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Alan Moore, V for Vendetta (via wnq-writers)

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San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia

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“Heywood offers a complex and layered narrative that significantly enhances our knowledge about Njinga, the memorable ruler who defied colonial power in seventeenth-century Central Africa. In addition to being a tour de force of historical analysis that will mesmerize scholars, this powerful and moving book will delight Njinga’s many admirers, for the African queen occupies a vital place both in the national identity of Angola and in the memory of people of African descent in the Americas.”

King Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho was born to a minor chief in 1786.  Growing up in “the time of troubles,” his tribe (the Basotho) migrated to the Qiloane Plateau.  He was an adept diplomat and allowed defeated enemies to band with him, while accepting aid from white missionaries.  While he lost much of his territory to white settlers, the country he founded, Lesotho, survives to this day.