According to the tradition, she was the mother of Ganga Zumba and the maternal grandmother of Zumbi.
[1] In 1665, Aqualtune led a force of ten thousand Kongo men and women in the Battle of Mbwila, where she was captured in defeat.
She was purchased as a breeding slave, and was later sold to a mill in Porto Calvo, already pregnant.
She had two sons, Ganga Zumba and Gana Zona, who both took on leadership roles in the Palmares.
[4] A biography about her was written by author Jarid Arraes as part of her 2015 cordel collection and book Heroínas Negras Brasileiras em 15 cordéis.