Queen Nzinga: Facial Reconstructions & History Documentary
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- Nzinga is one of my favorite women in history. She lived a fascinating life that is not recounted nearly as often as it should be. Nzinga was the warrior ruler of the Kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba, which now constitute modern-day Angola. She spent her life in on-and-off warfare with the Portuguese, trying to protect her people and the rest of the African interior from slave raiders. So what did she look like? Unfortunately we don’t quite have a contemporary portrait of her - what we do have is a copy of a lost original sketch. Let's learn about her history and then I'll reveal my recreation of the Warrior Queen.
0:00 Introduction
1:07 The History of Nzinga
8:54 What did Nzinga Look Like?
10:19 Recreations Revealed
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No joke, I think I've learnt more about history here than what I ever did in history class.
then you are a bad student.
same here
The American K-12 education system is focused on the students study to pass a test and not to learn
i’ve actually learned a lot of really detailed things in my class. i’m taking ap world and my teacher likes to include details from all points of views she can. she’s a great teacher.
American history books in school are full of lies
I wonder whether you might consider doing more on historical figures from Africa. I'm not African myself, but it troubles me that the history of Africa and Africans has been shamelessly airbrushed by European propaganda for 500 years (the story of Great Zimbabwe is a notable example.) The problem, I know, is how to get to the reality behind the propaganda, but it would be interesting to try.
As an African who only knows so little of Africa prior colonialism I would greatly appreciate this.
That is a really great request. I am very interested as well.
Yep the pink guys real serpents.. I m afraid
I’m glad important historical African figures are gaining more attention 😊
I'm 100% behind this. Africa is the home of all humanity, the third largest landmass at this time, and has the most varied human genetic profile of any continent. It's full of intelligent, inventive peoples, great artists, and amazing history. However, in the West, we know almost nothing about it, save the horrors we see on the news, most of which are in some way due to European and Arab colonialism. I want to learn more.
(Just a hint, but most of this also applies to South America.)
I'm from Angola and I really think your description of Ndongo kingdom and Nzinga is historically accurate.
As someone named after her, thank you so much for this! It was completely unexpectedly extremely emotional to see your recreation of her portrait
Beautiful name ❤
As Angolan woman ,the portrait look like so many of us!!!!❤❤❤
True my mom are Angolan i see the same face spécial litlle nose.
Never heard of Nzinga before. . She definitely was quite a fascinating and beautiful woman
I'm so addicted to your channel! Being black and not really having a history ( I literally can only trace to my great grandfather on my father's side and that's it). I'm literally crying how beautiful this is.
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it ♥️
@@RoyaltyNowStudios I sure did!
@Ron Dean 💯❣️
take the African Ancestry test and you'll be able to trace back your maternal roots to the Continent, Paternal too if you're a male.
Having black children, I want them to learn about their ancestors and they don’t teach this in schools.
I’m Angolan and I appreciate this video. It’s well researched and you pretty much covered all I know about the Queen. Not much is known about the history of Angola before the Portuguese arrived but I’m glad when a little light is shine on it. I was very impressed by your portrait, it felt so believable and she definitely looked Angolan so great job. 👍
because Angola wasnt a kingdom, nor a country, only north of Angola was just very small part of of Kingdom of Congo.
Stunning representation. She was not only a great ruler but she was gorgeous!
Angola is a land of beautiful womans.
Thank you for doing this! I don’t see other channels covering rulers from the past that looked like me. 🙏🏾🔥
You are just as important as anyone else. ❤️
Your show should really be on History channel... it is so educational, well researched and unique. I mean... these days the History channel is all about big foot and other variations of reality tv that has NOTHING to do with history. SIGHS. It's like MTV in comparison... no music just drama drama drama. I really appreciate this channel and all the hard work/ creativity put into each historical figure.
You are too kind! That would be an absolute dream. And I agree, I used to be obsessed with the history channel and don’t like the direction it’s taken at all!
You’re absolutely right about the History Channel. It’s so non-historical, I rarely watch it.
This puts the “history” channel to shame
Agreed. I find more history on CZcams and the Nat. Geo. channel, now.
Wow this gave me the chills, beautiful story, what a powerful and inspiring woman. I would have never find out about her if it wasn’t for you. ❤
Your rendition of Nzinga was amazing. Can you do more of historical black figures?
I just wanted to say thank you for giving these historical people a face. It means a lot!
Thank you so much!
Angolan here, and oh my god! She looks like my aunt!!! Congratulations for the recreation! ❤
I'm addicted to this channel, stared with Marie Antoinette and now here. I really appreciate the work you do. I'm sharing this with my children and friends 💙
Same here, tho I started with Lady of Lambelle and then Marie and now here such an interesting channel
BEAUTIFUL! When she smiled, it gave me butterflies
She is beautiful! What a strong and fascinating woman!
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I just realized that this amazing woman plays a huge part of my history! My ancestor came from the Tutsie tribe in Niger which is still considered a western African country. She and her sister was shipped from the west coast to the West Indies. I'm realizing that my slave heritage would have started much farther back and would have been harder to trace if she had not accomplished what she did. My story would have been totally different! That is crazy when you think about it. Thank you so much for sharing!
I think the recreation is exceptional. As an artist, I do see the different angles in the face, but your recreation is spot on. Wonderful job! She is such a beautiful woman!
Wow, she's so beautiful. Thank you for bringing her to life.
Your content is bringing us together! I must admit, I fully expected to come to the comments and be met with racism, but not only are you in love with history, your community of viewers are as well. I feel safe here. I LOVE learning history of all persons and all places in the world. I am thrilled to see beautiful dark skinned historical figures appreciated and revered for their contribution to the story of humanity as well. Love to all!
So much history has been lost, thank you for bringing it back to us.
I would like to see Harriet Tubman . There’s so many diffent versions I’ve seen of her
Oh, I agree. I'd love to see you do Harriet Tubman!
She looks amazing. Love your recreations 😊.
Another amazing strong woman from history. This is so interesting. If I were a history teacher I would have these videos in my class so the students could see what these historical figures may have looked like.
Just so amazing.
Peet Montzingo, a CZcams influencer, is her direct descendant. He briefly discussed the ancestry DNA connection and history on how his family evolved into who he is now. Very fascinating! Phenomenal current painting/photo and story!
I love her crown of glorious hair in your rendering. She's a true beauty.
We need this movie to be made asap and I'll love to see Lupita Nyong'o in the starring role.
She is one of my all time heroines for African liberation. Thanks for a decent presentation.
As mans' inhumanity to man continues today, it is very refreshing to hear about someone who cared for her country. Thank you for the education of this historical figure. Beautifully done.
Where did you get the idea that she cared for the people in her country? She sold them into slavery during her latter reign.
@@sapphireblue222 it was a means to an end. If she didn't the war would still continue because the Portuguese would've still captured slaves regardless
A gorgeous warrior (that smile is like the sun!), quite the combination. It's tragic what her brother did to her and how not being able to have more children could have affected her since she was a mother once.
I got chills when you revealed this recreation. I swear, especially when the historical references are sparse, you must channel the essence of your subjects with some kind of artistic tuned-into-the-cosmos extrasensory vision. I think you must have the same talent that forensic anthropologists do, who can recreate faces from skulls going partly by science but also largely by an intuitive 'feel' and inner sense of what that person must have looked like. Thanks for this wonderful portrait of Nzinga, and the compelling history that goes with it. I love how you recap complex biographies in a concise yet captivating manner. ❤
These videos are beautifully done and I think they could be an incredible tool to use to teach history as a living thing because we often forget that the people in portraits were real people. They lived real lives. Seeing their faces reinforces this and makes history more tangible.
WOW!! Great!! I have watched all your videos and I have learned a lot… I’m sooooo glad to see African recreations as well…. This one I didn’t know existed… Thank You so much ! Definitely a fan 🌺🌸💐🌷🌹🌼💐
I teared up when the "now" portrait was revealed. She is stunning. You can see the charm you were talking about in her eyes.
It's so sad and infuriating to think of what a wealth of information we have on 17th century European rulers compared to this story.
very true, there is such an imbalance
Thank you! As a black woman, It's great to see our story shared.
I love the history background you provide with each portrait. Once again you capture rich skin tones beautifully, especially the subtle natural highlights within deeper complexions! I look forward to more!
Thanks for bringing this part of history we never hear about...the visual representation of her appearance seems like an accurate depiction. Beautifully done story wise aswell 👌💕✨🙏 Thank you & more videos please!
Thank you so much, I’m so glad you enjoyed it. I really loved digging into her history.
OMG! What a beautiful rendering of Nzinga!
As an african American woman…I am at awe of this rendering ❤
Love this!!! Thank you for telling her story and bringing her to life
This was really amazing her-story, and a great example of female leadership! Thanks for sharing, I hope you share more stories like this, and have representation of more royalty from the continent of Africa, as well as the Middle East, and Asia. Your recreation of her is AMAZING and beautiful!
I love your portrait of her .. 🌹💕💕💕💕 thank u so much for making her look like a queen.. and the fighter she was .. but she had eloquence and was very persuasive to get her where she needed to be .. women empowerment she didn’t sit around and let everything bad happen to her n her people takes a lot of courage.. to rule for the greater good of humanity.. so I appreciate your story on her because I never heard of this beautiful ball of light..
Loved learning about Nzinga and your interpretation portrait is stunning!!!
she seems so interesting i really like her story!! mashallah
I remember reading the “Royal Diaries” book about Nzinga years ago. I never before heard the story about how she used one of her women as a chair during the meeting, that was awesome and definitely unforgettable. I don’t have all the books in the “Royal Diaries” series though, but there is another royal I learned about from those books. If you ever do a recreation of the face of Queen Kristina of Sweden, I’d recommend using a portrait by David Beck showing her in a white dress at a window looking up from reading a letter, or a portrait by Abraham Wuchters showing Kristina in a white dress with a blue ribbon and holding a scepter or something, I think those portraits especially come the closest to showing what Kristina’s face looked like in real life.
The ending reveals on all of the videos from this artist, always makes me cry. Seeing these historical people come to life, remarkably touches my heart.
Amazing work! She is beautiful and glowing ❤
A beautiful recreation. You really did her justice. Well done. 😃
You did a wonderful job with the retelling of history and the Queen's beautiful recreation
Can we please get a movie of her? I am tired of remakes of the same historic figures.
in 2022..."50 Cent, Starz Producing African Warrior Queen Drama Series" and one features Queen Nzinga. This should be a good one. Thank you for this series of hidden and never taught in mainstream schools/universities. This was well researched. Thank you for your praxis.
Besides enlightening me on our history and culture, my favorite part would have to be the photo interpretation from then to now. You do excellent work. Thank you for sharing!
Your recreation of her is absolutely stunning! And knowing more about her personality and strength, just makes her that much more beautiful!
Thank you for bringing us these lesser known personalities, that are so important to humankind. And not just the amazing portraits you make of them, it's the history and coverage you do - is so enjoyable. Thank you.
You’ve constructed her so beautifully 😍 thank you so much
Thank you for this!!
I found African roots recently and lo and behold from her era (1500’s) I’m part Angolan.
There’s many other cultures to which I belong as well. But this one in particular has captured my heart.
She was stunning!
I wonder what she’d say to any of her descendants today…
Wado 🧡🌎
I love how you captured her beauty. Thank you for your careful work and explanation. Please consider doing more people from Africa and Caribbean descent.
Thanks for doing a recration of this boss queen 👑
This is a beautiful interpretation of her beauty! Thank you
You have an amazing talent, I am glad to have stumbled onto you. I'm a lover of history, but you've made me a fan of historically bringing life to art.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words
This was amazing i always thought her portrait was beautiful even painted weirdly but your recreation is amazing black is beautiful so many times we are depicted in history as looking like wild beast or monkey ppl when in truth its not truth
Narration, historical content, and interpretation portrait is simply BRILLIANT! Many thanks,
This is my favorite one so far!
The portrait of Nzinga what I like 👍🏼 is the reconstruction of her face and her smile 😃
Very educational! You did great on the protrait!
You need to be on a cable channel. These videos are very educational and the recreations are gorgeous. I oooed and ahhhed on her.She's stunning. Great interpretations always.
In all of these videos the smiles are so endearing and uplifting.
Amazing job! That rendition is awesome! I’m speechless! She is absolutely stunning and that smile is beautiful! Thank you for that recreation!!!!
Everything you do is wonderful!
Thank you! That is very kind of you
Kudos for creating alternative spaces to get an accurate historical account. Generations have passed where our history as Africans has always been a Eurocentric account of how primitive and useless we are. Thank you so much for this!!!!
Only recently found your channel and have been watching consistently. This story was informative and the recreation was stunning 😍
Beautiful recreation! You did a fantastic job. Thank you so much.
I think you did a really good job of recreating her.
These recreated portraits you do are amazing
Thank you so much for this! This is so fascinating! I could cry! I appreciate you trying to re-create this image with very little to work with! Thank you, thank you thank you!
Astounding! I'm so impressed with everything you do here. Thank you.
You are gifted. I see it like everyone else. She is beautiful. The accuracy is chilling.
Please. Respectfully. Please Put her crown on!!!!!!
I love the beauty of Africa
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. Love your work and I love learning about people I’ve never heard of. I especially love your art. Beautiful work, thank you.
10:34 10:45 Omg Queen Nzinga smile is so beautiful, she is such an Angolan goddess. She is so pretty in the reconstruction photo.
i admire her beauty and her gorgeous smile. she is too pretty and her smile is so remarkable and unforgettable 😍😍
I’m speechless!! Thank you so much!
Your recreation brought tears to my eyes how beautiful is that
The modern portrait rendered the queen beautifully. I'm pretty sure Nzinga was that beautiful.
I love the work that this channel does and the awesome portrait restoration. May God continue to bless all that you do.
Loved this video so much, hope you can do more videos about historical figures from around the world especially Africa & Asia
Your portrait is beautiful!
Wonderful rendering! Thank you!
This made me quite emotional, you did a fantastic job. 👏🏾
You did an amazing job on the recreation photo.
I THINK YOU DID A EXCEPTIONAL JOB, SHE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU 🙏 THIS WAS A WONDERFUL TOUR BACK INTO HISTORY!!!!!!!!!
An amazing recreation! Thanks!!.
Really beautiful. Thank you.
Fascinating and beautifully rendered!
Incredible! You did the portrait so much justice! Thank you!
That's what I was seeing. As soon as you pointed out the different parts of the face being from different angles it made more sense.
Strong Woman and lived till 82 in that time. Born being hung and died in her sleep, I bet she had no fear/anxiety her entire life, maybe a lot of concern, but no crippling and frightening waves of despair and hopelessness.
This is AMAZING!!! Thank you.
Astounding recreation. I've seen soooo many of your videos but this one made me tear up when I saw your recreation. Thank you for your channel!!! I love it.
Wonderful
utterly breathtaking video not only are you an incredible artist so gifted in the style of Vermeer who captured the spiritual divinity of women in everyday tasks but a skilled narrator and historian I truly am in awe and a devoted fan please keep up the excellent work which I believe is your calling as a priest the spread of Christianity often propagated and developed by women who were the prodigies of their day is both inspiring and amazing God bless you, Father Charles Anderson
Thank you so much Charles, I really appreciate your kind words 🥰