KONGO

1400S

• First contact with Europeans
• Portuguese commissioned to look for trade routes
• Used trade routes for commerce in human and natural resources
• King of Kongo told them to cease the slavery, it destroyed society

1500-1800

• Decline of Kongo Empire
• So much of the pop. sold to slavery
• collapsed because of lack of human resources
• Collapsed due to due of war with Portugese

AFONSO I & PORTUGAL

• Portuguese residents interested in increasing their private fortune
• Portuguese played a major part in weakening the kingdom