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Ngoyo

historical kingdom, Africa
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Ngoy
Date:
1410 - 1840
Related Places:
Angola
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Ngoyo, former kingdom on the Atlantic coast of Africa, just north of the Congo River, in an area that is now part of southern Cabinda (an exclave of Angola) and western Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was founded by Bantu-speaking people about the 15th century. Ngoyo was in the domain of the Kongo kingdom in the early 16th century—though not directly governed by it—and was effectively independent from about 1550. Ngoyo was frequently visited by northern European merchants, especially Dutch, English, and French, and its port at Cabinda became a major centre of the export slave trade in the ...(100 of 206 words)

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