Ganga Zumba date of birth:
1630
How old was Ganga Zumba when died?
48
Where was Ganga Zumba born?
Kingdom of Kongo
When did Ganga Zumba die?
1678
Where did Ganga Zumba die?
Colonial Brazil, Brazil
Ganga Zumba body shape:
Average
What color are Ganga Zumba's eyes?
Black
What color is Ganga Zumba's hair?
Black
Is Ganga Zumba gay or straight?
Straight
What is Ganga Zumba's ethnicity?
Black
What is Ganga Zumba nationality?
Brazilian
What is Ganga Zumba's occupation?
Military man
Short Biography
Ganga Zumba was the first of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares, or Angola Janga, in the present-day state of Alagoas, Brazil. Zumba was a slave who escaped bondage on a sugar plantation and assumed his destiny as heir to the kingdom of Palmares and the title Ganga Zumba. Although some Portuguese documents give him the name Ganga Zumba, and this name is widely used today, the most important of the documents translates the name as "Great Lord, " which is probably not correct. However, a letter written to him by the governor of Pernambuco in 1678 and now found in the Archives of the University of Coimbra, calls him "Ganazumba, " which is a better translation of "Great Lord" (in Kimbundu) and thus was probably his name.