
than a peace agreement
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to stop the Portuguese.
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00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:35,160
Mbande.
477
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:37,040
Brother.
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00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,920
This is a hollow victory.
479
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,880
Things are gonna get worse.
480
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:46,200
They won't.
481
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:54,600
They won't if you become regent
until my son comes of age.
482
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,720
[gasps]
What?
483
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,680
When Njinga returns,
she's the one in the spotlight.
484
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,680
She's the one
who's best representing Ndongo.
485
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,720
Njinga herself knows it.
486
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,000
Mbande, even he sees it.
487
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,440
I need to do this now while I still can,
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00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,200
to secure Ndongo's future.
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00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,880
Maybe if I'd done it sooner,
we wouldn't be here.
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00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:18,120
[Mbande sighs]
491
00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:20,880
- [inhales sharply]
- [Njinga] Mbande.
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00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,120
You are still king.
493
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,480
How can you give away your throne
when you're still sitting on it?
494
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,000
What matters is that you trust yourself...
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00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:37,840
because we are trusting you.
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00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,840
And I don't trust anyone else
with Ndongo's future.
497
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,480
[sighs]
498
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,960
[inhales deeply]
Let's celebrate.
499
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,080
[Njinga sighs]
500
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,600
At first, it seems Mbande is right
to trust the Portuguese.
501
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:10,520
Njinga's tentative truce with them
lasts for several months.
502
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,240
[insects chirping]
503
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,440
- [howling in distance]
- [villagers clamoring]
504
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,720
[suspenseful music]
505
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,960
[villagers screaming frantically]
506
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,760
[warrior yelling]
507
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,000
[grunts]
508
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,280
[shouts]
509
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,000
[grunting]
510
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:40,360
Kambu!
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00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,560
[Ndambi] I'll take you to them!
512
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:43,880
[screaming in distance]
513
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,360
[thrilling music]
514
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,400
[yelps, panting]
515
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:03,320
Kasanje.
516
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,120
- [grunts]
- Njinga, we need to go.
517
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,256
- [Njinga grunts angrily]
- [Ndambi] Njinga, we must go!
518
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:11,920
- We must go!
- [Njinga grunts, yells]
519
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:15,720
[Njinga screams]
520
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,040
[Luke] We don't know exactly why
Kasanje attacks Kabasa at this time,
521
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,800
but we do know
that the Imbangala are mercenaries
522
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,760
who will do anything
for anyone who pay them well enough.
523
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,880
So it's possible that Kasanje
is acting on behalf of someone else.
524
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:33,880
[birds chirping]
525
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,720
How did Kasanje...
526
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:53,080
get past our defenses at night?
527
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:58,320
[Luke] The fall of Kabasa is absolutely
devastating for Ngola Mbande,
528
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,360
and he's forced
to flee to the Kindonga Islands.
529
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,680
He essentially has to abandon his people.
530
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,080
He is losing his grip,
not only on his main power base,
531
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,720
but also, his people
are going to start trusting him less.
532
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,040
[Ndambi's voice echoing] You know what he
had to do to amass that amount of power.
533
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,120
We need Kabasa back.
534
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,680
We need options, give me options.
535
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,480
Can you ask Kasa for help again?
536
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,840
No, his army is too small
to go against Kasanje.
537
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:25,256
[Njinga's voice echoing]
We can't do that.
538
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,080
[Ndambi] What if we reach out to...
539
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,200
Maybe they'll be willing to join us.
540
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:30,536
- [in normal voice] It's still not enough.
- [sighs]
541
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,800
[Olivette] He knows that his sister
is right there, ready to take over.
542
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,640
And he also knows
that some factions of the kingdom
543
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,240
are thinking that he's not
actually capable as a ruler.
544
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:42,856
[Ndambi's voice echoing]
We have the villagers. They're capable...
545
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,600
[in normal voice]
What about the Portuguese?
546
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,240
They, they agreed
to help us fight our enemies.
547
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:50,840
Maybe it's time we make them prove it.
548
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,920
[exasperated sigh]
549
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,440
[Njinga] For all we know,
550
00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:00,800
they are the ones who sent Kasanje
to push us out of Kabasa
551
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,280
so that we would have to come to them
begging for help.
552
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,680
So that they could take all the tributes
that they want in return.
553
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:09,000
We don't have any other option.
554
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:10,760
Yes, we do.
555
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,640
As you were saying.
556
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,360
[Ndambi] We have the villagers.
557
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,400
- We, we have Congo. They owe us.
- [Njinga] Okay.
558
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:18,840
- If we talk to Congo...
- [Mbande] Njinga!
559
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,760
Have the general set up a meeting
with the Portuguese.
560
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,920
[tense music]
561
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,240
[Edson] In the winter of 1623,
562
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,800
the Portuguese sent an envoy to negotiate.
563
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,600
A priest called Father Baretto.
564
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,600
[Father Baretto] The officials in Luanda
565
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,320
are willing to help the King
reclaim Kabasa,
566
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,280
on condition that you submit
to the King of Portugal
567
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,120
and be baptized.
568
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,440
Submit to the King of Portugal.
569
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:04,760
How dare you come here
570
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,560
and try to reduce us to slaves?
571
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,520
- I am here to do the Lord's work...
- Shut your mouth!
572
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,400
In the presence of the King!
573
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,120
Viper.
574
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,240
"I am here to do the Lord's work."
575
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,000
Is that what you tell yourself
576
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,320
when you're putting human beings
in chains?
577
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:27,960
Hmm?
578
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,280
Who is this God...
579
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,120
that favors your kind and not mine?
580
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:44,280
I should have cut you all down in Luanda.
581
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:45,560
Njinga.
582
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:48,320
[snorts]
583
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,160
[exhales deeply]
584
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,680
- What will be required?
- Mbande.
585
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,000
[grunts]
586
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:00,840
[sighs]
587
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,280
Your surrender to Christ
must be whole and complete.
588
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,640
Meaning, no more pagan ways.
589
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,240
No false gods.
590
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,639
No idols, no rituals, no concubines.
591
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:16,800
No nganga.
592
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,840
- Everything impure...
- [Njinga] Mbande.
593
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:19,920
...must go.
594
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,560
[Njinga] Mbande.
595
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,280
You are our connection to the ancestors.
596
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,360
If you abandon them, we are lost.
597
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,679
[Mbande] You were baptized.
598
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,440
Did the ancestors abandon you?
599
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,600
- I am not the King.
- That's right.
600
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,400
[Luke] Despite being baptized herself,
601
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,719
Njinga feels that what the Portuguese
are demanding is a step too far.
602
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:53,199
She sees this as Mbande effectively
giving up his power to the enemy
603
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,880
and abandoning
their traditions and customs.
604
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:57,400
If he agrees to this,
605
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,360
it is yet another display
of his weakness as king.
606
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:10,240
[Njinga] If you do this...
607
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,960
you might as well renounce the throne...
608
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:18,960
and go work on a farm.
609
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,280
[insects chirping]
610
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,040
[Edson] Mbande ignores
his sister's advice.
611
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:44,920
He can see no other option
612
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,160
and agrees to be baptized.
613
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:48,800
Over several weeks,
614
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,720
he begins to learn the catechism
from Father Baretto.
615
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:52,800
...in heaven.
616
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:57,280
You see, this is why you need
to turn your back on these false gods
617
00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,800
and, and these false idols because...
618
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:02,040
[Njinga] They've broken
the peace agreement.
619
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:08,840
The Portuguese have sent troops
to strengthen the fort at Ambaca.
620
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:09,960
[laughs]
621
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,400
This is who they are!
622
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:17,400
[angry grunt]
623
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:23,440
Go and tell your white father
this is done!
624
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:25,240
Go!
625
00:36:26,240 --> 00:36:28,760
[tense music]
626
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,480
[Queen Diambi] The Portuguese, of course,
627
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,120
renege and do not
628
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,120
abide by their promises.
629
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,640
And for the King,
630
00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:40,360
this is, uh, a catastrophic failure
of his power.
631
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:44,680
I can't do this.
632
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:52,360
[Njinga] Nonsense.
633
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,160
Our ancestors have lived through worse.
634
00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:58,960
They didn't.
635
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,560
I am tired, Njinga.
636
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,840
[soft music]
637
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,480
I think it's time that I rested.
638
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,120
Mbande.
639
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,880
Are you saying what I think you're saying?
640
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:32,600
Mbande really is disappointed
about what happens with the Portuguese
641
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,280
and that seems to have sent him
into a spiral of depression.
642
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,000
This will be putting him
in front of the question,
643
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,240
"Are you able to defend the kingdom?"
644
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:47,240
I think that fundamentally, inside,
he was extremely afraid.
645
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,480
[Kellie] Mbande has ruled
and lived his life
646
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,520
by so much violence
647
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:54,960
that it caught up with him.
648
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,680
He had to ask himself real hard questions
649
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,080
about the decisions that he made
650
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:02,520
and if they were worth it.
651
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,600
[thunder rumbles]
652
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:30,320
[Kambu sniffles]
653
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,120
[Kambu sobs]
654
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:37,600
How?
655
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:42,920
[sniffles]
656
00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:51,240
Poison.
657
00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,360
Who else knows?
658
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:01,760
[Kambu] No one.
659
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,480
[Kellie] It's not clear
as to how Mbande dies.
660
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,400
There are some that say
661
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:15,720
he drank poison and committed suicide
662
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,560
because of his acute depression.
663
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,560
There are other people that speculate
that Njinga was behind this
664
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,760
and that Njinga poisoned her brother,
665
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,800
or at least was behind his poisoning.
666
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,880
[Njinga] May the ancestors...
667
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:33,880
welcome you home.
668
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,920
[breathes deeply]
669
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:43,400
Funji, stand guard.
670
00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:45,240
Kambu.
671
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,160
Summon the Mwene Lumbo.
672
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,520
Have him announce the death of the King.
673
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,320
Where are you going?
674
00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:03,760
- I'm going to assemble the council...
- [sobs]
675
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,400
...and have them vote in the new queen.
676
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,320
[somber music]
677
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,360
[Kambu sobbing]
678
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,280
[Kellie] Njinga is very ambitious,
679
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,320
and I think she saw this as an opportunity
680
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:24,120
to get rid of her brother
and to have him no longer in the equation.
681
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:29,800
I wouldn't be surprised
that Njinga killed her brother,
682
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:34,080
or had her brother killed
for mainly one reason,
683
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,880
that he was weak.
684
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:42,000
He didn't have the fiber
of being the king that her father was.
685
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,840
[pensive music]
686
00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:57,760
What is it?
687
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,400
I've been asking myself the same thing.
688
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,920
I feel like I'm stealing something
that belongs to someone else.
689
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,200
You were voted Queen.
690
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:14,720
Regent Queen.
691
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:17,640
Which means no power.
692
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,760
I'll be holding the throne
for Mbande's son.
693
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:24,480
Everything I do will be challenged
694
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,160
by those who don't believe
I belong on the throne.
695
00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:30,080
The Portuguese will use my dissenters
to their advantage.
696
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,760
I'll be leading with no one following me.
697
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:39,920
Like a woman taking a walk.
698
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:42,000
[sighs]
699
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:46,200
What do you want?
700
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:51,960
Power.
701
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:58,920
The kind of power that will make
a difference in my people's lives.
702
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,360
The kind of power
the Portuguese can't ignore.
703
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,800
Power is not given, Njinga.
704
00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:10,920
It is taken.
705
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,200
[soft music]
706
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,760
[Luke] When Mbande dies,
he leaves behind an heir.
707
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,080
His seven-year-old son.
708
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,160
But because he's so young,
Njinga becomes Regent Queen
709
00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:34,760
until the child turns 18
and is capable of taking over.
710
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:37,720
You turn your hip into the thrust.
711
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:40,880
Mbande's son has been sent
to live with Kasa,
712
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,720
the Imbangala leader
and Njinga's old ally,
713
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,360
where he's training to be a warrior.
714
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:48,520
Hip. Nice, boy.
715
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:50,960
Kasa.
716
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:53,360
Uh...
717
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:55,680
Princess Njinga.
718
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:56,760
[exhales deeply]
719
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,400
It's Queen Njinga now.
720
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,440
[laughs]
721
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,280
Njinga needs
to make strong alliances fast.
722
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,080
And Kasa,
who she's fought alongside before,
723
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:09,400
might be useful to her.
724
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:10,480
[Kasa] Mm.
725
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:12,320
Say hello to your auntie, boy.
726
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:13,440
Go on.
727
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:18,040
Well, he's a shy one,
but he's handling his training well.
728
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,320
Go on. Go train. Go on.
729
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:23,240
I'll make a warrior out of him yet.
730
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,360
Oh, I'm not concerned about my nephew.
731
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:27,080
I'm here for someone older.
732
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:28,920
A husband.
733
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:34,200
[laughing]
734
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:36,680
You're serious.
735
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:39,080
Well, I'm not available.
736
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,000
Not even for the price of a crown?
737
00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:45,920
And how heavy is this crown?
738
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:48,480
Very.
739
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:53,440
I am going to create
an empire greater than Congo.
740
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,440
And I'm going to make you its king.
741
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:59,240
Unless, of course, you don't want it,
742
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:00,520
then I'll offer to Kasanje.
743
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:02,560
Don't you mention that name here.
744
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,120
Why me?
745
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:11,920
You gave me sanctuary.
746
00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:15,800
Your soldiers helped me fight
the Portuguese.
747
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:17,840
Of course, I'd come to you first.
748
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:21,680
But speaking as a woman,
749
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:23,480
you're young...
750
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:26,480
easy on the eyes,
751
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:28,600
with the stamina of a bull.
752
00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:33,960
What does a woman your age
know of such things?
753
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:35,840
Boy,
754
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:41,480
there are certain things
only a woman my age knows.
755
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:44,880
[soft chuckle]
756
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:48,600
[upbeat music]
757
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,680
[villagers cheering]
758
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,600
[Luke] She woos Kasa,
displays her affection publicly,
759
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,480
and uses her wealth, and gives him gifts.
760
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,120
And he agrees to get married to her.
761
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,200
[upbeat music]
762
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:28,240
[villagers cheering]
763
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,760
[suspenseful music]
764
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:38,080
[villagers singing]
765
00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:43,400
[tense music]
766
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:48,400
[villagers singing]
767
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,840
[suspenseful music]
768
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,160
[women screaming]
769
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,720
[dark music]
770
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,160
[Queen Diambi] I believe that Njinga
has to distance herself
771
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from being a human being.
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[women screaming]
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[Kasa] What is this? What is this?
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[Queen Diambi] Once the nephew is dead,
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Njinga rises in her power.
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She rises as king of her people.
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What is this?
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Imbangala!
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[warriors howling]
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Njinga! Njinga!
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[exhales sharply]
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[closing theme music]