Nkuwu to Ntinu (transcribed in Portuguese as Encu a Motino) was the third or fourth manicongo of the Kingdom of the Congo, reigning in the second half of the fifteenth century until about 1470. Background
The manicongo Nkuwu to Ntinu was the son of Lukeni lua Nimi, who was considered, in the oral tradition, founder of the Kingdom of the Congo. Little is known about Nkuwu to Ntinu or his reign. King Nkuwu to Ntinu was Nzinga's father to Nkuwu, later named John I, who succeeded him c. 1470 and reigned in the country when the Portuguese first entered the scene in 1483, putting the Congo in touch with Europe and Western culture. In that year, a Portuguese caravel, led by Diogo Cão, reached the mouth of the Congo River, making contact with members of the Kingdom of the Congo.
King Nkuwu to Ntinu was the last of the pre-Christian kings of the Congo.
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