Bailundo Kingdom News Today

The King of the non-sovereign Angolan Kingdom of Bailundo visited a community living on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday (Nov. 08). The residents constitute a quilombo, a community of self-emancipated slaves. In the Quilombo do Camorim many trace their ancestry back to Angola

Residents danced and chanted Wednesday in a community descended from runaway slaves in Rio de Janeiro as they welcomed the visiting monarch of the Bailundo kingdom in Angola where many of the residents trace their ancestry. King Tchongolola Tchongonga Ekuikui VI visited the community of Camorim as part of a trip to Brazil that began three weeks ago.