Information about King José I of Kongo

José I Mpasi a Nkanga, or Zuzi, was ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo between 1780 and 1785. He was the first ruler from the branch of the House of Kinlaza that came from the southeast of the country and the first to be included in the king lists produced by Jean Cuvelier. On his death, he was succeeded by his brother Afonso V.