{"id":80096,"date":"2024-11-30T14:52:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T17:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=80096"},"modified":"2025-03-02T14:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T17:01:01","slug":"queen-diambi-kabatusuila-of-congo-visits-rio-de-janeiros-camorim-quilombo-offering-reconnection-across-the-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=80096","title":{"rendered":"Queen Diambi Kabatusuila of Congo Visits Rio de Janeiro’s Camorim Quilombo Offering Reconnection Across the Diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Queen Diambi Kabatusuila holds hands with Adilson Almeida, president of the Camorim Quilombo Cultural Association (ACUQCA), during Her Majesty\u2019s visit to the Camorim Quilombo, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Rhuan Gon\u00e7alves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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During Brazilian Black Awareness Month<\/a> in 2024, some of Rio de Janeiro’s most important spaces for Black culture were graced with a visit from Her Royal Majesty Queen Diambi Kabatusuila<\/a>, known by her people as Diambi Mukalenga Mukaji Wa Nkashama, which translates to \u201cQueen of the Leopard Order.\u201d Crowned on August 31, 2016<\/a>, she is the ruler of the Bena Tshiyamba people, a Bakwa Indu nation, formerly part of the Luba Empire<\/a>, located in the central Kasa\u00ef<\/a> region of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>. One of Her Royal Majesty\u2019s main missions is to form alliances, working together to challenge global narratives about African people and reconnect with Afro-descendants from the diaspora, especially those who still preserve Bantu traditions<\/a>. In fact, these traditions will inspire the nearly century-old Mangueira samba school’s 2025 theme<\/a> for Rio’s famous carnival parade.<\/em><\/p>\n