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Bassa (other)
Bassa may refer to: People * Bassa people (Cameroon) ** Basaa language, a member of the Bantu languages family * Bassa people (Liberia) ** Bassa language, a member of the Kru languages family ** Bassa script Places * Bassa, Chamba, village in India * Bassa, Kogi State, Nigeria * Bassa, Plateau State, Nigeria * Bassa Cove colony, now Buchanan, Liberia * al-Bassa, a destroyed Palestinian village, currently located in northern Israel * Cahora Bassa, an artificial lake in Mozambique * Grand Bassa County, Liberia * Another name for Basse Santa Su, Gambia Other uses * British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association The British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA) is a branch of the British trade union Unite. Until 2020, it exclusively represented Cabin Crew on Eurofleet and Worldwide fleets at London Heathrow airport. However, since the ..., a union exclusively for British Airways cabin crew * Bassa Sports Club, an association football team in Antig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa People (Cameroon)
The Bassa (also spelled Basa or Basaa and sometimes known as Bassa-Bakongo) are a Bantu ethnic group in Cameroon. They number approximately 800,000 individuals. The Bassa speak the Basaa language. History For centuries, the Bassa lived along the Atlantic coast of what is now Cameroon. They lived off subsistence farming and fishing. The Bassa were displaced by Duala and early European traders, suffering exploitation and marginalization during the era of German Kamerun. Their fishing and farming efforts shrunk. During this German era, most Bassa were anti-colonialists, fighting against German expansion beyond the coast. However, they suffered a major defeat and were subjected to forced labor in the construction of the Douala-Yaoundé "Mittel Kamerun" railway. Throughout the era of European colonial presence, the Bassa were able to take advantage of Christian missionaries to attain a Western-style education, particularly from German Protestants and American Presbyterians. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basaa Language
Basaa (also spelled ''Bassa, Basa, Bissa''), or Mbene, is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon by the Basaa people. It is spoken by about 300,000 people in the Centre and Littoral regions. Maho (2009) lists North and South Kogo as dialects. Background and Origin Basaa is spoken by 230,000 speakers. They live in Nyong-et-Kelle (Central Region) and Sanaga Maritime (with the exception of the Edéa commune, which has a Bakoko majority) and most of Nkam commune ( Littoral Region). In the western and northern parts of this department, the peripheral Basaa dialects are spoken: Yabasi in the commune of Yabassi, Diɓuum in the commune of Nkondjok (Diboum Canton), north of Ndemli and Dimbamban. Similarly, Basaa Baduala is spoken in Wouri Department (Littoral Region), traditional Basaa territory that is being transformed by the growth of Douala. Basaa is also found in Océan Department (commune of Bipindi, Southern Region). Hijuk is spoken only in the quarter of Niki in Batang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa People (Liberia)
__NOTOC__ The Bassa people are a West African ethnic group primarily native to Liberia. The Bassa people are a subgroup of the larger Kru people of Liberia and Ivory Coast. They form a majority or a significant minority in Liberia's Grand Bassa, Rivercess, Margibi and Montserrado counties. In Liberia's capital of Monrovia, they are the largest ethnic group. With an overall population of about 1.05 million, they are the second largest ethnic group in Liberia (18%), after the Kpelle people (26%).People and Society: Liberia CIA Factbook, United States Small Bassa communities are also found in Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. The Bassa speak the , a |
Bassa Language
The Bassa language is a Kru language spoken by about 600,000 Bassa (Liberia), Bassa people in Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone. Phonology Consonants * /ʄ/ can be heard as a glide [j] intervocalically within compound words. * /ɡ͡b/ when followed by a nasal can be heard as [ŋ͡m]. * /h/ only rarely occurs. Vowels Bassa alphabets It has an indigenous script, Bassa Vah, Vah, it was first popularized by Dr. Thomas Flo Lewis, who has instigated publishing of limited materials in the language from the mid-1900s through the 1930s, with its height in the 1910s and 1920s. It has been reported that the script was influenced by the Cherokee syllabary created by Sequoyah. The script has been described as one which, "like the system long in use among the Vai people, Vai, consists of a series of phonetic characters standing for syllables." In fact, however, the Vah script is alphabetic. It includes 30 consonants, seven vowels, and five tones that are indicated by dots a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa Script
Bassa Vah, also known as simply ('throwing a sign' in Bassa) is an alphabetic script for writing the Bassa language of Liberia. As an old system nearing extinction in the 1900s, it was rediscovered among Bassa in Brazil and the West Indies, then revived in Liberia, by . Type was cast for it, and an association for its promotion was formed in Liberia in 1959. It is not used today and has been classified as a failed script. Letters Vah is written from left to right. It is a true alphabet, with 23 consonant letters, 7 vowel letters and 5 tone diacritics, which are placed inside the vowels. A fullstop/period is represented with 𖫵. Tones Vah uses 5 diacritical marks to denote tonality of its vowels. It distinguishes five tones: high, low, mid, mid-rising, and falling. Unicode Bassa Vah was added to the Unicode Standard in June 2014 with the release of version 7.0. The Unicode block for Bassa Vah is U+16AD0–U+16AFF: References External links Bassa an at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa, Chamba
Bassa is a small village situated in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, India. Village population is around 80. Ravi River The Ravi River () is a transboundary river crossing northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It is one of five rivers associated with the Punjab region. Under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, the waters of the Ravi and two other rivers were ... flows front of this village. References Villages in Chamba district {{HimachalPradesh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa, Kogi State
Bassa is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria. Its northern border is the Benue River and its western border is the Niger River. Its headquarters are in the town of Oguma. It has an area of 1,925 km and a population of 139,993 at the 2006 census. As of 2016, the population grew to 188,600. Bassa-nge towns consist mainly of Gboloko, Ajigido, Kpata and Ecewu. The postal code of the area is 272. Bassa Local Government Kogi State, Bassa has three major tribes. The Bassa-komo, Bassa-nge and Egbira koto . The Bassa-Komo has the highest population followed by Bassa-nge and Egbira koto. The traditional title holder of The Bassa-Komos is the "AGUMA" of Bassa who is a 1st class chief, The "Etsu" of Bassa-Nge also a 1st class chief and the "OHIOGBA" of Mozum is the traditional chief of the Egbiras koto as the 3rd class chief. The traditional title holder of the Bassa Nge is the Etsu Bassa Nge. The Etsu of Bassa Nge has his royal throne dominant in Gboloko. Gboloko is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa, Plateau State
Bassa is a Local Government Area in the north of Plateau State, Nigeria, bordering Kaduna and Bauchi States. Its headquarters are in the town of Bassa at. It has an area of 1,743 km with other small towns like Miango, Mc Alley; originally called Biciza, Jengre, villages such as Binchin, Zukku, Kwal, Saya, Gurum among many others and a population of 186,859 at the 2006 census. Bassa local government houses the Nigerian Army 3 Division, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment as well as a police station and the First bank of Nigeria. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ... of the area is 930. Languages Languages spoken in Bassa are Hausa, Irigwe, Amo, Rukuba, Buji– Boze language, Chawe, Jere, Gusu, Kurama, Limoro, Tarya, Sanga, Janji, Duguza and Chokobo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa Cove Colony
Buchanan ( bsq, Gbezohn), also previously known as Grand Bassa on some maps, is the third largest city in Liberia, lying on Waterhouse Bay, part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2008 census, Buchanan had a population of 34,270. Of this, 16,984 were male and 17,286 female. Named for Thomas Buchanan, cousin of U.S. president James Buchanan, and second governor of Liberia, it is also the capital of Grand Bassa County and lies southeast of Monrovia, near the mouth of the Saint John River. The town was popular with refugees during the Liberian Civil War as it largely escaped the fighting. Fishing is an important industry in the town. The town also has isolated beaches and lagoons. History In December 1832, the Port Cresson colony was founded in what is now Buchanan, by black Quakers of the New York and Pennsylvania Colonization Societies. It was established as a settlement for black emigrants from the United States. The emigrants named the settlement in honor of Elliott Cresson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Bassa
al-Bassa' ( ar, البصة) was a Palestinians, Palestinian Arab village in the Mandatory Palestine's Acre Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Acre Subdistrict. It was situated close to the Blue Line (Lebanon), Lebanese border, north of the district capital, Acre (city), Acre, and above sea level. The village was stormed by Haganah troops in May 1948 and almost completely razed. Its residents were either internally displaced Palestinians, internally displaced or expelled to neighboring countries. Etymology Adolf Neubauer "proposed to identify this place with the Bezet, Batzet of the Talmud". It was called ''Bezeth'' during the Roman empire, Roman period, and its Arabic name is ''al-Basah''.Michael Avi-Yonah, Avi Yonah, 1976, p. 42. Cited in Khalidi, 1992, p. 6 In the period of Crusades, Crusader rule in Palestine, it was known as ''Le Bace'' or ''LeBassa''.Pringle, 1997, p. 116/ref> Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (d. 1201), a chronicler and advisor to Saladin, referred to the village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahora Bassa
The Cahora Bassa lake—in the Portuguese colonial era (until 1974) known as Cabora Bassa, from Nyungwe ''Kahoura-Bassa'', meaning "finish the job"—is Africa's fourth-largest artificial lake, situated in the Tete Province in Mozambique. In Africa, only Lake Volta in Ghana, Lake Kariba, on the Zambezi upstream of Cahora Bassa, and Egypt's Lake Nasser are bigger in terms of surface water. History Portuguese period The Cahora Bassa System started in the late 1960s as a project of the Portuguese in the Overseas Province of Mozambique. Southern African governments were also involved in an agreement stating that Portugal would build and operate a hydroelectric generating station at Cabora Bassa (as it was then called in Portuguese) together with the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system required to bring electricity to the border of South Africa. South Africa, on the other hand, undertook to build and operate the Apollo converter station and part of the transmis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Bassa County
Grand Bassa is a county in the west-central portion of the West African nation of Liberia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has eight districts. Buchanan serves as the capital with the area of the county measuring . As of the 2008 Census, it had a population of 224,839, making it the fifth most populous county in Liberia. Grand Bassa's County Superintendent is Janjay Baikpeh. The county is bordered by Margibi County to the northwest, Bong County to the north, Nimba County to the east, and Rivercess County to the south and east. The western part of Grand Bassa borders the Atlantic Ocean. History The port of Buchanan was constructed by LAMCO to serve the export of iron ore carried through the railway from Nimba. The civil war destroyed the port, railway and the township built by LAMCO. In 2005, LAMCO's facilities were taken over by Arcelor-Mittal, which has begun a gradual reconstruction. The once bustling port b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
