Queen Nzinga resisted the Portuguese conquest of Angola
A) through a marriage to Dutch aristocracy.
B) by mobilizing military resistance to the Portuguese.
C) by entering into a trading alliance with Portugal.
D) by forging a military alliance with neighboring Kongo.
E) None of these answers is correct.
Answer: B) by mobilizing military resistance to the Portuguese.
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