They were baptized in hopes to strengthen their relationships with the Portuguese. Their fluency in the language also aided in planning tactics directly with the people in power in Portugal. Nzinga was able to negotiate with the Portuguese and when the Portuguese did not follow through, she had to fight for her people. Unlike Nzinga, king Afonso negotiated slavery in a different way with the Portuguese, as he allowed them to take slaves that were captured by his kingdom. After doing so, both rulers wanted to expand their kingdoms and modernize it in order for them to be able to compete on an international trade level. They wanted to educated themselves further and their people so that their kingdom would be able to grow and in hopes to put an end to slavery in their region. Although Nzinga and Afonso had their minor failures, they both had a big impact in the history of slavery in Africa. Without their intelligence and love for their kingdom, the Portuguese would have had slavery spread across African regions at a much faster
They were baptized in hopes to strengthen their relationships with the Portuguese. Their fluency in the language also aided in planning tactics directly with the people in power in Portugal. Nzinga was able to negotiate with the Portuguese and when the Portuguese did not follow through, she had to fight for her people. Unlike Nzinga, king Afonso negotiated slavery in a different way with the Portuguese, as he allowed them to take slaves that were captured by his kingdom. After doing so, both rulers wanted to expand their kingdoms and modernize it in order for them to be able to compete on an international trade level. They wanted to educated themselves further and their people so that their kingdom would be able to grow and in hopes to put an end to slavery in their region. Although Nzinga and Afonso had their minor failures, they both had a big impact in the history of slavery in Africa. Without their intelligence and love for their kingdom, the Portuguese would have had slavery spread across African regions at a much faster