The faithful and wise Mvemba a Nzinga might not be as well knows as King George or Gandhi, but his patronage to religious arts and historic leadership has landed him a place in Civilization VI.

Kongo’s unique ability is Unkisi, which gives them food, production, and gold from each relic, artifact and sculpture as well as generating extra great artist and great merchant points each turn. Their unique district, the umbanza, replaces the neighborhood and can be built earlier, creates food and gold in addition to the housing neighborhood usually create.

Mvemba is rare in that he was an African convert to Christianity, meaning that he can’t build holy sites, but his cities can still get religious bonuses from apostles spreading their faith to his cities. He’s also strange in that his unique unit, the Ngao Mbeba, are defensive shieldbearers better at defending cities with their defensive bonuses against ranged units than attacking cities like many other faithful leaders in Civilization VI so far.

Mvemba a Nzinga is a unique leader that can be faithful without holy sites and best played in the middle of forests. He’s variable and can pursue any victory type unlike other civs while still being able to compete with the best of them at food and gold.

Mvemba a Nzinga and Kongo brings the total confirmed civ count up to 11, With Gandhi for India, Philip II for Spain, Barbossa for Germany, Tomyris for Scythia, Pedro II for Brazil, Queen Victoria for England, Catherine de’ Medici for France, Montezuma II for the Aztecs, Qin Shi Huang for China, Teddy Roosevelt for the USA, Cleopatra for Egypt, and Hojo Tokimune for Japan.