HIS-1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kingdom Of Kongo, Nzinga Of Ndongo And Matamba, Niger River
26 Oct 2016
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Morocco take over trade because they have muskets. Empire collapses; people turn against government because they were no longer protected. Goes around the tip of africa, destabilize african kingdoms all along the way. King alfonso i lead powerful kongo empire. Portuguese were originally interested in copper and ivory. Start trading more and more in slaves. Portuguese convert converted in mass to christianity (catholicism) Alfonso denounced the corrupting influence of slavery. Kongo empire falls, portuguese has unlimited supply to slaves. Ki(cid:374)gdo(cid:373) of ndo(cid:374)go (cid:894)a(cid:374)gola(cid:895) a(cid:374)d resista(cid:374)(cid:272)e to europe (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1010)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s(cid:895) Queen nzinga lad a 40-year resistance to portuguese colonial rule. Partnered with the dutch to kick out portugal. As dutch begin to win, she goes to portugal to try to kick them both out. Wants to weaken both, and unite african groups around her and kick both european countries out. She dies, kingdom falls, portugal starts their first colony, angola. Sell in africa for slaves, sell everyone (mainly in caribbean)
