McKissack, Pat, 1944-

Nzingha, warrior queen of Matamba / by Patricia McKissack. - New York : Scholastic, c2000. - 136 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - The royal diaries .

Presents the diary of thirteen-year-old Nzingha, a sixteenth-century West African princess who loves to hunt and hopes to lead her kingdom one day against the invasion of the Portuguese slave traders.

ISBN: 0439112109

LCCN: 00024216

Subjects--Personal Names:
Nzingha, Queen of Matamba, 1582-1663 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Princesses--Fiction.
Blacks--Angola--Fiction.
Mbundu (African people)--Fiction.
Slave trade--Fiction.
Sex role--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.
Children's literature--2003.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Angola--History--1482-1648--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.M478693 / Nz 2000

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]