Malemba

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significance in Kakongo

  • In Kakongo

    Kakongo’s principal port, Malemba, became a major centre for the export slave trade in the early 1700s—especially for English, Dutch, and French merchants—and port facilities were expanded from that time to handle increasing numbers of ships. Powerful local families who held titles such as “governor of the harbour”…

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