Ana Joaquina dos Santos da Silva

Ana Joaquina dos Santos da Silva
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1788
ƙasa	Angola
Mutuwa	1859
Karatu
Harsuna	Portuguese language
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa da slave trader (en)

Ana Joaquina dos Santos e Silva ( c. 1800-1859 ), wanda kuma akafi sani da Ná Andêmbo, 'yar kasuwa ce kuma na 'yar Afro-Portuguese kuma 'yar kasuwar bayi mai aiki a Portuguese Angola.

Rayuwar farko

An haifi Ana Joaquina a ƙauyen Luanda a ƙasar Angola ta Portugal a farkon ƙarni na 19. Tana da uba ɗan Fotigal da mahaifiya 'yar Mestiço, wanda hakan ya sanya ta zama wani ɓangare na gagarumin al'umma na Afro-Portuguese waɗanda ke zaune a cikin mulkin mallaka na Portugal a lokacin. Ba a san komai game da rayuwarta ta farko ba. Ta auri 'yan kasuwan Portugal guda biyu a jere kuma ta gaji kasuwancinsu a lokacin mutuwarsu, tare da tara babban fayil na kasuwancin cinikin bayi a cikin shekarar 1820s.

Ayyukan kasuwanci

Joaquina ta kasance mace mai ƙarfi a cinikin bayi a Angola kuma ta gina ƙaƙƙarfan alaƙa da masu siyan bayi a Brazil waɗanda ke da babban tattalin arzikin bautar shuka. An shigo da barasa na Aguardente, sukari, da garin alkama zuwa Angola a musayar. Tare da kasuwancinta na fitar da bayi, Joaquina kuma ta kafa gonakin bayi da yawa a cikin kanta a cikin Angola. Wannan ya haɗa da gonakin sukari a Ícolo e Bengo da Golungo Alto da kuma "gonana da yawa" a Moçâmedes, waɗanda aka kafa ta cikin shekarun1830s da 1840s.

A matsayin wani ɓangare na kasuwancin bayinta, Joaquina ta mallaki ƙananan jiragen ruwa waɗanda ke ɗaukar bayi da kayayyaki tsakanin Angola da tashar jiragen ruwa na Brazil na Baía, Recife, Pernambuco, da Rio de Janeiro. Rundunarta ta kuma yi cinikin kayayyaki da Lisbon a babban birnin Portugal da Montevideo, Uruguay. Ko da yake an hana cinikin bayi na transatlantic a cikin daular mulkin mallaka na Portugal a shekara ta 1836, ta kasance ta shari'a a Angola da Brazil tsawon shekaru da yawa. An yi imanin cewa jiragen ruwa na Joaquina sun ci gaba da fitar da bayi ba bisa ka'ida ba ta Luanda bayan wannan lokaci.

Joaquina ta kasance fitacciyar mace a cikin manyan al'umma a Luanda inda ta mallaki wani katafaren gida mai hawa uku a gundumar Bungo kuma tana cikin mazaunan mafi arziki. Ta ci gaba da kasancewa tare da gwamnonin mulkin mallaka na Portugal wanda ke da mahimmanci don tabbatar da wanzuwar ayyukan cinikin bayi.

Tare da sauran sha'awarta na kasuwanci, Joaquina ta kasance mai ba da rancen kuɗi mai himma ga 'yan kasuwa na Portuguese da na Afirka waɗanda ke aiki a Angola. A matsayin wani ɓangare na wannan kasuwancin, ta ba da kuɗin balaguron balaguron da ɗan kasuwa Joaquim Rodrigues Graça ya yi wanda gwamnatin Portugal ta aika don kulla dangantakar siyasa da daular Lunda a shekarar 1843.

Mutuwa

Bayan rashin lafiya, Joaquina ta bar Luanda a ranar 6 ga watan Afrilu 1859 don tafiya zuwa Lisbon a Portugal don neman magani. Ta mutu a lokacin tsallakawar kuma ba ta zo ba; Wata kila gawarta aka binne ta a teku. Tsohon mazauninta a Luanda, wanda aka sani da Palácio Dona Ana Joaquina, an rushe shi a cikin shekarar 1999. An sake gina kwafin ginin "mafi ko žasa da aminci" a kan wurin. Joaquina ta yi watsi da ’yarta, Tereza Luíza, mai yiwuwa don yin aure tare da ɗan’uwan wani ɗan kasuwa ba tare da izininta ba. Sai dai ta bar wa jikokinta dukiyarta.