Afonso I, King of the Congo, -approximately 1550
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Afonso I, King of the Congo, d. ca. 1550
Nzinga Mbemba, King of the Congo, -approximately 1550
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found: As cartas do "rei" do Congo D. Afonso, 1992:p. 7, etc. (D. Afonso I (Mbemba-a Nzinga) ruled between 1509-1543; Afonso I, Mvemba-a-Nzinga (Mvemba ne Lumbu; 1509-1540)
found: Enc. Brit., 1991(Afonso I, also called Nzinga Mbemba, d.c. 1550, ruler of the Kongo kingdom (in present Zaire and Angola); 1st of a line of Portuguese vassal kings. Nzinga Mbemba became the 6th manikongo (lord of the kongo) in 1506 or 1507; Becoming Christian adopted the name Dom Afonso)
found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Afonso, I; king of the Congo; Mvemba a Nzinga; born c. 1460 presumably in Mbanza Kongo, Angola; when João I died in 1506 Afonso I put together an army with the aid of his mother and seized the throne; agreed to trade people to Europeans, as long as they respected his royal monopoly over the slave trade; died in 1543 presumably in Mbanza Kongo, Angola)
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1996-12-05: new
2015-05-13: revised
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