NJINGA: THE QUEEN KING

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Label
Mode Records
Release Date
May 4, 2010
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      OLIVEROS, PAULINE
    • PERFORMER
      Oliveros, Ione
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 04, 2010
    • UPC
      764593022091
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      MOD-DV-220
    • LABEL
      Mode Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Folk

Njinga ruled 17th century Ndongo - now Angola - as 'king' because tribal custom forbade her to rule as a woman. Flowing freely between time periods, the play traces the diaspora of Njinga's people to Brazil and the United States.