Front cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Kongo and Portugal: Two Worlds in Contact -- 2. Taking Power -- 3. Consolidation: Afonso's Early Years -- 4. Battle over the Slave Trade -- 5. Establishing the Church -- Epilogue: Afonso's Legacy -- Translator's Note -- The Correspondence of Afonso I Mvemba a Nzinga, King of Kongo -- Additional Translations -- Index -- Back cover