KEY QUESTIONS
How successful was Kongo in their relations with the Portuguese and Dutch?
CONTENT
·Relationship between Afonso I and Portugal
·Role of Sao Tome traders in worsening relations
·Kongolese-Portuguese War of 1622-24
·Pedro I and relations with the Dutch
·War against Portugal in latter part of C17
·Impact of the slave trade.
METHODOLOGY
1. Starter: what do the letters reveal about relations between the Kingdom of Kongo and Portugal?
2. Preparation for debate: Relations with Europe had a detrimental impact on Kongo. Students research one side of the argument
3. Hold debate
RESOURCES
Online:
E-Book: pp.22 – 25
Letters to the King of Portugal
Thornton: Early Kongolese-Portuguese Relations: A New Interpretation [JSTOR]
Thornton and Mosterman: A re-interpretation of the Kongo-Portugal War of 1622 [JSTOR]
Thornton: Precolonial African Industry and the Slave Trade [JSTOR]
Heywood: Slavery and its Transformation in the Kongo [JSTOR]
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database (slavevoyages.org)
HOMEWORK
None