Na Agontimé

Na Agontimé was a queen of the Kingdom of Dahomey during the early 1800s. She was one of the wives of King Agonglo. After a power struggle between Agonglo's sons Adandozan and Ghezo, the latter of whom is likely Agontimé's son, she was sold into slavery in Brazil. While in Brazil, it is thought that she established the Casa das Minas in São Luís, Maranhão under the name Maria Jesuína. The temple became the birthplace of the Tambor de Mina religion.