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Royal Diaries: Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595

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Nzingha is the daughter of the Ngola Kiluanji of Angola in Africa. Kiluanji is deeply in love with Kangela, Nzingha's mother. Nzingha also has two younger sisters, Mukambu and Kifunji. Kiluanji heartily wishes for Nzingha to succeed him as ruler over their African people, but it is not to be. Kiluanji's heir is young Mbandi, the son of Kiluanji's first wife, Kwumi, who was chosen over Kangela by Kiluanji's family for him to marry. But still, Kiluanji married Kangela in secret. Kwumi is an evil, slithering, cobra with a venomous bite, and Mbandi is simply a dunderheaded fool.

Kiluanji wants Nzingha, a born warrioress and leader, to later rule after him, because he wants someone with wisdom and intelligence to rule, for Nzingha's people are in a raging bloodbath of a war against the evil white Portuguese men, who threaten to take all the African peoples' land away. Can Nzingha and her people triumph?

Patricia McKissack is a very skilled writer, but it definitely does not show here, compared to her other books. The diary is extremely short---only 86 pages! The characters never truly develop, and the good/evil conflict is too rigid and unrealistic. The setting is very interesting, yet everything else just fails.

Recommended.

Nzingha is an excellant book. It was very short no question but it was still fabulous. What I liked about this book was she wasn't your average princess living in luxery she was couragous, strong, she liked to hunt and stuff like that. The one problem is thta is it very short and they left of when it was getting good. It gives alot of info about Africa in the 15oo's. It's a great book eveb if it is short and it's still worth buying!

Nzingha is the eldest daughter of Ngola Mdambi Kiluanji second wife Kangela. She longs to rule and understands her people but no woman has ever ruled her tribe before and her bratty brother who cares nothing for the people is to inherit the throne.She is sent to the Portugese city to try to find some way to stop them from taking her people as slaves. She herself is nearly captured.

The book was really to short to develope the charecters well.
It wasn't great. If you are new to the series do not read this one first.

Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba

Sound interesting? It will at first glance. Now lets take a look inside. You read the first few pages and you will most likely decide to put the book down and never look at it again. The book is short, but the characters are boring, they have no personality at all. Really, they should have put some more OOMPH!! into the book to make it more interesting. You wondered why Nzingha got such a lowere reanking than the other Royal Diaries books. Well now you know why. If you want to read it, check it out from some library or borrow it. Don't buy it, it's a waste of money.

This is a great book and I totally recomend it. In some parts of the book you just have to smile but.............. I mean it was SO short! I felt like I only read it for five minuetes and then it was over! Still read it!

Nzingha Warrior Queen of Matamba was a great book! The plot was great, it had good details, but it was too short. I loved it and I think it should have been longer. This is a good book for anyone to read, but it is especially good for people who don't read heavy.

This book is a good read but it has a lack of longness because Patricia C. Mckissack probably didn't have enough information on Nzingha. The other, more longer books' authors had enogh information to write a long story so I don't know why people are hating the book and Patricia Mckissack.

I've enjoyed reading the Royal Diaries for a long time and have an almost complete set. I was delighted by the opening chapters of this book as well. Nzingha was exactly what a young ruler should be. Proud, confident and strong. I agree it's WAY too short though. If you find it in the library or for a really good deal go get it but about a 1/2 an hour of entertainment is not worth it.

I was looking forward to reading this book but , like you heard the book was real short but it had a lot of action and events and a way to feel like what living in Angol , Africa was like .

I am a huge fan of the Royal Diaries. The Royal Diaries is possibly my favorite series ever for young adults. I had seen some bad reviews for this book, and I didn't expect to buy it. Then I realized that if I wanted to have the whole collection, I should just give it a try.
So I bought the book, and I fell in love with it. Nzingha's spirit and spunk seemed to leap out of the pages. It was great, and exciting to read.I didn't know why people hated it so much. Then when the real plot of the book started to show, it got very boring. I don't know how to explain it. The real problem or plot was, like, in the last 20 pages. I felt like I had missed something when I finished it. It was way too short.
I also noticed at the sections at the end of the book, that barely anything is known about Nzhinga, except that she used a servent as a chair (?) and used to hunt. How can you write a good, thorough book about that!? About 60% of Warrior Queen of Matamba is just FICTION. No real historical fact.
I would buy this if you are collecting the whole series, but don't expect much out of this. If you are looking for a Royal Diaries book to buy, get the one about Elizabeth or Marie Antoinette. Those are good starters... not this one.