Kimpa Vita: The Prophetess of the Kongo Kingdom

Also known as the mother of African unity, Kimpa Vita attempted to unify the Kongo Kingdom through her Antonianist movement, but was eventually sentenced to death and murdered.



Beatrice Kimpa Vita, also known as Beatrice of the Congo, was born near Mount Kibangu in Angola, the former Kingdom of Kongo, around 1684. She was born into a family of Kongo nobility. She began having spiritual visions at an early age, she was capable of communicating with ancestors. She was a kind of intermediary between life and death.