Reines africaines: Njinga

The narrator should be African, to tell our stories from the correct perspective.

African names must be pronounced in our language and intonation because they carry deep meanings.

Smacks of a colonial perspective when everyone, apart from the actors is non-African.

Expected better from Netflix.

Netflix, Africa must tell her own stories. That is a deal breaker. We can no longer turn a blind eye to the foreign telling of our history.

Glad you have begun to share our stories pre and post slavery and the fact that's we fought for our freedom and independence for over 400 years.

Some of us are still fighting today.

I am an American Black woman and can only say that I would be sad if series like these stopped. I am always a second away from unsubscribing from Netflix, but these series (Queen Njinga & Cleopatra), Queen Charlotte, and Bridgerton are what keep me here. I wouldn't dare say what is or isn't accurate for countless reasons... I will say that these type of series awaken curiosity... and often the reason they inflate the impact of the character in these shows and movies is because there is a need to counteract the unbelievable negative brainwashing and imagery we've been exposed to since... the beginning of American history. I'm so glad that everyone is speaking freely about how they feel about these shows... mainly because I'm so glad these type of shows exist.

To all the posters on here that are criticizing with their double standards about the Portuguese not being the first to practice slavery on Africa and that Africans practiced slavery on their own. It's not possible to relativize the one with the other. Get off your high horse people!

Victim blaming serves to create psychological distance between the blamer and it occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them. The victim blaming serves no one. There is no justification or excuse.

Slavery, forced labor and human trafficking are violations of human rights because these acts strip human beings of their inherent rights. Period!

As native Angolan, I have to criticize this western revisionist "documentary".

1- The actors aren't native, the languages also aren't. They hired a British-Nigerian... it's not even a native Nigerian. And even if it was, Nigerians and Angolans aren't the same just because we share higher amounts of melanin. We have different cultures, languages, and even physical traits. Our histories also diverge.

( nothing against Yorubas and Igbo people, much respect for their history and cultures, but I believe they wouldn't like someone from a different culture to portray their own history on TV ).

2- Many names and important Kingdoms were ignored to promote an inaccurate story, as well for many historical facts omitted for western narratives... again.

Angolan stories should be about Angolan truths and reality from that period, not western revisionism and ignorance.

It's just disrespectful and insulting.

It might be a good initiative to focus more on African stories, but at least, the very least, is to do a good job, specially when we are talking about national heroes, nationality and culture, you have the obligation to do it right and the most respectful way possible.

It doesn't matter who is behind all of this, the fame and money they have in America, you should just respect our cultures and stories.

Maybe it's time for western people to stop putting Africans in generic skin color boxes... our realities are different; first we see ethnic groups, languages and nationality, and only after we look at skin colour and only if necessary.

... it manages to be remarkably superficial - there's a distinct lack of detail, of character, of personality, of context, & analysis.

The poor-quality dramatic sequences also do nothing for the supposed exploration of this figure, her culture, & her times.

Everyone is shallowly sketched, & details are glossed over with great regularity

It's astonishing that Ms Pinkett-Smith gave this first entry 5 parts- & yet the very format has limited the ability to go deeply into the subject...

The drama & scope is limited, cliche, & trite- I found myself more drawn to books on the subject - where the character of Nzinga, her spirit, & sense of self comes far more alive, ironically, than in this live action docu-drama...