Kwilu dynasty
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Kwilu, also known as the House of Kwilu, was a kanda or royal lineage of the Kingdom of Kongo.
Kingdom of Kongo
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The Kingdom of Kongo was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Gabon and the Republic of the
18th-century engraving of the baptism of João I ("Nzinga a Nkuwu")
An image depicting Portuguese encounter with Kongo royal family
São Salvador after painting by Olfert Dapper, 1668
Congo bowmen. The bulk of Kongo's infantry forces, consisted of archers equipped and dressed in a similar fashion to these encountered by the David Livingstone expedition.