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Nzinga a Nkuwu

converted 1491 · 15th century

Nzinga a Nkuwu was a king, or manikongo, of the Kingdom of Kongo in the late fifteenth century. He received Portuguese envoys and converted to Christianity in 1491, taking the name João I. His conversion began a new ideological framework for royal governance in the Kongo Empire.

Nzinga a Nkuwu
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