Isabel Maria de Gama

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Isabel Maria de Gama is the queen dowager of the Bakongo people in the Republic of the Congo in west Africa. She succeeded her husband, Dom Antonio III upon his death in 1958 as regent for her son, Mansala. Some believe that Isabel Maria is still the regent of the Kongo. Others hold that her regency ended in 1975.

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