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People: Afonso I of Kongo
Topic: Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam
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Afonso I of Kongo

ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo
Years: 1456 - 1543

Mvemba a Nzinga or Nzinga Mbemba (c. 1456–1542 or 1543), also known as King Afonso I, is a ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo in the first half of the sixteenth century.

He reigns over the Kongo Empire from 1509 to late 1542 or 1543.