By 1700, Cabinda had become the leading Slave port north of Luanda , and Ngoyo's economy rested heavily on the sale of slaves. In 1783, Ngoyo joined forces with the neighboring state of Kakongo to destroy a Portuguese fort. However, the kingdom was soon undone by the growing financial burden that the kingship entailed. With fewer and fewer possible claimants seeking the office, the kingdom effectively disintegrated in the 1830s after the nobles failed to elect a new king.
- Martin, Phyllis M. "Family Strategies in Nineteenth-Century Cabinda." ''The Journal of African History'' 28.1 (1987): 65-86.
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