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unusual facts about Luba


Luba, Equatorial Guinea

As of 2010 a new highway was under construction from Luba via Belebú Balachá through the Luba Crater Scientific Reserve to Ureca near the south coast.


Albert Kalonji

Kalonji, a Luba chief, was a leader (with Joseph Ileo) of a moderate faction of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba's MNC.

Bakwa Dishi tribe

In the 17th century, the Luba Prince Tshibinda Ilunga son of Ilunga Mbili leaves the Luba Empire ruled by his brother Kalala Ilunga and marries Queen Naweej of the Lunda.

Belebú Balachá

It is south of Luba, the second-largest town on the island, and just north of the Luba Crater Scientific Reserve.

Clement Martyn Doke

His major languages were Lamba and Luba, but as no suitable examiner was available, he eventually had to change his language to Zulu.

Delfín Mosibe

Delfi has born in Ruiche, a neighbourhood located in Luba, Bioko Sur to a Bubi family.

Holoholo people

During the period of Luba dominance that followed the eastward expansion under Luba king Ilunga Sungu around 1800, bambudye secret societies were introduced among the Holoholo and other peoples, propagating oral traditions of the Luba royal family.

Ilunga Mbili

Ilunga Mbili was a warrior, hunter, prophet and the civilizing hero and patriarch of the Luba and Lunda people.

Ilunga Sungu

Luba forces raided this territory and penetrated as far as the region of Kalemie at the source of the Lukuga where it exits the lake.

Lukuga River

Around 1800, in the second half of the rule of the Luba Emperor Ilunga Sungu, Luba forces launched raids over the Lualaba that at one point reached as far as Kalemie.

The Ten Commandments: The Musical

The original cast included Val Kilmer, Kevin Earley, Lauren Kennedy, Adam Lambert, Luba Mason, Alisan Porter, Nita Whitaker, Michelle Pereira, Nicholas Rodriguez and Ipalé.

Tshibinda Ilunga

The Lunda were a group of people living southwest of the Luba; the Chief of the Lunda gave his bracelet of power “rukan” to his daughter Lueji Naweej.

Vasily Grossman

A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army, 1941-1945 by Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova (Pantheon, 2006 - ISBN 0-375-42407-5 ) - Based on Grossman's notebooks, war diaries, personal correspondence and articles.


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