African Christians

11th-century monk and translator of medical works

Ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from 1509 to 1542/43

Congolese religious leader (1887–1951)

Roman priest and theologian

The lançados (literally, those who were thrown out) were settlers and colonizers of Portuguese origin in Senegambia, Cabo Verde, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and other areas on the coast of West Africa. Many were Jews—often New Christians—escaping persecution from the Portuguese Inquisition.

Matamba queen

thumb|Epitaph of Robba, which reads: 'Memorial of Robba, consecrated servant of God, sister of Honoratus bishop of Aquae Sirensis; having succumbed to the mutiny of the traditores, she earned the dignity of a martyr; she was fifty years old and gave up the spirit on the eighth day of the [[calends of April in the year 395 of the province [434 CE]']]