Emanuele Ne Vunda

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Painting of Emanuele Ne Vunda, Sala dei Corazzieri, Quirinal Palace, Rome, 1615–1616.

Antonio Emanuele Ne Vunda, also known as Antonio Manuel Nsaku Nvunda (or Vunta or Funda; died 1608), was an ambassador from the Kingdom of Kongo to the Vatican. He was the first African diplomat to visit the Vatican in the modern era.[1]

Ne Vunda was sent as ambassador by King Álvaro II in 1604.[2][3] Ne Vunda traveled through Brazil and Spain and only reached Rome on 3 January 1608, but he died two days later of illness.[4][2] He was the first African ambassador to the Holy See.[1] He was buried at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.[1]

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