By the fifteenth century AD, the farming Bakongo humans (ba being the plural prefix) were unified as the Kingdom of Kongo beneath a ruler referred to as the manikongo, dwelling in the fertile Pool Malebo region on the decrease Congo River.
The capital was M'banza-Kongo. With most fulfilling organization, they were capable to triumph over their neighbors and extract tribute. They had been specialists in metalwork, pottery, and weaving raffia cloth. They motivated interregional change by a tribute machine controlled by using the manikongo.
Later, maize (corn) and cassava (manioc) would be added to the location by way of exchange with the Portuguese at their ports at Luanda and Benguela. The maize and cassava would result in population increase in the region and other components of Africa, changing millet as a predominant staple.