Ngola (ruler)

Ngola (ruler)

Ngola was the title for rulers of the Ndongo kingdom which existed from the 14th to the 17th century in what is now Angola. The full title was "Ngola a Kiluanje", which is often shortened to simply "Ngola", hence the name of the modern country.

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