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	Afonso I of Kongo Summary
		Affonso I (1460-1545) was a king of Kongo whose reign marked the high point of Portuguese and Christian influence in the kingdom, as well as the failure to establish relations between Europe and Africa on the basis of equality.
		The Portuguese dispatched a technical assistance mission to Kongo, and in 1491 the Kongo king Nzinga Nkuwu was baptized under the name João I. One of João's sons, Nzinga Mvemba, was baptized Affonso and upon his father's death in 1506 he assumed the throne of Kongo.
		Virtually all that is known about Kongo in the time of Afonso's reign is known from his long series of letters, written in Portuguese primarily to the kings Manuel I and João III of Portugal.
	www.bookrags.com /Afonso_I_of_Kongo (1396 words)

	Kings & Queens of Africa: Affonso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Affonso I was a visionary, a man who saw his country not as a group of separate cultures, but as a unified Christian nation fully equipped with advanced knowledge and technology.
		Affonso I was the first ruler to modernize Africa on a grand scale.
		He also streamlined Kongo politics, established one of the most modern school systems in Africa, and later became the first ruler to resist the slave trade.
	www.freedomtrail.org /affonso.htm (105 words)

	Affonso (Alphonse), Kongo, Catholic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His father having been baptized by Portuguese missionaries in 1491, Affonso committed himself to the Christianization of his kingdom.
		Affonso sent his son to Portugal to study for the priesthood and tried to train an indigenous elite.
		The lack of adequate missionary support led him to establish his own seminary, and though this was opposed by Portugal, he continued to extend Christian education in his kingdom, even creating girls' schools.
	www.dacb.org /stories/congo/affonso3.html (217 words)

	Pedantry: A brief history of Bakongo
		Organised into six provinces and composed of a variety of ethnic groups, Kongo was ruled through a complex system of division of powers, clan relationships and local chieftains who functioned at once as policy-makers and as judicial authorities.
		It also had a capital, Mbanza Kongo, to serve as a unifying centre, something that was not unheard of, but was still far from the norm among the Bantus.
		A visitor to Mbanza Kongo in 1678 reported that it was an abandoned ruin where elephants had the run of the city.
	fistfulofeuros.net /pedantry/archives/000284.html (2870 words)

	When We Ruled - 50 Greatest Africans - King Dom Affonso & Queen Ahhotep
		Affonso, however, triumphed over Mpanzu in battle in spite of the fact that he had inferior numbers of perhaps 10,000 soldiers and 100 Christians, both Kongolese and Portuguese.
		Affonso attributed his victory to a religious miracle and thus strengthened his desire to spread Christianity in the land.
		Affonso I wrote to King Manuel of Portugal requesting that he send priests and technicians to spread Christianity further.
	www.whenweruled.com /articles.php?lng=en&pg=6 (535 words)

	Colonization in the Congo :: Chapter Two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Trade between the Kongo and Portugal flourished under his rule, with the export of goods such as copper, ivory, and slaves.
		Affonso and other early Congolese rulers did not immediately realize how disastrous this trade would be for their lands.
		When some of Affonso's own family were enslaved, he appealed to the Portuguese king to relax the flow of slaves out of his kingdom.
	www.congohistory.org /chapter2.html (575 words)

	Affonso (Alphonse), Kongo, Catholic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His father having been baptized by Portuguese missionaries in 1491, Affonso committed himself to the Christianization of his kingdom.
		Affonso sent his son to Portugal to study for the priesthood and tried to train an indigenous elite.
		The lack of adequate missionary support led him to establish his own seminary, and though this was opposed by Portugal, he continued to extend Christian education in his kingdom, even creating girls' schools.
	wesley.nnu.edu /DACB/DACBCDFILES/stories/congo/affonso3.html (217 words)

	Affonso I av Kongo - Wikipedia
		1455–1543), med det innfødde namnet Mvemba Nzinga eller Mbema a Nzinga, var manikongo over kongedømmet Kongo frå om lag 1506 til 1545.
		Han var son av manikongo Mzinga Kuwu, og tok det portugisiske namnet sitt når han vart døypt til den katolske kyrkja av portugisiske misjonærar i 1491.
		Etter at han vart konge, gjorde han den katolske kristendommen til statsreligion og jobba mykje for å omvenda folket sitt.
	nn.wikipedia.org /wiki/Affonso_I_av_Kongo#Kjelder (104 words)

	Portugalia - Portuguese Restaurant and Pub in San Diego
		Following the proclamation of Portugal’s independence in 1143, Affonso Henriques and his son focused their attention on consolidating their power, defending their country against Spanish encroachments, sustaining their crusade against Muslims, and staging campaigns to seize the trade routes that were under the control of Muslim powers in Africa and Asia.
		These policies were retained as high priorities of the Kingdom of Portugal, notably under the House of Aviz, the new royal line that ascended to the Portuguese throne with the help of England in 1385.
		In an effort to consolidate these achievements, in 1491, a special mission was sent from Portugal to convert Nzinga Kuvvu, the manikongo (paramount chief)of the Kongo kingdom, and his court to Christianity, as well as to cement Portugal’s ties with the natives.
	sdportugalia.com /portugal3.html (1550 words)

	Great Kings of Africa
		He converted a group of independent kingdoms into the strong, stable empire known as the United States of Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
		Affonso I - King of the Kongo (1506-1540) Affonso I, was a visionary, a man who saw his country not as a group of separate cultures, but as a unified Christian nation fully equipped with advanced knowledge and tecnology.
		Taharqa - King of Nubia (710 - 664 B.C.) At the age of sixteen, this great Nubian king led his armies against the invading Assyrians in defense of his ally, Israel.
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	hss_craig_herwrldciv_6\|Africa (ca. 1000-1800)\|The Forestlands - Coastal West and Centr\|Study Questions
		Population in West and central Africa declined dramatically in the 16th and 17th centuries.
		Affonso I, ruler of Kongo, was allied strongly with the Jesuits during part of his reign.
		The first white colonial enterprise in Africa took place in the Kongo.
	wps.prenhall.com /hss_craig_herwrldciv_6/0,6520,434990-,00.utf8.html (190 words)

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	Grade 7, Lesson Outline: Chapter 6, Lesson 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A. The Kongo people were friendly to the Portuguese who sent traders and Christian missionaries to Africa.
		E. Although the Mani-Kongo, Affonso, supplied the Portuguese with a limited number of slaves, Portuguese ideas about slavery were very different from those of the Kongo people.
		D. The Portuguese pressured Kongo chiefs to rebel against their king and civil war erupted, eventually ending the Kongo kingdom.
	www.eduplace.com /ss/hmss/7/laag/6.4a.html (247 words)

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		The Kongo kings had built a pyramid structure of taxes and tribute reciprocated by favors to the faithful.
		The Kongo ruler, Affonso I (1506-1543) was a convert to Christianity and welcomed Jesuit missionaries.
		The hereditary kings of the Kongo based their power on the military drawn from musket-bearing troops from the Stanley Pool region.
	www.geog.buffalo.edu /~geobl/main/lectures/l26.html (2954 words)

	Congo (Zaire)
		A diversity of social aggregates developed, ranging from small, autonomous groups of hunters and gatherers to centralized chiefdoms, from settled indigenous village communities to predominantly Muslim and Arab trading communities.
		Established in the late 1300s, the Kongo Kingdom expanded until the mid-17th century.
		In the early 1500s, Kongo King Affonso established relations with Portugal and declared Roman Catholicism the state religion.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/countries/Congo_(Zaire).html (431 words)

	Grade 7 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 6, Lesson 4
		Work with students to distinguish between slavery as practiced by the Kongo people and slavery as practiced by the Portuguese.
		Have them write a poem or parable from his point of view, recounting how the slave trade with the Portuguese caused a civil war that destroyed his country and people.
		Remind them of the flourishing trade that the Kongo had in salt, iron, copper, ivory, and raffia.
	www.eduplace.com /ss/hmss/7/laag/99/6.4.html (223 words)

	An Approved Terrorist
		In the year 1526 AD, Affonso, Mani-Kongo (King of the Kongo) wrote the King John of Portugal as one Christian monarch to another.
		This was caused by the excessive freedom given to King John's agents who came to the Kongo "to set up shops with goods and many things which have been prohibited by us...
		Worse than that, "the merchants are taking every day our natives, sons of the lands and the sons of noblemen and vassals and our relatives, because the thieves and men of bad conscience grab them wishing to have the things and wares...
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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Portuguese missionaries converted the Manikongo to Christianity, and the Portuguese Kings entered into alliances with Affonso II of Kongo and his successors.
		Portuguese assistance was given to the Manikongo to fight off incursions by the Jaga armies invading from the east.
		But by the end of the sixteenth century, the Portuguese were not able to fight off their Dutch and British rivals, and Portuguese dominance of the Swahili coast collapsed.
	www.actsascotland.org.uk /region.html (12468 words)

	Terror and civilisation - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Five hundred years ago, Affonso Mani-Kongo (King of the Kongo) had, in tribute to his Christian proselytisation, changed his name from Nzinga Mbemba.
		The Portuguese never fulfilled their promises of foreign aid and technical assistance - never supplied the artisans and teachers they had promised Affonso as their part of the bargain which allowed them to trade in his Kingdom.
		Later the Portuguese killed another Mani-Kongo, Antonio I, and his kingdom broke up into a number of small states, parts of what are present day Angola and the Congo.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /columns/html/20050709T200000-0500_83864_OBS_TERROR_AND_CIVILISATION.asp (1856 words)

	McREL online standards and benchmark database
		Understands how the transoceanic interlinking of all major regions of the world between 1450 and 1600 led to global transformations
		Understands the character and impact of Portuguese maritime expansion to Africa, India, and Southeast Asia upon local populations (e.g., relations between King Affonso II of the Kongo and Portuguese, why Bartholomew de las Casas was considered the "defender of the Indians")
		Understands relations between King Affonso II of the Kongo and the Portuguese
	www.mcrel.org /compendium/topicsDetail.asp?topicsID=1092&subjectID=6 (594 words)

	gold-salt assignment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Create a map the shows the trade routes between the coastal states and the Kongo.
		Create a map showing the route of the Portugese as they headed south to trade with the Kongo and then around the Cape to trade with the Coastal trading states.
		As you research, remember that you are analyzing one of the Trading Kingdoms of Africa (Western Africa (Ghana, Mali,Songhai), Kongo, Zimbabwe and the Swahili Coastal States) from 800 - 1600 AD.
	www.wood.wlwv.k12.or.us /ASHERS/Asher/Africa/newspaper.htm (802 words)

	Military.org -- CountryWatch.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		century, the first kingdom of the region, the Kongo Kingdom, was established.
		The Kongo Kingdom, which flourished for 300 years, laid the foundation for modern ethnic and ethno-political foundations.
		The Kongo king, Affonso, requested technical help from the Portuguese and began trading copper, slaves and ivory.
	www.countrywatch.com /mi_topic.asp?vCOUNTRY=40&SECTION=COVER&TOPIC=POHIS&TYPE=TEXT (3134 words)

	Great African Kings
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		Affonso I was a visionary, a man who saw his country not as a group of separate cultures, but as a unified nation fully equipped with advance knowledge and technology.
		He was also known as the first ruler to resist the most despicable act ever known to man, the European slave trade.
	www.swagga.com /king.htm (2357 words)

	kinganahi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A letter to King John of Portugal from King Affonso of the Kongo Kingdom
		This is really painful to me to see my people of the Kongo assist in civil wars and then become slaves.
		Please, I am asking you as a king, a human being, a parent, a husband, a father, and as a son to ban the slave trade.
	www.geocities.com /goldenstormsend/kinganahi.html (293 words)

	African Politicians and Narcissim \| Mashada Forums
		AFFONSO I - KING OF THE KONGO (1506-1540).
		Affonso I was a visionary, a man who saw his country not as a group of separate cultures, but as a unified nation fully equipped with advance knowledge and technology.
		He was also known as the first ruler to resist the most despicable act ever known to man, the European slave trade.
	www.mashada.com /forums/index/show_topic/22/63231/index.php (4505 words)

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