Nzinga Mbande (Civ6)

Nzinga Mbande (c. 1583 – 1663), baptized Ana de Sousa, was ngola of the kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba in northern Angola from 1626 until her death. She is known for her decades-long resistance against the Portuguese to control the slave trade and secure independence for her kingdoms. She leads the Kongolese in Civilization VI.
Staying on her home continent is the key to success with Nzinga Mbande.
== Intro ==
 Nzinga Mbande, queen of Ndongo and Matamba, warlord of the Imbangala, you know too well that power is not granted, but must be made anew in each instant. Beware those who would seize your lands and your people for their own ends. Strike back against those who would conspire against you, and take what is yours, if not by right, then by grand vision.
== In-Game ==
Nzinga Mbande's unique agenda is Decolonization. She likes civilizations on continents where she has no cities and dislikes those who have a city on her home continent.
Her leader ability is Queen of Ndongo and Mtamba. All cities on her home continent (including her ) receive a 10% bonus to all yields, while cities on other continents receive a 15% penalty to all yields.
== Detailed Approach ==
Nzinga Mbande’s Kongo wants to be the preeminent power on her home continent. Her additional yields on her home combined with the Nkisi ability set her up well for a Culture Victory. The Ngao Mbeba helps her conquer any civilization that enters her home continent. The Mbanza will help her cities grow large and prosperous.
== Lines ==
Nzinga Mbande is voiced by Warona Setshwaelo. She speaks Kimbundu.
=== Voiced ===
Codename 	Quote (English translation) 	Quote (Kimbundu)	Notes
Agenda-based Approval 	Let us exchange ideas, gold, and good... just not land. 	? 	
Agenda-based Disapproval	The divine has granted each of us a land to rule as we see fit. Stay in your corner. 	? 	
Attacked 	Go ahead, send your soldiers! We will melt into the trees and strike at you from the stones.	? 	
Declares War 	We come to set your lands and your flags on fire. 	? 	
Defeated 	Your swords cleave only flesh. Your chains bind only hands. Our soul remains ours. 	? 	
Greeting 	I am Queen Nzinga. Please sit anywhere. 	? 	This is a reference to her first meeting with the Portuguese governor of Luanda, where she was not offered a chair to sit, but a mere floor mat fit for servants instead. In response, Nzinga ordered one of her attendants to get on all fours and serve as her chair, to speak with the governor face-to-face.https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/leader-trailer-nzinga-mbande.680537/#post-16370190
Quote from Civilopedia 	Chance all, and see where destiny leads. 	? 	This is an old Angolan proverb.
=== Unvoiced ===
Delegation: We have here beans with palm oil, okra and toasted grasshopper. Take a handful of funge de bombo and dip it in the sauce!
Accepts Player's Declaration of Friendship: Where friendship grows, there is generosity.
Rejects Player's Declaration of Friendship: So many come offering friendships, but in their eyes I see the glitter of greed.
Requests Declaration of Friendship: A queen must be fierce to her enemies, but cultivate friendships where we can.
Player Accepts Declaration of Friendship: Yes, we can see in your eyes there is no witchcraft there.
Player Rejects Declaration of Friendship: We weigh these issues carefully, and cannot accept that which would be a risk.
Denounced by Player: You choose hostility instead of compromise. You clearly do not know with whom you deal.
Denounces Player: Your wicked customs you bring to us and seek to spread. We cannot allow this.
Too Many Troops Near Her Border: Please. I am no stranger to war. I can see where it is being plotted. Prove me wrong.
Invitation to Capital: Shall I tell you of the beauty of the Kongolese lands? Of Ndongo, of Angola?
Invitation to City: These lands are rich and varied, their wonders must be experienced!
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Trivia ==
* Despite her status as a Kongolese leader, the real life Nzinga never governed over the kingdom of Kongo, although she did rule over the neighboring kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba, and later into her rule established an alliance with the Kongolese against the Portuguese.
* Historically, Nzinga Mbande converted from the traditional Kongolese religion to Catholicism (though how sincere her conversion was is debatable), but she has no preferred religion in-game.
* Nzinga Mbande's leader ability references her rulership over the two Ambundu kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba, while her leader agenda is named after the process through which African countries became independent from their colonizers during the Cold War.
* Nzinga Mbande's European name is used when she appears as a Great General.
== Gallery ==
Nzinga Mbande loadscreen (Civ6).png|Nzinga Mbande on the loading screen
Ana Nzinga.jpg|A colored lithograph of Queen Nzinga (which appears to have inspired her in-game model)
== Videos ==
thumb|center|300px|Leader Spotlight: Nzinga Mbande
== Related achievements ==
== References ==
== See also ==
* Nzinga Mbande in other games
== External links ==
* https://civilization.com/news/entries/new-leaders-coming-to-civilization-vi/
ru:Н'Зинга Мбанди (Civ6)
Category:Kongolese
Category:Civilization VI: Leader Pass