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 Contact Languages in the Bantu Area
Otherwise, Lingalaís lexifier is primarily Bobangi (Alexandre 1967, Samarin 1982, Hulstaert 1989).
Samarin (1982) and Hulstaert (1989) agree that Bobangi was the riverine trade language between Stanley Pool and Irebu, south of the Congo River bend, before the late nineteenth century.
We may also surmise that the predominance of the local populations speaking languages typologically close to Bobangi (among those who accom‚modated the colonists and missionaries in what they assumed to be the latterís language) kept Lingala close to the Bantu canon.
humanities.uchicago.edu /faculty/mufwene/mufw_bantucon.html   (6659 words)

  
 Two Turtles from Western Democratic Republic of the Congo:  Pelusios chapini and Kinixys erosa - Bruce Marcot
Bobangi is situated along the banks of the Ubange River in seasonally flooded riparian gallery forests with floodplain grasses and shrubs.
It was presented to me as a gift, along with a live duck and bunches of plantains, by the chief of Bobangi and his council.
Along with colleagues from USDA Forest Service and the non-government organization Innovative Resources Management, I had spent several days in Bobangi as part of our work with local villagers to help them establish sustainable forest resource management at the community level.
www.chelonia.org /Articles/congo.htm   (574 words)

  
 Powelson - Appendixes for Chapter 8
Among the Bobangi in the Upper Zaire, nineteenth century: "A slave called his master 'father,' and whichever of the master's wives had been chosen to take care of him was called 'mother.' Slaves of the same age as well as freeborn children were called 'brother and sister.' " [134]
The Bobangi considered that abolition of slavery by the French in the early colonial period was theft of capital.
Hopkins associates the end of slavery in the colonial period with the growth of export markets, such as in groundnuts and cocoa, which required greater mobility of labor.
www.quaker.org /tqe/wealth-and-poverty/24appendixes-ch8.htm   (1172 words)

  
 Bobangi (Congo, Democratic Republic of the) map - nona.net
Bobangi (Congo, Democratic Republic of the) map - nona.net
Bobangi is a populated place in Congo, Democratic Republic of the.
An overview map of the region around Bobangi is displayed below.
nona.net /features/map/placedetail.1771015/Bobangi   (138 words)

  
 Oral Tradition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
"Bobangi Oral Traditions: Indicators of Changing Perceptions." In The African Past Speaks.
Focuses on the Bobangi Society and its traditions for an example of the analysis of change in oral tales.
Claims that changes point to underlying shifts in the cultural, social, and political realities that the traditions reflect.
www.oraltradition.org /bibliography/show/895   (118 words)

  
 CZECH REPUBLIC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
During the 19th century the Bobangi people had become major slave traders and wanted many slaves among the two of their ethnic groups, which were Baya and Mandjia.
They had continued this demand for slaves up until the end of the 19th century and the begining of the 20th century.
This that had been caused by the slave trade had decreased the development, or making, of many strong companies among Central African Republic's many ethnic groups which are Baya, Mandjia, Banda, Sara, and the many other ethnic groups that are located in Central African Republic.
tps.dpi.state.nc.us /connectafrica/centralafricanrepublic/history.html   (469 words)

  
 River of Wealth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Explain how economic activity was stimulated and transformed along the Zaire River and inland as a result of the trade in slaves and ivory.
Describe how the Bobangi ethnic group expanded to incorporate new people.
In what different ways did Bobangi traders along the Zaire River create contacts and alliances with people living at points along the way?
jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu /~plarson/syllabi/122/question/rowrow.htm   (361 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Grammar and dictionary of the Bobangi language: As spoken over a part of the Upper Congo, West Central ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Amazon.com: Grammar and dictionary of the Bobangi language: As spoken over a part of the Upper Congo, West Central Africa;: Books: John Whitehead
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Grammar and dictionary of the Bobangi language: As spoken over a part of the Upper Congo, West Central Africa; (Unknown Binding)
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0008BCKYU   (487 words)

  
 BOBANGIENGLISH DICTIONARY
èng'ebali bokšti n‹ most Bob&ngi n™tang‹ monk‹na b™k™plt‹ bš mondele, it is harder for a Bobangi person to read than for a white man. Pngsebali bokšti n™tang‹ b™k™pita bš n™l™b‹, it is harder to read than to speak.
servile division of Bobangi tribe not allowed to wear leopard skins.
Ba Bobangi bangs k‹ug‹it‹ u bisende, the Bobangi are mostly idle people.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr /CBOLD_Lexicons/Bobangi.Whitehead1899/Non-Distributed_files/BobangiDB/Bobangi.JW1899.txt   (8922 words)

  
 BOBANGI language
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There is one similar spoken language or dialect which shares the same ISO language code as BOBANGI:
See all the recordings available in related dialects.
globalrecordings.net /language/1547   (115 words)

  
 Grammar and Dictionary of the Bobangi Language; Author: Whitehead, J.; African languages; Hardback; Book
Grammar and Dictionary of the Bobangi Language; Author: Whitehead, J.; African languages; Hardback; Book
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www.netstoreusa.com /rabooks/057/0576114707.shtml   (141 words)

  
 Bobangi, Zaire - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
Bobangi, Zaire - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
/ Explore / Zaire / Locations / Bobangi
Maps and coordinates for Bobangi, Zaire are approximative and not valid for navigation.
www.traveljournals.net /explore/zaire/map/m2832622/bobangi.html   (67 words)

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