Angola, officially the Republic of Angola is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

Angola was first settled by small tribes before coming under control of the Kingdom of Kongo in the north. The Kingdom of Kongo was divided into six provinces and included some dependent kingdoms, such as Ndongo to the south. Most of the kingdoms wealth came from agriculture.