QUEEN NENZIMA OF MANGBETULAND 



Xenzima was the forpmost of Okondo's one hundred and eighty wives, and is more than 

 sixty years of age. She has been queen during four reigns, and is the beloved mother of her 

 tribe. The abrupt changes from glory to nothingness that follow wars and revolutions have 

 failed to dim her fame. Endowed with great wisdom, she is renowned as a debater in court; the 

 righteousness of her motives lends her sufficient daring to oppose rudeness and cruelty, and her 

 charming simplicity places her beyond reproach. When it is announced that she will speak, great 

 numbers flock to court. She rendered important service to her people at the period of the Belgian 

 occupation 



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