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  Ilunga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ilunga is a family name placed before the given name.
Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga (deceased), Catholic archbishop, Congo
Ilunga Shamanga (deceased), Congo, Army General, last interior minister of Mobutu's regime, and later prominent member of the Congolese Rally for Democracy rebel group.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ilunga   (343 words)

  
 Peace Corps Online | August 12, 2001 - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development: Voices from the Field: ...
Ilunga is an African village chief who hunts antelope, carries a spear, and wears a leather charm around his neck to ward off evil spirits.
Ilunga lives in the small village of Ntita Kalambayi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire.
Ilunga kept on working in the sweltering sun until he reached his goal, even when he was tired and sick.
peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2013135.html   (2685 words)

  
 Peace Corps | Coverdell World Wise Schools
Ilunga had been out hunting antelope and he presented a sight worth inspecting.
Ilunga, thinking I was quitting, jumped up and reached for the shovel.
Ilunga expressed his dream of digging three, no six, no 12 more fishponds, and I concluded that there was no biological reason why, if fed properly, tilapia couldn't grow to be the size of Land Rovers.
www.peacecorps.gov /wws/stories/stories.cfm?psid=162&rid=afric   (2084 words)

  
 AFRICA - DIALOGUE - THE WORLD: Education for Globalization
The initial reason for Professor Ilunga's visit is to develop plans for an International Colloquium to be held in the summer of 1999 at the University of Lubumbashi under the auspices of CHUAC and GDI.
Although Professor Ilunga's main field is Public Healthÿhe plans to contact his medical counterparts in Philadelphiaÿhis UNESCO Chair is "multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary." Hence, the International Colloquium, and subsequent interna- tional collaboration with GDI and others, will reach out to the "social communications" dimensions of his chair's mandate.
Professor Ilunga, who has been at the University of Paris for the past several years, joined the entourage of Laurent Kabila, President of the Congo, when he was in Paris this week.
astro.temple.edu /~dialogue/africa.htm   (657 words)

  
 The Daniel Hurie Project - INSTApunditry!
Ilunga Matthiesen was arrested eight years ago for daring to accuse the country's corrupt rulers in Kinshasa of serious crimes.
Ilunga Matthiesen raises the microphone to his mouth and switches it on.
Then Ilunga Matthiesen talks about himself, about his past, about the country's desperate straits, about his desire to be elected and about his audience.
hurie.org /display/ShowJournal?moduleId=113722   (4485 words)

  
 Residents of DR Congo's rebel-held Goma tired of war   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The leader of the RCD here, Emile Ilunga, told AFP on Sunday that he was "ready to sign the ceasefire tomorrow", on condition that the movement's ousted president Ernest Wamba dia Wamba was not also a signatory.
Ilunga claimed here that his forces had to contend with "the legacy of Mobutu's 32 year dictatorship, which ruined the country, made worse a year and a half of Kabila," he added.
Ilunga stressed that "for two months, we've paid salaries of civil servants, we've supplied medicines to the health centers and the wellbeing of the people has been occupying our minds.
www.rdrwanda.org /Rwanda/infos/AFPeng02081999.html   (647 words)

  
 Creative Loafing - Creative Loafing Atlanta: Cover: Cover Story: Insane asylum
When Ilunga arrived in the United States, he had a briefcase of documentation -- a briefcase that was confiscated by immigration authorities and, Ilunga testified, lost by them.
Moreover, Ilunga's written application for asylum (which was prepared with the help of a translator), omitted certain facts that came out during testimony.
Ilunga, Cassidy decided, "failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution." Cassidy denied his asylum request.
atlanta.creativeloafing.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:14947   (5439 words)

  
 jokwe
The best-known representation of a chief is of Chibinda Ilunga.
Chibinda Ilunga was the start of the sacred dynasty of the Mwata Yamvo of the Lunda and became the model of the hunting and civilizing hero, sometimes represented seated on a throne, sometimes as standing naked or dressed as a hunter.
Chibinda Ilunga’s body is stocky, with legs bent, shoulder blades clearly drawn, the neck wide and powerful, the navel protruding.
www.zyama.com /chokwe/pics..htm   (864 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The Rev. Umba Ilunga Kalangwa is a United Methodist missionary assigned by the General Board of Global Ministries to the United Methodist Church in Tanzania as District Superintendent of the Morogoro District in the Tanganyika Annual Conference, Director of Morogoro Pastor's Training Center, and Coordinator of Morogoro Reaching Out Ministry.
The Methodist presence in Tanzania is relatively new, and exists in large part because of mission outreach efforts by the North Katanga Annual Conference in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Umba is married to Ngoy Mulanga Kalangwa and they have four daughters: Umba Ngoy Doris (11/81), Ilunga Ngoy Nadine (12/83), Banza Wa Umba Lorene (5/86), and Ngoy Nkumwimba Karin (6/91), and two sons: Umba Ilunga (6/89) and Umba Manara (4/99).
gbgm-umc.org /mission_programs/mp/6.20/mp.cfm?id=853   (403 words)

  
 news - UEFA Intertoto cup: Sablé and Ilunga stay with St-Etienne
Although he hails from Marseille, the 24-year-old midfielder is the symbol of a new generation for Les Verts, evoking the club's famous European exploits of the 1970s.
The 23-year-old Ilunga joined in 2003 from RCD Espanyol and immediately thrived at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
He played 37 of St-Etienne's 38 league games last season and coach Elie Baup said: "There is still a lot to come from Ilunga." St-Etienne take on CFR Cluj in their Intertoto Cup third round second-leg tie on Sunday after a 1-1 draw in Romania.
www.noticias.info /asp/PrintingVersionNot.asp?NOT=86405   (149 words)

  
 Didier Ilunga Mbenga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Didier Ilunga Mbenga, also referred as D.J. Mbenga (born December 30, 1980), is a 7'0" NBA center who plays for the Dallas Mavericks.
He comes from Congo and was signed to a two year contract by the Mavericks in the 2004 offseason.
Didier Ilunga Mbenga had not even see a basketball until the age of 19.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Didier_Ilunga-Mbenga   (764 words)

  
 IRIN Update 675 for 20 May [19990520]
The change was announced after a special congress of 50 RCD founder members and 22 military commanders in the their capital Goma, the Rwanda News Agency (RNA) reported.
Ilunga, a supporter of slain nationalist leader Patrice Lumumba, spent about 30 years in exile in Belgium and worked with Kabila to try and overthrow ex-ruler Mobutu Sese Seko.
Ilunga, described as "quiet and low-profile", previously headed the RCD's department of health.
www.africa.upenn.edu /Hornet/irin52099b.html   (1245 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Africa | Congo word 'most untranslatable'
The world's most difficult word to translate has been identified as "ilunga" from the Tshiluba language spoken in south-eastern DR Congo.
Ilunga means "a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time".
It seems straightforward enough, but the 1,000 language experts identified it as the hardest word to translate.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/3830521.stm   (252 words)

  
 Spirits
The royal figures evoke the presence of Chibinda Ilunga and Lweji.
Chibinda Ilunga was celebrated by the Chokwe and Lunda as a civilizing cultural hero who introduced the Luba concept of sacred kingship, as well as new customs and technologies.
Lweji, also a historical character and the first female Lunda chief, completes a model of gender interdependency that is still at the generative core of most rituals, ceremonies and social or cultural undertakings.
www.nmafa.si.edu /exhibits/spirits/chocoup.htm   (223 words)

  
 CNN.com - Main Congolese rebel group replaces top leadership - October 29, 2000
He said Ilunga stepped down after taking the blame for recent rebels splits, defections and rising unpopularity.
"Ilunga felt he should take the blame for the problems in Congo," Karaha said.
Onusumba, one of the younger Congolese rebels, was born in southern mineral-rich Kasai province and studied medicine in South Africa before joining the RCD last year.
archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/africa/10/29/congo.rebels.ap/index.html   (564 words)

  
 IRIN-CEA Update 698 for 22 June [19990622]
A delegation of the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) led by Emile Ilunga was in the Zambian capital Lusaka to take part in preparatory talks ahead of a regional heads of state summit scheduled for Saturday to sign a ceasefire agreement for the DRC, the Chinese news agency said on Monday.
It quoted a Zambian government spokesman as saying the rebels would participate in a meeting of defence ministers scheduled for Wednesday, although confirmation was still awaited from participating countries.
Ilunga's group instead flew to Lusaka where it reportedly presented itself as the "de facto RCD delegation," the newspaper said.
www.africa.upenn.edu /Hornet/irin698.html   (1535 words)

  
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Ilunga Kalala (co-president) stated that this years goal for Council should be to “keep it real.” Reps need a plan of action to get things done and this plan should involve “enlisting the aid of other Council members and constituents.” He wants Council members to have “passion” for what they are doing.
Ilunga also posted a letter from the custodian staff head about the incident: Ilunga, This weekend the custodian on call, Mike Felix, was called in 5 times for student related issues.
Ilunga said that when racially motivated incidents occur, it’s usually an individual organization, like the QSU or BSU that handles it, but now he wants the entire campus “to step up” and take care of these issues.
wso.williams.edu /orgs/cc/minutes/10-6-04.doc   (2813 words)

  
 Ilunga NOT supercali fragilistic…? - Gadling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Linguists (oh, God bless them) have determined that the Congloese word Ilunga is, in fact, the hardest word in the world to translate.
Ilunga, which means "a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time", beat out other brain-straining words as selathirupavar (see below).
1 ilunga [Tshiluba word for a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time; to tolerate it a second time; but never a third time.
www.gadling.com /2004/11/10/ilunga-not-supercali-fragilistic   (666 words)

  
 Brillo Magazine, Number 1, "Armed and Dangerous". Extra Abrasive. Brillo Interviews Daria Ilunga from Plugged In, East ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Brillo Interviews Daria Ilunga from Plugged In, East Palo Alto, CA.
Plugged In is a community access and training center for computers and the Internet in East Palo Alto, California.
When I teach my classes, I say to these folks, you may not have access to a computer every day, but you do have access to the newspaper and you need to be reading it and following these issues, because they really do effect you.
www.brillomag.net.cob-web.org:8888 /No1/pluggedi.htm   (2609 words)

  
 Ablog » Ilunga - how to lead ones life?
The BBC reported that according to a survey of 1000 linguists the word ilunga which means “a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time”; is the hardest word to translate.
Seems pretty clear to me and I might add it also seems to me that this is not a bad way to run ones life…
In the spirit of ilunga and of the runner up let me therefore recount one of my favorite yiddish (and interestingly enough also used in Australia) expressions:
ablog.apress.com /?p=157   (581 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Ilunga: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Coup de balai à Ndakata: Roman by Albert Ilunga Kamayi (Unknown Binding - 1999)
The geology of the north Ilunga area, (Tanganyika Territory.
Bibliography of rural studies undertaken in Zambia by Z Ilunga (Unknown Binding - 1983)
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Ilunga&tag=httpexplaguid-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1   (265 words)

  
 ilunga - Last.fm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
We don’t have an artist description for ilunga yet.
We don’t have any albums by ilunga in our catalogue yet.
Labels and artists can upload their music here.
www.last.fm /music/ilunga   (49 words)

  
 Ilunga Adell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Ilunga Adell
Find where Ilunga Adell is credited alongside another name
You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.
imdb.com /name/nm0011814   (84 words)

  
 EJAB 9: Preface
The oral tradition accounts, that the empire can be traced as far back as the early 15th or 16th century.
It expanded north and southeast until 1840 under Kumwimbe Ngombe and then to the northwest and northeast from 1840 to 1870 under Ilunga Kabale.
The Luba people claim one common ancestor in Ilunga-Mbili Kiluwa.
sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu /ejab/9/essay.html   (733 words)

  
 CLEMENT ILUNGA * English-French Translation * Once you have known me, you will surely adopt me * Translator Profile at ...
CLEMENT ILUNGA * English-French Translation * Once you have known me, you will surely adopt me * Translator Profile at TranslatorsCafe.com - Directory of Translators, Interpreters and Translation Agencies
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Projects have ranged from employment contracts, articles of association, press releases, advertising and user manuals to family genealogies, diplomas, personal CVs, non-fiction articles and religious literature.
www.translatorscafe.com /cafe/TranslatorProfile.asp?LinguistID=14856   (606 words)

  
 CLEMENT ILUNGA, English to French translator, traducteur de l'anglais vers le français.
CLEMENT ILUNGA, English to French translator, traducteur de l'anglais vers le français.
The top tool for bringing specialist translators and their commercial or institutional clients closer together.
Then I personally proofread any outgoing completed translation project
www.gotranslators.com /Go/GoM23018.php   (374 words)

  
 elmundo.es - 'Ilunga', la' bestia negra' del traductor
elmundo.es - 'Ilunga', la' bestia negra' del traductor
Un millar de lingüistas ha identificado en el Congo la palabra más difícil de trasladar a otro idioma: 'ilunga', que significa "una persona preparada para perdonar un primer abuso, que tolera un segundo pero nunca un tercero".
Uno de sus términos, 'ilunga', ha sido considerado por mil lingüistas como el que presenta mayor dificultad para ser traducido.
www.elmundo.es /elmundo/2004/06/23/ciencia/1087977737.html   (303 words)

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