Afonso I of Kongo
King
Mvemba a Nzinga, Nzinga Mbemba, Funsu Nzinga Mvemba or Dom Alfonso, also known as King Afonso I, was the sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from the Lukeni kanda dynasty and ruled in the first half of the 16th century. He reigned over the Kongo... Wikipedia
Born: 1457, M'banza-Kongo, Angola
Died: M'banza-Kongo, Angola
Children: Pedro I of Kongo and Henrique of Kongo
Parents: João I of Kongo and Nzinga a Nlaza
Grandparent: Nkuwu a Ntinu of Kongo
Great-grandparent: Lukeni lua Nimi
Reign: 1509 to late 1542 or 1543
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Born into the ruling house of House of Kilukeni, Afonso was the son of Nzinga a Nkuwu (Christianized as João I), king of the Kongo. Given political power from a ...
Mar 12, 2024 · Afonso I (born c. 1460—died 1542) was the ruler of Kongo (historical kingdom in west-central Africa) and the first of a line of Portuguese ...
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Manikongo Afonso I, the greatest king of the Kongo, reigned from 1506 to 1545. He worked with the Portuguese to bring Christianity to the Kingdom - which ...
Jul 10, 2020 · King Afonso I of Kongo died in 1542, unable to snuff out the slave trade in its infancy. In ensuing years, it would metastasize into an ...
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Afonso I Mvemba a Nzinga, King of Kongo “John K. Thornton's new book is another must-read. It contains both translations of the extant letters of the most ...
In 1526, the king of the Kongo, Nzinga Mbemba (who by this time had adopted the Christian name of Afonso I) began writing a series of twenty-four letters to ...
Nov 27, 2023 · Professor of African Cultural Studies, Luís Madureira, joined historian John K. Thornton to write a biography on King Afonso I, the sixth ruler ...
Jun 10, 2009 · Born Nzinga Mbemba, King Alfonso I was the leader of the Kongolese people in the early part of the 16th Century. Mbemba developed a strong ...
May 12, 2021 · Afonso I of Kongo strategically pursued a close mutually beneficial relationship with Portugal. At first, he collaborated in the slave trade ...