Emanuele Ne Vunda

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.

Ne Vund was sent as ambassador by King Álvaro II in 1604.

[1][2] Ne Vunda traveled through Brazil and Spain and only reached Rome on 3 January 1608, but he died two days later of illness.

A bust of Ne-Vunda made in colored marble can be seen at Santa Maria Maggiore, by Francesco Caporale in Rome.

[4] A painting of Ne Vunda is visible in the Sala dei Corazzieri, Palazzo del Quirinale in Rome, next to a painting depicting the 1615 embassy of Hasekura Tsunenaga from Edo Japan.