AP African American Studies Resource Archive | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Explore the history of Catholic conversion and syncretic practices in the kingdom of Kongo.

Explore the origins and evolution of the slave trade in Kongo and Portugal.

Learn more about Kongolese cultural practices merging with Christianity and evolving across the Atlantic.

Explore the development and evolution of, and forms of resistance against, the Kongolese-Portuguese slave trade.

Take a deep dive into Nzinga a Nkuwu (João), Nzinga Mbemba (Afonso), and the Kingdom of Kongo's move to Catholicism.

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