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 Demographics of Gabon
Gabon has at least 40 ethnic groups with separate languages and cultures.
Others include the Myene[?], Bandjabi[?], Eshira[?], Bapounou[?], and Okande[?].
Ethnic group boundaries are less sharply drawn in Gabon than elsewhere in Africa.
ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/de/Demographics_of_Gabon.html   (254 words)

  
 Gabon Overview | Gabon Tour Guide | iExplore.com
There are many rivers and they remain the main communication routes along which settlements have grown.
Of the 40 or so Bantu tribes, the largest are the Fang, Eshira, Mbele and Okande.
Only a small percentage of native Gabonese live in the towns, as the population is concentrated in the coastal areas and the villages along the banks of the many rivers, following a more traditional rural style of life.
www.iexplore.com /dmap/Gabon/Overview   (565 words)

  
 eshira email (spam-free!) and website community
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 Gabon - ninemsn Encarta
The ethnic make-up of the Gabonese is diverse, although almost all the inhabitants are Bantu-speaking.
Of the country’s approximately 40 ethnic groups, the largest are the Fang (30 per cent of the population) in the north, the Eshira (25 per cent) in the south-west, and the Adouma (17 per cent) in the south-east.
Europeans, primarily the French, formed a small but prominent minority until the early 1990s; many left during the unrest of 1994 (see History section below).
au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577671_2/Gabon.html   (349 words)

  
 Bapounou   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
There are eight different ethnic groups in Gabon, which is defined by language, and there are tribes distinguished by dialect in each group.
The Eshira group is 20% of the Gabonese population because of the Bapounou tribe.
The Eshira group came to Gabon from the south.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/africa/bapounou.html   (446 words)

  
 Lumbo figure, Gabon, RARE,custom stand - Africa Direct   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Female figures called kosi were used by the Lumbo to protect them from malevolent forces and to insure fertility.
This is a culturally related region of Gabon and the Lumbo share stylistic elements as well as beliefs in the powers of the sculpture with neighboring Eshira, Mitsogo and Punu people.
Power figures among the Lumbo are owned by healers and diviners called nganga kosi who use the figures as a means to solve individual or family problems.
www.africadirect.com /productsdesc.php?ID=13162   (241 words)

  
 The Bwiti Religion and the psychoactive plant Tabernanthe iboga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
They in turn passed their knowledge on the neighboring people, the Apindji and the Mitsogho, who started the first Bwitist rituals.
Later on, this knowledge was passed on to the Fang, the Eshira and other ethnic groups throughout southern Gabon.
In spite of the fact that the Bwitist trace back the origin of the knowledge of iboga to the Pygmies, and though some Pygmy tribes are said to still use iboga, not much is known about the iboga rituals in this archaic group.
www.ibogaine.org /samorini.html   (5797 words)

  
 Visual Sufi Poems by Malian/Gabonese author-painter Aida Touré
During his prayers alone, our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw) used to stay in prostration for a long time and he would often shed tears.
means "the light" in Eshira, my maternal dialect.
This piece is about the flamboyant dance that pervades our being as we mingle with the wild things Light does.
www.aidatoure.com /acrylic.html   (954 words)

  
 Ona/Itraxians, MALONS, Sinobulans, and more (My new art contributions) - ZAON | Highend Sci-Fi Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Vala iqa George W. Bush eshira dono practiti zor awa.
Notice the potential of the hand; 6 fingers, 3 with 2 bones and 3 with 3 bones, 3-symmetrical, able to rotate forward *and* backwards.
I have had this drawing in my archive, only as a sketch, for a few years.
www.zaon.org /showthread.php?t=1080   (917 words)

  
 map of Gabon
The Fang, who belong to the larger Ewondo or Pahouin group also found in southern Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, account for one-third of the population; they live north of the Ogooué River.
The largest groups south of the Ogooué are the Sira (including the Eshira and Punu), the Nzebi (Njabi), and the Mbete; these groups together form close to half the population.
Less numerous peoples include the Benga and Seke (Sheke) in the far northwest, the Kota and Teke in the east, and the Vili along the far southern coast.
mbrugger.myweb.uga.edu /map.html   (1775 words)

  
 Gabon (Viajes y Negocios): Visados, Hoteles, Moneda, ¿Que ver?, Salud, Agencias de Viajes, ...
Hay muchos ríos y constituyen el principal medio de comunicación.
De los 40 grupos étnicos existentes, todos ellos bantús, los más numerosos son los Fang, Eshira, Mbele y Okande.
El Eshira es hablado por una décima parte de la población.
www.ikuska.com /Africa/Viajes/gabon.htm   (1223 words)

  
 Punu Helmet Mask
The Punu belong to a nation of people known as The Shira.
This group consists of the Eshira, Lumbo, Vili, Galoa and Vunga people.
Although part of this collective, the Punu are well known throughout Central Africa partly because Punu ladies are thought to be very beautiful.
www.authenticafrica.com /punuhelmetmask.html   (256 words)

  
 Legends (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Although all other gods were arrayed against them, the three known as the "Trinity" would have triumphed had not their human general Malvin turned against them.
It is said that Eshira, the wisest and most powerful woman of her time, came to Malvin on the eve of the battle and touched his heart with her words, so that he betrayed his cruel masters and led their human host into a trap.
So the Trinity was cast down in the final battle.
www.jhendor.de.cob-web.org:8888 /legends/index.html   (1584 words)

  
 punu
The Punu reside on the left bank of the Upper Ngoume River (Gabon) and belong to the group of tribes known as Shira which were originally part of the Luango kingdom of Angola.
With the Eshira, the Lumbo, the Vili, the Galoa, and the Vungu people, the Punu migrated northwards during the 18th century and settled in the area where they continue to inhabit to this day.
They live in independent villages divided into clans and families, and social cohesion is ensured by a society known as
www.zyama.com /punu/pics..htm   (411 words)

  
 ESHIRA language
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There are no other spoken languages and dialects with the same ISO language code as ESHIRA.
Get further details about this language from The Ethnologue, The Linguist List and The Rosetta Project.
globalrecordings.net /language/1685   (106 words)

  
 Emirates Racing Authority :: Horse Details
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5yrs Gr Samir Lotois (FR) - Eshira (DE) by Santhos (DE)
Sorry, ESTERAHA (AE) does not have any International Results.
www.emiratesracing.com /eq/InquiryByHorse.cfm?horse_reg_no=2040013   (50 words)

  
 Working Paper Sites of Political Science - Country Biography Index
Ethnic groups: Fang (largest), Myene, Bapounou, Eshira, Bandjabi, Bakota,
Other ethnic groups include the Myene, Bandjabi, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke/
Ethnic group boundaries are less sharply drawn in
workingpapers.org /country/gabon.htm   (2163 words)

  
 Robot art concept... not Imperium CRIB, but something else? - ZAON | Highend Sci-Fi Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
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I wanna do the emperial robot before some Computergenerated Bum does it, i.e.
Last edited by dagon : December 8th, 2003 at 04:19 AM.
www.zaon.org /showthread.php?t=1208   (1285 words)

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