The Imperial House of Kongo

14/01/2026

29/10/2025

*Mbulia day*

Today marks the 358th anniversary of the Battle of Mbwila(Mbulia) on 29 October 1665 in the Empire of Kongo (kongo dia ntotela). The battle of Mbwila was held between the armies of Kongo lead by King Antonio I, or Mvita a Nkanga, King of Kongo and the Duke of Bengo(Commanding the reserve) and the Armies of the Portuguese led by mixed Angolan/Portuguese Captain-General Luís Lopes de Sequeira.

The battle though a valiant fight for the Kongo Army would be a defeat. The Portuguese victory was sealed when the King Antonio the I was killed on the fifth and final assault against the portugese formation.the Duke of Bengo would lead a skillful rearguard withdraw of the forces and the survivors.

The Portuguese would send the Crown of Kongo and the Royal Sceptor back to Lisbon. But the King of Kongo(Mvita Nkanga) Antonio the I head would be decapitated from his body and taken back to Launda, at the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Nazareth at the bay of Luanda his head was buried inside with full Honours of his royal status.

On this Today people pilgrim to the church to pray and celebrate the lives of the fighters that day.

28/08/2025

01/08/2025

25/07/2025

🌿 Dia de Santiago - Celebração Bakongo 🌿

Neste dia sagrado, celebramos o espírito de Santiago, o Maior, patrono dos peregrinos e protetor das viagens espirituais.
Na herança Bakongo, o Dia de Santiago comemora a lendária Batalha de Mbanza Kongo, onde o Rei Afonso I triunfou sobre o seu meio-irmão Mpanzu a Kitima. O cronista Paiva Manso descreve um milagre no centro da vitória: embora as forças de Mpanzu fossem mais numerosas do que as de Afonso, fugiram aterrorizadas com a visão celestial de Santiago, o Grande, acompanhado por cinco cavaleiros celestiais com armaduras brilhantes, descendo do céu.

Mas este dia não é apenas um dia de triunfo e de fé - é uma reafirmação da nossa identidade.

Comprometemo-nos a preservar a língua Kikongo, salvaguardando as histórias, os ritmos e a sabedoria dos nossos antepassados. É através da língua que a nossa espiritualidade fala, o nosso património vive e a nossa cultura perdura.
Que este dia nos lembre que a verdadeira força não reside apenas nas batalhas ganhas, mas nas tradições mantidas vivas.

Nzambi a mpungu, abençoa a nossa viagem.

Fonte da imagem: sociedade geográfica de lisboa

08/07/2025

19/01/2025

As part of an exchange of protocol between the Imperial House of Kongo and the Royal House of Rampur (India). H.I.H Manuel Alvaro Afonso Nzinga has bestowed the Order of Saint James of the Sword of Kongo in the rank of Grand Cross on H.H. Nawab Syed Mohammad Kazim Ali Khan, head of the Royal House of Rampur.
H.H. Nawab Syed Mohammad Kazim Ali Khan, has in turn bestowed upon H.I.H. Manuel Alvaro Afonso Nzinga the Nishan-i-Hamidiya (Order of Hamid in the first class). This reciprocal exchange of honours marks a renewal and strengthening of ties between the House of Kongo and the House of Rampur. It furthers their commitment to shared values and preservation of tradition and culture.

https://www.amritvichar.com/article/516691/rampur-naved-mian-and-his-two-sons-received-grand-cross #

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25/12/2024

Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

Joyeux Noël et bonne année!

Feliz Natal e um Próspero Ano Novo!