The Kongo Kingdom had been the first…
1876 CE to 1887 CE
The Kongo Kingdom had been the first state on the west coast of Central Africa to come into contact with Europeans.
Portuguese sailors under Diogo Cão had landed at the mouth of the Congo River in 1483.
Cão had traveled from Portugal to Kongo and back several times during the 1480s, bringing missionaries to the Kongo court and taking Kongo nobles to Portugal in 1485.
In the 1490s, the king of Kongo had asked Portugal for missionaries and technical assistance in exchange for ivory and other desirable items, such as slaves and copperwares—a relationship, ultimately detrimental to the Kongo, which has continued for centuries.
Groups
Bantu peoples
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Arab people
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Mongo peoples
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Kongo people
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Luba people
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Mangbetu people
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Zande people
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Kongo, Kingdom of
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Lunda people
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Kuba Kingdom
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Portuguese Empire
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Protestantism
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Chokwe people
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Luba, Kingdom of
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Portugal, Bragança Kingdom of
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Lunda, Kingdom of
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Kazembe
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Spain, Bourbon Kingdom (second restoration) of
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