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Wamba (wamba
Wamba may refer to: People * Wamba (king), 7th-century king of the Visigoths on the Iberian peninsula * Anaclet Wamba (born 1960), Congolese-French professional boxer * Ernest Wamba dia Wamba (born 1942), Senator and former rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Philippe Wamba (1971-2002), African-American writer * Wamba Wamba, an Australian Aboriginal people Places * Wamba, Luo Reserve, a village in the Luo Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo * Wamba, Haut-Uele, a town in the Haut-Uele Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Wamba Territory, an administrative area of the Haut-Uele Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Roman Catholic Diocese of Wamba, Democratic Republic of the Congo * Wamba, Kenya, a small town in Samburu District, Rift Valley Province in central Kenya * Wamba Hospital, a hospital in Wamba, Samburu District, Kenya * Wamba, Nigeria, a Local Government Area of Nasarawa State * Wamba, Valladolid Wamba is a municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wamba (king)
Wamba (Medieval Latin: ''VVamba, Vamba, Wamba''; 643 – 687/688) was the king of the Visigoths from 672 to 680. During his reign, the Visigothic kingdom encompassed all of Hispania and part of southern Gaul known as Septimania. According to Herwig Wolfram, ''Wamba'' means "big paunch" in Gothic (like German: "Wampe", cognate to English "womb") and may have been a nickname. Both Julian of Toledo in his ''Historia Wambae'' (''History of Wamba'') and the decisions of the eleventh Council of Toledo, held under Wamba's auspices, only refer to the king as Wamba. History Military events After ascending the throne on 1 September 672, Wamba faced a revolt from Hilderic, governor of Nîmes, who had himself aspired to the kingship. Hilderic was supported by Gunhild, Bishop of Maguelonne. Wamba sent the dux (general) Paul to put down the rebels, but upon his arrival at Narbonne, he induced his officers to renounce their loyalty to Wamba and elect him king as Flavius Paulus. He was joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaclet Wamba
Anaclet Wamba (born January 6, 1960) is a Congolese-French former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1994. He held the WBC Cruiserweight title from 1990 until 1994. Amateur career Wamba had a notable amateur career. He represented the People's Republic of the Congo in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, as a Light Heavyweight where he lost to Benny Pike Geoffrey Benjamin Pike (born 13 May 1954) is an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References 1954 births Living people Australian male boxers Olympic boxers of Australia ... (Australia) in the round of 16. Professional career Wamba turned pro in 1982 and in 1990 landed a shot at WBC Cruiserweight Title holder Massimiliano Duran, but lost via disqualification in the 12th round. Wamba had been penalized a total of five points before he was disqualified. He was given a rematch with Duran the following year, and won the belt via TKO. He defended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Wamba Dia Wamba
Ernest Wamba dia Wamba (; 1942 – July 15, 2020) was a prominent Congolese academic and political theorist who became a commander of the Kisangani faction of the rebel Rally for Congolese Democracy during the Second Congo War.Farewell Ernest Wamba dia Wamba ''Peoples' Dispatch'', 17 July 2020 Early life Wamba dia Wamba was born in Sundi-Lutete, Province. He was raised in Swedish mission schools and grew into adulthood in the period w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Wamba
Philippe Wamba (June 3, 1971 – September 11, 2002) was an African-American editor and writer known for his fusion of African and African-American culture. Early life Wamba was born in California to Elaine Brown Wamba and Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, an American mother and a Congolese professor-turned-rebel father. He grew up in Boston, Dar es Salaam, and New Mexico. He studied at Harvard University as an undergraduate, then at Columbia University.''Kinship: A Family's Journey in Africa and America'', Dutton/Penguin, 1999. Career Wamba worked on a variety of writing and publishing projects, culminating in his service as Editor-in-chief of the now defunct online magazine ''Africana.com''. In 1999 he published a memoir entitled ''Kinship: A Family's Journey in Africa and America.'' Wamba was profiled in the ''New York Times Magazine'' and the book received some positive reviews. Death Wamba died in a car accident in Kenya while conducting research on African youth movements. The Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wamba Wamba
The Wemba-Wemba are an Aboriginal Australian people in north-Western Victoria and south-western New South Wales, Australia, including in the Mallee and the Riverina regions. They are also known as the Wamba-Wamba. Language Wemba-Wemba bears strong similarities to Woiwurrung. When Moravian missionaries came and started to learn a language in Wemba Wemba territory, at Archibald Macarthur Camppbell's ''Gannawarra'' station, they quickly noted that the Aboriginal people, perceiving they were understood, slipped into using another language, not willing to allow this "cultural conquest" to enable the white men to learn of matters they wished to keep secret from outsiders. Country Before European settlement in the nineteenth century, the Wemba-Wemba occupied the area around the Loddon River, reaching northwards from Kerang, Victoria to Swan Hill, and including the area of the Avoca River, southwards towards Quambatook. In a northeasterly direction, their territory ran up, over the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wamba, Luo Reserve
Wamba is a village in the Luo Scientific Reserve, Tshuapa province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is inhabited by Bongando people. The reserve is home to bonobos, threatened due to hunting. The Wamba forest is home to an important population of bonobos. It was founded in 1973 by Takayoshi Kano, who surveyed the forests of Congo, covering 2,000 km on bicycle. After travelling through occasionally hostile villages, he found Wamba to be friendly, and he could hear bonobo calls from the forest, so he decided to set up a research station here. In 1974, his student Suehisa Kuroda went to Wamba and identified three groups of bonobos, one of which they were able to habituate after a year, by provisioning a sugarcane field. In the past, the local people co-existed with the bonobos and had taboos against eating bushmeat. These have broken down as villagers were forced to hide in the forest during two civil wars. By 2005 an area that once held 300 bonobos now held jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wamba, Haut-Uele
Wamba is a town in Haut-Uele province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the administrative center of Wamba territory. Location and people The area around Wamba consists of a rainforest-derived mosaic of dry, swamp, and secondary forest, with cultivated fields. Altitude is between and . Annual rainfall is around . Both Wamba and nearby Mungbere are inaccessible due to the very poor roads in the region. History The Apostolic Vicariate of Wamba was established in 1949 and was promoted to the Diocese of Wamba in 1959. During the Simba Rebellion, in December 1964 rebels held 250 white hostages in Wamba. Two mercenary rescue columns reached the town at the end of the year. They found that 28 whites had been brutally killed, mostly Belgians, including the Bishop Monsignor Joseph-Pierre Albert Wittebols. 121 whites were still alive, mainly Greeks who had provided cash and cooperated with the rebels in exchange for their lives. Today The town is home to a station of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wamba Territory
Wamba Territory is a part of the Haut-Uele province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative center is the town of Wamba. Mining As of 2011, Kilo Goldmines was active in a joint venture with Somituri sprl, a local company, in exploiting properties in the territories of Mambasa and Wamba near the village of Nia Nia. Colonial mines produced gold in this area from the 1920s until 1958. Divisions The territory is divided into chiefdoms: * Mabudu-Malika-Baberu Chiefdom * Bafwakoy Chiefdom * Balika-Toriko Chiefdom *Malika Chiefdom * Bafwagada Chiefdom * Wadimbisa-Mabudu Chiefdom * Timoniko Chiefdom *Makoda Chiefdom * Mangbele Chiefdom *Malamba Chiefdom *Maha Chiefdom Maha and MAHA may refer to: * Maha (name), an Arabic feminine given name * ''Maha'' (film), a Tamil thriller film * MaHa, Nepali comedy duo, Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya * Maha Music Festival, an annual music festival held on ... References {{DRCongo-geo-stub Populated places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Wamba
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wamba ( la, Vambaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Wamba in the Ecclesiastical province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Apparently, during the tenure of Bishop Kataka Lucete, there were 18 parishes and 42 diocesan priests. Location The diocese covers . It has a population of about 600,000 inhabitants. Of these, an estimated 40,000 are pygmies. The diocese is bisected by the Nepoko River. This river separates different groups of the Budu people of Wamba Territory, who speak different dialects on the western Ibambi side of the river and on the eastern Wamba side, although they consider themselves one people. History Key events in the history of the diocese: * March 10, 1949: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Wamba from the Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls * November 10, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Wamba Leadership Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order * Bishops of Wamba (Latin Rite), below ** Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wamba, Kenya
Wamba is a small town in Samburu County in central Kenya. It is located south-southwest edge of the Mathews Range, and northwest of the Samburu National Reserve. The northbound Isiolo - Moyale road (A2 road) is about 40 kilometres drives east of Wamba. Wamba town is the headquarters of the Wamba administrative division, which is divided into five locations, Wamba being one of them. The location has a population of 4,051 (1999 census). Wamba forms an electoral ward of the Samburu East Constituency Samburu East is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies of Samburu County Samburu County is a counties of Kenya, county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km2 (8,000& ... and Samburu County Council. The town was featured in Episode 9 of Survivor: Africa. Health care Wamba Hospital is located in Wamba. References Populated places in Samburu County {{RiftValleyKE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wamba Hospital
Wamba Hospital, also known as Catholic Hospital Womba, is a hospital in Wamba, Samburu County, Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , .... It was established in the 1969 by Padre Della Consolata with the support of the consolata sisters. This foundation has helped build a school building for the children who are taken care of at the hospital. References External links * Catholic hospitals in Africa Hospitals in Kenya Hospitals established in the 1960s Samburu County {{Kenya-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wamba, Nigeria
Wamba Local Government Area is one of the 17 local government Areas in Nasarawa State, North-central Nigeria, with its headquarters situated in Wamba Town. It has an estimated land area of 1,156 km2 and a population of about 72,894 based on the 2006 census estimates. Wamba local government is an agrarian sub-state, it is known for casava, pidgeion pea, palm carnel and oil, productions respectively. Wamba also has minerals deposit like lead, barite, tantalite, columbite, and gems such as Aquamarine and gold. Yet to be exploited officially. Wamba is both heteroethnic heteroreligious, Among the nation's that make up the area are: Arum, Atoro, Buh, Kantana, Kulere, Ninzom, Ninkada, Rindere, and Yashi. Attractions Wamba Local government is renowned for the spectacular and beautiful Farin Ruwa Falls. One of the longest Cascades in Africa. It presents a long Cascade of white rapids from the Highlands of Plateau states down to the foothills, ending with the main attraction Farin R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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