Afonso I of Kongo

World History Rachel Mahadeo Mini-Essay Due: February 2, 2012 King Afonso I was king of Kongo during the 1520s. Qianlong was emperor of China during the Qing dynasty, during the 1790s. In the kingdom of Kongo, there were many Portuguese merchants whom had established close political and diplomatic relations with the king. These relations brought much wealth and recognition to Kongo, but it also brought problems that led to its inevitable destruction. Portuguese merchants embarked

The Emergence and Africanization of Catholic Christianity in the Kongo When the nation of Kongo “converted” to Christianity around the turn of the 16th century, the Catholicism that developed over the next century is best understood as primarily a superficial layer added onto Kongolese traditional religion. The kings of Kongo did not try to replace previous beliefs and practices with Christianity, nor did they simply mask their traditional religion, but rather they incorporated Christian

King Afonso a Nzinga of the Kongo allowed for the buying and selling of African people to Europeans. In other words, Europeans traded with Africa because Africa allowed it to happen, however, there are moment when the demand overshadowed the supply. The slave trade and its many complications is one way in understanding the expanding commercial exchanges between Europeans and West Central Africans during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This essay will analyze the letters King Afonso Nzinga

Bectom, and Uncle David Blount & the letters of King Afonso I, there are different perspectives of freedom through the discussion of slavery. Slavery is seen in multiple different ways, as slaves have recalled their experiences as negative, demeaning, dehumanizing. On the other hand, the other perspective of

Between the 1450-1750, European states began to embark on a series of global explorations that prompted a new chapter in world history. It was known as the Age of Discovery, or the Age of Exploration, this period spanned the fifteenth through the early seventeenth century, during which time European expansion to places such as the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Competition between European empires, such as Spain and England, fueled the evolution and advancement of overseas exploration and European empires

This difference of interest soon created conflict between Afonso and the Portuguese. "The slave trade, greedily aided by local chiefs, gradually undermined the authority of the king, and twenty-five years after Afonso's death the state succumbed to the onslaught of the Jaga, a belligerent horde of nomads from

of Mbwila, what occurred at the Battle of Mbwila, and how this battle effectively destroyed the Kingdom of Kongo in the latter part of the 17th century. The Kongo Kingdom & Portuguese Angola The predecessors of many Angolans moved from different parts of Africa much sooner than the arrival of the first Portuguese in the late 1400s. By the time of the Portuguese’s landing in Africa, the Kongo Kingdom was already founded in the northwestern part of modern day Angola. The first Portuguese to explore

From the late fifteenth until the mid-nineteenth century, slaves were the main priority of trade between Africa, the American Continent, the Caribbean, and Europe. The Atlantic Slave Trade transported 12.5 million slaves using the Triangle Trade Route and the dreadful Middle Passage route. The Triangle Trade Route included West Africa, colonies of British North America, and West Africa. The Middle Trade was the inside of the Triangle Trade Route connecting Africa, Europe, The Americas, and the Caribbean

In 1482 Diogo Cam the Portuguese navigator sailed up the Congo River which lead to relationship between the Kongo Kingdom and Portugal. The Kongo’s prince even studied in Lisbon to learn the Portuguese ways. He began a Christian and changed his name to King Afonso I, and hoped to spread Christianity to his people (Judge 468). His efforts failed to convert his people to Christianity. The Kongo lacked the gold that other areas of Africa offered so the Portuguese looked to gain slaves from the region

2. Slavery impacted Africa socially, economically, and politically for over 300 years. Slavery had a major social impact on Africa, due to the fact that the vast numbers involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade led to a color association. Africa already had an existing slave trade system in place. Women were incredibly degraded and devalued for the reason that numerous of were captured and sold into slavery. Polygamy became the norm because many African societies lacked African males because they