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 * Kongo Kingdom**

Kongo Kingdom is located in the [|west central Africa.] It lies somewhere along the region which is also along the stretch of the Congo river.


 * Economy In the Kingdom**

The Kongo people survive from day to day on agricultural production, fishing, and hunting. At times,people were made as slaves,and [|ivory], and [|copper] were traded to the Europeans on the coast.


 * Goverment In Kongo**

Kongo's goverment was very well organized. It was organized extremely well becuase for each village they would have their own chief. For each village cheif would run up to be the chiefs. Then the people would vote or the governor would chose.


 * Reliogin**

People in Kongo belived in different gods. Some people belived in Land and sky spirits. Some people belive in their dead ancestors. Their god was called Nzambi. They belived if they did something bad that there ancestors will punish them. So they took care of their deads.


 * Portuguese**

In 1482 a emplorer from Portguese came to Kongo and was very impressed with it. He was soon welcome into Kongo. Soon [|Portugese soilders], [|missionaries], [|artisans], were welcome also into Kongo. From then the Portuguese came into power for Kongo.



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The King’s Profile

The King, or Mani Kongo, of the BaKongo had absolute power. One of the most well known Mani Kongos was called Affonso the first. He envisioned more prosperity and power for his country. Affonso I was the first ever leader to resist selling his people to the Europeans into slavery. He and the Portuguese king spoke together but never met. When he died, the King of Portugal didn’t even notice. The success and prosperity of Kongo lies in the tax system that seems to gbe the key of wealth for most countries. It worked like this. Chiefs collected taxes from the people, governers collected taxes from chiefs and the king collected taxes from the governers. If someone paid their taxes, the Mani Kongo would award them with salt, meat, hides, fish, beer or clothing. When the King died, the council of elders would elect a new king from the most powerful of the late Mani Kongo’s sons. There were many sons as the king had many wives


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