Evidently, the story of one of the Yoruba kingdom’s first princesses, Moremi Ajasoro, is fascinating …
Read More »King Afonso I of Kongo, ruler of the Kongolese Kingdom (1509 -1543)
Born Nzinga Mbemba, King Alfonso I was the ruler of the Kongolese people in the early sixteenth century. He reigned over the Kongo Empire from 1509 to late 1542 or 1543. Mbemba created a good commercial connection with the Portuguese, and embraced Catholicism as a result of this relationship. Every aspect of the life of the King, from his name, got changed …
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