How did The Portuguese destroy Kongo during the seventeenth century?

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Heath Moran

27 June, 12:17

How did The Portuguese destroy Kongo during the seventeenth century?

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Gilbert · Answer 1

The kingdom went into decline from the mid-16th century CE when the Portuguese, put off by the interference of Kongo's regulations on trade, moved their interests further south to the region of Ndongo. The latter kingdom had already defeated a Kongo army in 1556 CE

Roman · Answer 2

In 1624 the bishop, moved, permanently, to Luanda and stopped ordaining new Kongo clergy.