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King of Quilombo dos Palmares
Ganga Zumbi
King of Quilombo dos Palmares
Predecessor
Princess Aqualtune of Kongo
Successor
Zumbi dos Palmares (nephew)
Born
Ganga Zumba (original name is written in Kikongo as Nganga Nzumbi), ca. 1630 Kingdom of Kongo
Died
1678 Cucaú Valley, Portuguese Colony of Brazil
Spouse
Three wives
House
Kongo
Mother
Princess Aqualtune of Kongo
Occupation
Prince in Africa, Slave, warrior, King of Palmares in Brazil
Nganga Nzumba (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈɡɐ̃ɡɐˈzũbɐ]) (c. 1630 - 1678) was the first leader of the massive runaway slave settlement of Quilombo dos Palmares, or Angola Janga, in the present-day state of Alagoas, Brazil. Zumba was enslaved and escaped bondage on a sugar plantation and eventually rose to the position of highest authority within the kingdom of Palmares, and the corresponding title of Ganga Zumba.
Palmares, and the corresponding title of GangaZumba. Although some Portuguese documents regard GangaZumba as his proper name, and this name is widely...
rejected Almeida's overture and challenged GangaZumba's kingship. In 1678 Zumbi killed his uncle GangaZumba. Zumbi sought to implement a far more aggressive...
January 18, 1966) is the founder of the Japanese bands The Boom and GangaZumba. The former was noted in the 1990s for a fusion of rock, pop, and local...
husband cut ties with his uncle Ganga-Zumba, who was the first big chief of Quilombo dos Palmares. In 1678, Ganga-Zumba signed a peace treaty with the...
unidentified Manikongo. According to the tradition, she was the mother of GangaZumba and the maternal grandmother of Zumbi. In 1665, Aqualtune led a force...
First Maroon War. The Quilombo dos Palmares of Brazil flourished under GangaZumba. In the United States, the 1811 German Coast Uprising in the Territory...
withstood, on average, one Portuguese expedition nearly every year. GangaZumba and Zumbi are the two best-known warrior-leaders of Palmares which, after...
tobacco plantation. GangaZumba 1963 Not released until 1972 because of a military coup in Brazil, the film highlights GangaZumba, a 17th-century slave...
Kyōko Koizumi, and Rimi Natsukawa. He also started a new band named GangaZumba who released their first album Um in April 2007. "Kimi wa TV-kko" (21...
Artist profile by Official Site "HAAS" Hiroshi Takano's MySpace Official Site for Natalie Wise (Japanese) Official Site for GangaZumba (Japanese) v t e...
Viúva Porcina (Regina Duarte) in Roque Santeiro. He also appeared as GangaZumba in Carlos Diegues's Quilombo. Tornado was married to actress Arlete Salles...
weary of the longstanding conflict with Palmares, approached its leader GangaZumba with an olive branch. Almeida offered freedom for all runaway slaves...
in Brazil. In the 1630s, Palmares was inherited by Aqualtune's son, GangaZumba, who ruled the city from a palace. The inhabitants used African style...
Ezgondidu Mahamud da Silva Santos (died 1677), princess of Kongo, mother of GangaZumba and grandmother of Zumbi dos Palmares. She led 10,000 men during the...
1880 by Apache. GangaZumba 1963 Not released until 1972 because of a military coup in Brazil, this Brazilian film highlights GangaZumba, a 17th-century...
Portuguese rule with the Dutch incursion. Palmares was governed by leaders GangaZumba and his successor, Zumbi. The terminology for the settlements and leaders...
Mbwila. Ganga Zona, King (ruled 1678–1678). A brother of GangaZumba. Zumbi, also known as Francisco, King (ruled 1678–1695). A nephew of GangaZumba, son...
withstood, on average, one Portuguese expedition nearly every year. GangaZumba and Zumbi are the two best-known warrior-leaders of Palmares which, after...
Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes 1678 GangaZumba, leader of Quilombo dos Palmares 1695 Zumbi, leader of Quilombo dos Palmares 1830 Líbero Badaró, journalist...
1960 Spartacus Stanley Kubrick Historical drama Third Servile War 1963 GangaZumba Carlos Diegues Historical drama Revolution, Brazil 1964 Zulu Cy Endfield...
weary of the longstanding conflict with Palmares, approached its leader GangaZumba with an olive branch. Almeida offered freedom for all runaway slaves...
princess Aqualtune (who led a battalion during the battle), GangaZumba, his brother Ganga Zona, and their sister Sabina appeared enslaved in an engenho...
Cinco Vezes Favela (1962) Barravento (1962) The Unscrupulous Ones (1962) GangaZumba (1963) Barren Lives (1963) Black God, White Devil (1964) The Guns (1964)...
Palmares remained. In spite of a treaty negotiated in 1678 with its ruler GangaZumba, a war between the two remained. Zumbi who became ruler following the...
decorative ensemble. Tapuias dancing African warrior at the time of GangaZumba, leader of the Quilombo of Palmares Brazilian Indian (Tarairiu) warrior...