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Diogo Cão & Portugal's First African Encounter: The Kongo Tragedy

In this short excerpt from our documentary "Kingdom of Kongo: Slaver Kings, Amazon Queens and the Brazilian Spartacus" we take a brief look at the meeting of famous Portuguese explorer, Diogo Cão, who, a few years before Diaz’s daring forays to the cape, had also made his way south, hugging the African coast, and who in 1483 disembarked at a well established, and clearly powerful kingdom called Kongo – whose domains extended over a hundred thousand square kilometres, roughly covering northern Angola and the western portions of the Congo republics of today. Traditional History holds that the region surrounding the Congo River estuary was originally occupied by numerous minor kingdoms, but by the late 14th century, the balance of power began to shift when two of them, the Mbata and Mpemba formed an alliance and began expanding into neighbouring territories, annexing some and subjugating others into vassal dependencies. When these two kingdoms were ultimately merged through a royal marriage, the Kingdom of Kongo was formally proclaimed in about 1375, with its capital at Mbanza-Kongo, in today’s northern Angola. At the time of Cão's arrival, Kongo was ruled by a powerful king called Nzinga-a-Nkuwu, who was so keen to advance his kingdom above his neighbours, that he rapidly adopted Portuguese customs, titles and religion; becoming baptised as King Joao I (in honour of the Portuguese King at the time). Their new friends the Portuguese assisted Kongo to expand well beyond its current territory, but the relationship of the two kingdoms was to be a rocky one, and ultimately tragic. #history #portugal #congo #documentary #explorers You can watch the full length documentary here:    • Kingdom of Kongo: Empire, Faith, and the R...   All footage used in this montage is for educational purposes. It remains the property of its respective creators, and is gratefully acknowledged in the end credits of the full length video. Copyright Disclaimer- under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use. Please contact us on info@heroesandlegends.com.au if you have any concerns about its use.