Afonso I of Kongo
c. 1456–1543 · Kongo (Central Africa) · Early Modern
King of Kongo who corresponded with European rulers on trade, religion, and diplomacy.
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- Birthplace
- Kongo (Central Africa)
- Known as
- King of Kongo who corresponded with European rulers on trade, religion, and diplomacy.
Afonso I of Kongo (c. 1456–1543) endures among the great of Kongo (Central Africa). King of Kongo who corresponded with European rulers on trade, religion, and diplomacy. Across the early modern age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost. Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.
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