Antonio Emanuele Ne Vunda (died 1608), also Antonio Manuel Nsaku Nvunda (or Vunta or Funda) was an ambassador from the Kingdom of Kongo to the Vatican, sent by the king of Kongo Alvaro II to Pope Paul V in 1604–1608.[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.[3][1]
A bust of Ne-Vunda from 1608–1609 made in colored marble can be seen at Santa Maria Maggiore, by Francesco Caporale in Rome.[4]
A painting of Emanuele 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.