Talk:Afonso I of Kongo

New Image
I'm not sure if the new image is in fact Afonso I. Can we get some background. I'm more inclinded to believe this is King Garcia II since he bears a crown. The manikongo weren't wearing crowns until Garcia II's reign. Holla back.Scott Free 18:17, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Prior Names
I've deleted the line concerning Afonso's prior names. His Kikongo name is not documented before 1545, which is actually after his death, and then as Mozinga Ancuu, which reflects the sixteenth century pronounciation of his name, when the first syllable was "Mu-" which has become shortened in the mid-17th century to a nasal, "N-" which is what there is today.

Afonso took his Christian name undoubtedly upon his baptism in 1491, and given his convictions is likely to have borne it as his primary name throughout the rest of his life, though like the Kongolese who followed him, he surely also retained his Kikongo name. Beepsie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.237.238 (talk) 01:28, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

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Possible typo?
In describing the miracle, the article says

"The story, first recounted in a letter that was not survived by Afonso himself..."

This implies that the letter died after Afonso, thus he did not "survive" the letter. But letters do not die. I suppose it could also mean that the letter killed Afonso (using the other meaning of "survive") but that is not correct either.

What is this actually supposed to mean? I cannot access the reference, so before I can fix the sentence to be more readable I will need someone who knows more about Afonso to lend a hand...

Logical options are 1. "The story, first recounted in a now-lost letter by Afonso himself" (if "was" is a typo meant to be "has") 2. "The story, first recounted in a letter written after Afonso's death" (the letter may or may not be lost in this case) 3. "The story, first recounted in a letter which Afonso did not live...past...?" &#42;**The WikiHunter*** (talk) 19:03, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Source for the quote in § Rise to power?
There's a paragraph enclosed in quotation marks in Afonso I of Kongo without any attribution or citation. Does anyone here know what it is? I'm tempted to delete it if no one knows its origin. Justin Kunimune (talk) 16:08, 16 November 2023 (UTC)