Nanisca

General Nanisca is the main protagonist of the 2022 period action-adventure drama film, The Woman King. She is the leader of the all-female tribe of warriors, called the Agojie tribe.
She is portrayed by Viola Davis.
== Bio ==
Nanisca leads the Agojie, the all-female section of the King of Dahomey’s tribes and protection force. Nanisca was captured when she was younger, but she made it back to her home and rose in the ranks of the soldiers. She is in consideration of King Ghezo to become the new woman king (queen), who would advise him in all matters of government and society in Dahomey.
== Abilities ==
The Dahomey Kingdom's greatest protector, General Nanisca, has earned her place as the leader of the Agojie by proving herself on the field of battle for decades. Not only is she a fierce warrior, but she navigates palace politics with patience and solemnity, never allowing her position in the king's favour to make her arrogant.
== Story ==
The film begins as General Nanisca, leader of the all-female tribe of warriors, the Agojie, extricates Dahomean women from the Oyo Empire, thus initiating an all-out war with the Oyo. She starts to train a new generation of warriors to join the Agojie to protect the kingdom. Among these warriors is Nawi, a strong-willed girl who was offered by her father to the king after refusing to marry men who would beat her. She also reveals to Nanisca that she is adopted and shows a scar on her left shoulder, much to the latter's surprise.
Later on, after graduating from training to become a full-fledged Agojie, Nawi sneaks off to speak with the half-Dahomean Malik and learns that the Oyo are planning to attack. She reports this to Nanisca, who calls her out on her recklessness. The maternal aristocrat reveals that in her troubled past, she was captured by Oba, raped, and impregnated. After giving birth to a daughter, Nanisca embedded a shark tooth in her left shoulder before giving her away. Nanisca helps Nawi extract the tooth, confirming that she is her biological daughter.
Nanisca leads the Agojie in an ambush on the Oyo, but Oba escapes and Nawi, Fumbe and Izogie are captured. With Nawi's advice, Fumbe escapes and reports the others' fate to Nanisca. Ghezo prepares to bestow the title of Woman King, his partner and equal in ruling Dahomey, upon Nanisca, but refuses to authorise a rescue mission for the captive Agojie. Eventually, Nanisca defies orders and sets out with a group of like-minded warriors to rescue the captives, enabling Nawi to escape and rejoin her mother in the conflict. Malik manages to free several other slaves who drown Ferreira, while Nanisca kills Oba in single combat. The triumphant Agojie return to Dahomey, where Ghezo privately and briefly admonishes Nanisca for disobeying him, before crowning her the Woman King. After the festivities, Nanisca and Nawi privately acknowledge their familial relationship.
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