Garcia IV of Kongo

Garcia IV or Garcia IV Nkanga (died 1752) was ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo (1743–1752). He ruled in a period of "rotating lineages", which was a plan reportedly devised by Pedro IV of Kongo.[1] Garcia IV had once been the Marquis of Matari.[2]

Garcia was from the Kinlaza lineage.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kwame Anthony Appiah (2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9.
  2. ^ David Anderson (January 2000). Africa's Urban Past. James Currey Publishers. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-85255-761-7.
  3. ^ John K. Thornton. A History of West Central Africa to 1850 New Approaches to African History book 15. New York:Cambemridge University Press, 2020. p. 244


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