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6 unusual facts about Kasai


Bulungu

Bulungu, Kasai-Occidental, a town in the Lulua District of Kasai-Occidental province of the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Étienne Tshisekedi

Tshisekedi attended primary school at Kabaluanda (West Kasai) and obtained a doctorate diploma in 1961 at the Lovanium University School of Law in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa); he was the first Congolese to ever get a doctorate diploma in law.

Ilebo

Ilebo, formerly known as Port-Francqui, is a town in Kasaï District, Kasaï-Occidental province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying at the highest navigable point of the Kasaï River.

Kasaï-Occidental

The province is divided into the Kasaï and Lulua districts, with their headquarters in the towns of Luebo and Tshimbulu.

Kasaï-Oriental

Friction with Congo's other ethnic groups and encouragement by Belgian corporations hoping to keep their mining concessions led to the secession of the province of South Kasai as a separate state headed by Albert Kalonji.

Kazumba

Kazumba, Kasai-Occidental, a settlement in Kasai-Occidental province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo


Bebearia zonara

It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Mayumbe, Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba) and Uganda (Bwamba and Toro).

Humboldt Penguin

One of the 135 Humboldt penguins from Tokyo Sea Life Park (Kasai Rinkai Suizokuen) thrived in Tokyo Bay for 82 days after apparently scaling the 13 feet high wall and through the fence into the bay.

Io Shirai

On October 14, 2010, Shirai, working under the ring name Biba Kasai, made her debut for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) at an event in Naucalpan, Mexico, where she teamed with Mini Abismo Negro, Monster Clown and Yuriko to defeat El Hijo de Cien Caras, Mari Apache, Mascarita Divina and Pasión Cristal via disqualification in an eight person tag team match.

Kasai Allstars

In 2011, Kasai Allstars took part in the Congotronics vs Rockers project, a "superband" including ten Congolese and ten indie rock musicians (also including members of Deerhoof, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Konono No.1, Skeletons and Juana Molina), who collaborated to create a common repertoire and performed at 15 major festivals and venues in ten countries.

Kazumba

Kazumba Territory, a territory in Kasai-Occidental province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Loange River

Originating in Angola, the river flows north through the eastern part of Kwango District, then continues north along the boundary between Kwilu District and Kasaï District to its mouth on the Kasai.

Lusambo

Lusambo is a town and territory in the Sankuru district of the Kasai-Oriental province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mai-Ndombe District

The Lukenie joins with the Fimi River, which drains Lake Mai-Ndombe and continues westward to form the boundary with Plateaux District and joins the Kasai at Mushie.

Mbunda people

In the southern route, to the south of the confluence of Kwilu and Kasai rivers, the fifth Mbunda Monarch, King Mwene Chinguli traveled all the way south to the now Cuando Cubango chasing the Bushmen and replacing them in the new found lands with the Mbunda descendants who were later known as the Chimbandi, the Ngonjelo, the Humbi, the Luimbi and the Nyemba.

North Kivu

However, Wibasira was suspected of complicity with the soldiers in Goma who triggered a mutiny in Bukavu in February 2004, and on 23 January 2005 he was switched with Gabriel Amisi Kumba, at the time commander of the Fifth Military Region in Kasaï-Oriental.

Qassab

They are also known as Chikwa, Bare Qasai, Bakar Qasai and very often Kasai.

Rulers of Mbundaland

That made her brother Prince Munamwene Nkonde to become so incensed with her conduct that he led most of the Mbunda in frustration anger from Namampongwe and to re-establish the Mbunda Kingdom at the confluence of Kwilu and Kasai rivers.

The following is a complete list of rulers of the Mbunda Kingdom, established at the confluence of Kwilu and Kasai rivers in the now Democratic Republic of the Congo in the fifteenth century.

Shuwa language

Shuwa (Shoobo), or Pianga (Pyaang), once considered a dialect of Bushong, is a Bantu language of Kasai-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.


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