Queen

Our series on resistant women takes us to Gabon to meet descendants of Queen Nzinga. She opposed Portuguese penetration in Angola in the 17th century. As a 43-year-old monarch, she fought hard to defend her kingdom against the slave trade. The fighting was so furious that some people fled Angola to Gabon. Among them, Vungu…

In Madagascar, the President of the Republic Andry Rajoelina announced on Tuesday, November 3, during a press conference at the Presidential Palace, that France returned a royal coin adorning the top of the throne of Queen Ranavalona III. A throne where the last sovereign of the Big Islands (who reigned from 1883 to 1897) addressed his people during official events. Since 1910, this royal ornament has…