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Jean-Baptiste Abessolo Jean-Baptiste Nguema Abessolo, also seen as J.-B. Abessolo-Nguema, (born 15 February 1932) is an educator and writer from Gabon. Born at Oyem, he was educated there and at Libreville, then studied educational administration at École des Cadres ...

Jean-Jérôme Adam Jean-Jérôme Adam (8 June 1904 – 11 July 1981) was the French Roman Catholic archbishop of Libreville, Gabon, and an accomplished linguist who studied several of the languages of Gabon. He was born at Wittenheim in Alsace and educated in the ...

Adouma The Adouma (or Duma) are an ethnic group of Gabon, in central Africa. They primarily live on the South bank of the upper Ogooué River, in the vicinity of Lastoursville (originally an Adouma village), and are known as expert canoeists or the boat ...

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Jean-Marie Adzé Jean-Marie Adzé (born January 1956"ADZÉ Jean-Marie", ''GABON: LES HOMMES DE POUVOIR N°4'', 5 March 2002 .) is a Gabonese politician and former diplomat. He was Gabon's Ambassador to France from 2002 to 2008 and has been Mayor of Akiéni since 20 ...

- Affaires africaines - AfricaPhonebook/ Annuaires Afrique - Pierre-Louis Agondjo-Okawe -

Pierre Akendengué Pierre-Claver Akendengué (born April 25, 1943) is a Gabonese musician and composer. In 1997, he received his country's "Prix d'excellence" at the Africa Music awards in Libreville, honoring his body of work. He also serves as a cultural advi ...

- Alar Ayong - Martin Alihanga - Francis Allison - Joseph Ambouroue-Avaro -

Eugene Amogho Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the s ...

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André Gustave Anguilé André Gustave Anguilé (3 March 1920 in Libreville – 23 May 1999 in Paris) was a former Gabonese politician and diplomat. He was the foreign minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for fore ...

Laurent Antchouey Laurent may refer to: *Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname **Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent **Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician **Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...

Sister Hyacinthe Antini A sister is a woman or a girl who shares one or more parents with another individual; a female sibling. The male counterpart is a brother. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer ...

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Art of Gabon The Gabonese people have forged since the independence of the country, in 1960, their own culture which is neither the traditional culture of the different ethnic groups which compose it, nor modern Western culture. It is a culture in movement, a ...

Jean-Boniface Assélé Jean-Boniface Assélé (born 9 February 1939."Assélé Jean-Boniface", ''Gabon: Les Hommes de Pouvoir'', number 4Africa Intelligence 5 March 2002 .) is a Gabonese politician and the President of the Circle of Liberal Reformers (CLR). He served in t ...

Association Générale des Étudiants du Gabon Association may refer to: * Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal * Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry * Voluntary associa ...

Jean-Hilaire Aubame Jean-Hilaire Aubame (10 November 1912 – 16 August 1989) was a Gabonese politician active during both the colonial and independence periods. The French journalist Pierre Péan said that Aubame's training "as a practicing Catholic and a cust ...

Pierre Avaro Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

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Jean Rémy Ayouné Jean Rémy Ayouné (June 5, 1914 – December 1992) was the foreign minister of Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the ...

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Babuissi The Babuissi are an ethnic group of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. Linguistically part of the Eshira, they live mostly in the upper basin of the Nyanga River The Nyanga River, 600 km, is a river that runs through southern Gabon and ...

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Benga Benga may refer to: Ethnonym * Benga people, an indigenous ethnic group of Equatorial Guinea * Benga language, spoke by the Benga people * Benga music, a genre of music originating in Kenya Places Romania * ''Benga'', the old name of Mo ...

- Jean-Rémy Bessieux - Laurent-Marie Biffot -

Louis Bigmann Louis-Emile Bigmann (1897–1986) was a Gabonese politician. Early life and political career A member of the Mpongwe people, he was born and lived in Baraka, Gabon. Bigmann attended the Ecole Montfort in Libreville, Gabon's capital. Noted Mpon ...

Bloc Democratique Gabonais The Gabonese Democratic Party (french: Parti Démocratique Gabonais, abbreviated PDG), is the ruling and dominant political party of Gabon. Between 1968 and 1990 it was the sole legal party. History The party was established as the Gabonese De ...

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Martin Bongo Martin Bongo (born July 4, 1940) is a Gabon political figure and diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Gabon from 1976 to 1989. Bongo, a nephew of President Omar Bongo,James Franklin Barnes''Gabon: Beyond the Colonial Legacy''(1992), page 57. ...

Omar Bongo El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second President of Gabon for 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. Omar Bongo was promoted to key positions as ...

- Pascaline Bongo - Jean-Jacques Boucavel - Edouard Bouet-Williamez - Augustin Boumah - Jules Bourdes-Ogouliguende - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza -

Brothers of Saint Gabriel The Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel (SG), otherwise Gabrielite Brothers or Frères de Saint-Gabriel (FSG), is a religious institute. Its roots go back to Louis de Montfort, who opened a few schools for poor children in La Rochelle, France, in a ...

- Buengui River - Albert Bushnell - Buzogo River - Bwiti

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Caisse Centrale de Coopération Économique (CCCE) - Catholicism in Gabon - Centre International des Civilisations Bantu (CICIBA) - Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture, Industry and Mines - Chiwa ( Bichiwa) -

Cinema of Gabon The cinema of Gabon has had an uneven history. Though President Omar Bongo and his wife, Josephine Bongo, encouraged filmmaking in the 1970s, there was a 20-year hiatus until filmmaking started to grow again in the new millennium. History French ...

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Constitution of Gabon The Constitution of Gabon is the basic law governing Gabon. It was adopted in 1961, rewritten in 1991 and last revised in 2011. External linksConstitution of Gabon Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: R ...

- Coup of February 17–20, 1964 - Currency of Gabon -

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Georges Aleka Damas Georges Aleka Damas (18 November 1902 – 4 May 1982) was a Gabonese politician who served as President of the National Assembly of Gabon from 1964 to 1975. He also composed Gabon's national anthem, "La Concorde". Life and career A Mpongwe born i ...

- Gabriel d'Arboussier - Charles Francis Darlington - Pierre Debizet - Decolonization in Gabon - Maurice Delauney -

Demographics of Gabon The Demographics of Gabon is the makeup of the population of Gabon. As of 2020, Gabon has a population of 2,225,287. Gabon's population is relatively young with 35.5% of its population under 15 years of age and only 4.3% of its population over 65 ...

- King Denis ( Antchouwe Kowe Rapontchombo) - Ndouna Depenaud - Divungi Dijob Di NDing- Divounguy Pierre Claver- Josiah Dorsey - Paul du Chaillu - Luc Durand-Reville

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Félix Éboué Adolphe Sylvestre Félix Éboué (; 26 December 1884 – 17 May 1944) was a French Guiana, French French colonial empires, colonial administrator and Free French Forces, Free French leader. He was the first black French man appointed to a hig ...

- Ecole Montfort - Economy of Gabon -

Education in Gabon Education in Gabon is largely based on the French educational system. On the federal level, it is regulated by two Ministries: the Ministry of Education, which is in charge of Pre-school through to High School, and the Ministry of Higher Education ...

- Jean-Marc Ekoh - Emane Tole - Enenga - Eshira - Eveia - Exploration of Gabon - Eyi Affair

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Fang A fang is a long, pointed tooth. In mammals, a fang is a modified maxillary tooth, used for biting and tearing flesh. In snakes, it is a specialized tooth that is associated with a venom gland (see snake venom). Spiders also have external fang ...

- Brother Dominique Fara - Felix-Anande Rapontchombo - Denis-Marie Adande -

Fernan Vaz Lagoon Fernan Vaz Lagoon is a large lagoon on the Atlantic coast of Gabon. It is named for Fernão Vaz, the first European to reach it, and is known its wildlife and for the church at Mission Saint Anne, built in 1889 by Gustav Eiffel Alexandre Gus ...

FIDES Fides or FIDES may refer to: *Faith, trust, loyalty, or fidelity, or a religious belief * Fides (cycling team), an Italian professional cycling team in 1961 *Fides (deity), goddess of trust in Roman mythology * Fides (reliability), guide allowing ...

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Foreign relations of Gabon Gabon has followed a neutrality (international relations), non-aligned policy, advocating dialogue in international affairs and recognizing both parts of divided countries. Since 1973, the number of countries establishing diplomatic relations ...

Forestry in Gabon Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...

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Franceville Franceville is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of 110,568 at the 2013 census. It lies on the Mpassa River and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savor ...

- Free Emigrants Scheme - Free French - Freedom Villages - French Equatorial Africa

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Galoa ( Galwa) - Émile Gentil - King Glass ( R'Ogouarowe) - Gold in Gabon - Paul Indjenjet Gondjout - Groupes d'Etudes Communistes (GEC) -

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History of Gabon Little is known of the history of Gabon prior to European contact. Bantu migrants settled the area beginning in the 14th century. Portuguese explorers and traders arrived in the area in the late 15th century. The coast subsequently became a cent ...

Holy Ghost Father The Congregation of the Holy Spirit ( la, Congregatio Sancti Spiritus) abbreviated CSSp), in full the Congregation of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary () is a male religious congregation of the Catho ...

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Indigénat The ''Code de l'indigénat'' ( "native code"), called ''régime de l'indigénat'' or simply ''indigénat'' by modern French historians, were diverse and fluctuating sets of laws and regulations characterized by arbitrariness which created in prac ...

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Islam in Gabon Nearly ten percent of the population of Gabon practice Islam, according to a 2012 estimate. Most follow Sunni Islam. 80 to 90 percent of the Muslims are foreigners. Islamic, Catholic and Protestant denominations operate primary and secondary s ...

- Aristide Issembe - Emile Issembe -

iboga ''Tabernanthe iboga'' (iboga) is an evergreen rainforest shrub native to Central Africa. A member of the Apocynaceae family indigenous to Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo, it is cultivated across Central Africa ...

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Benjamin Van Rensselaer James - Jeunes Gabonais (

Jeunesse Gabonais The Jeunesse Gabonais was the first political party in colonial Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it i ...

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Kanigui ( Akanigui, Bakanike) - Theophile Klaine- Kassa Mapessi

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Labor unions in Gabon - Languages of Gabon - Richard E. Lawlin -

Pierre-Marie Le Berre Pierre-Marie is a French masculine given name, and may refer to: * Pierre-Marie Carré (born 1947), French prelate of the Catholic Church * Pierre-Marie Coty (1927–2020), Ivorian Roman Catholic bishop * Pierre-Marie Delfieux (1934–2013), Frenc ...

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Alexandre Le Roy Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. (19 January 1854 – 21 April 1938) was a French-born archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, and the Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. He served as Vicar Apostolic of Gab ...

LGBT rights in Gabon Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Gabon face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Except for a period between July 2019 and June 2020, same-sex sexual activity has never been illegal in Gabon. Same-sex ...

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Libreville Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying in the northwestern province of Estuaire, Libreville is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904. The area has been inh ...

- Ligue des droits de l'homme - Loango -

Blaise Louembe Blaise Louembé (born 20 February 1960CV at government website
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- King Louis ( Anguile Dowe) - Louis Berre Monguitigana - Loumbou ( Baloumbou) -

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Raphael Mangouala Raphael Mangouala is a Gabonese Politics of Gabon, politician. He is the current National Secretary in charge of Territorial Administration, Defense, Security, Immigration, and Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party ...

- Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou - Mahongwe - Felicien-Patrice Makouaka - Sébastien Mamboundou Mouyama - Manganese in Gabon - Herve Mapako-Gnali - Massango (Sangou) - Germain Mba - Léon M'ba - Paul Mba-Abessole - Emanuel Mba-Zue - Léon Mébiame - Media in Gabon - Roger Mengue Mi Ekomie - Nicolas Metegue N'nah -

Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...

François Meye François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King ...

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Military of Gabon The Armed Forces of Gabon (french: Forces armées gabonaises) or the Gabonese Defense and Security Forces (french: forces de défense et de sécurité gabonaises) is the national professional military of the Republic of Gabon, divided into the Army ...

Mitsogo The Mitsogo or Tsogo are an ethno-cultural group from the highlands of Gabon. They reside mainly in Ngounié Province to the north and east of Mouila. Numbering around 13,000, they speak the Tsogo language. In the late 19th and early 20th century t ...

( Mitshogo, Tshogo) - Stephanie Mouwandji Itsopault - Mouvement de Redressement National (MORENA) - Mpongwe people -

Music of Gabon Gabon's music includes several folk styles and pop. Gabonese pop artist Patience Dabany, who now lives in the US, produces albums recorded in Los Angeles with a distinctively Gabonese element; they are popular throughout Francophone Africa. Other ...

- Mutuelle Gabonaise - Basile Engone Mve - Charles Mve Ellah

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Samuel Adrien Nang Essono - Robert Hamill Nassau -

National Archives of Gabon The National Archives of Gabon were founded in 1969. See also * List of national archives References Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of ...

- Jean-Baptiste N'Dende - Ndiwa - Nding Dyatelm-

François Ndong François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King o ...

- Mendame Ndong - Philippe Tsira Ndong Ntoutoume - Ndoumou ( Mindoumou) - Ngowe ( Ngove) - François Owono Nguema - Patrick N'Guema N'Dong - Nkomi - Truman Ntaka -

Charles N'Tchoréré Charles N'Tchoréré (16 November 1896 – 7 June 1940) was a Gabonese French military officer who was shot by Germans in World War II. Early life Charles N'Tchoréré was born on 16 November 1896 in Libreville, French Gabon. The second of fo ...

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Vincent de Paul Nyonda Vincent de Paul Nyonda (1918 – 20 January 1995) was a Gabonese playwright and Minister (government), Minister. Nyonda served under the administration of the first Gabonese President Léon M'ba, and was a prominent political figure in that admi ...

- Nzabi ( Bandiabi)

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Obamba The Obamba are an ethnic group located largely in Gabon's Haut-Ogooué Province Haut-Ogooué is the southeasternmost of Gabon's nine provinces. It is named after the Ogooué River. It covers an area of . The provincial capital is Franceville ...

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Mbamba Mbaama (''Lembaamba'') is a Bantu language spoken in the Bambama District ( Lekoumou Region) of the Republic of Congo and in Haut-Ogooué Province, south of Okondja, in Gabon by the Obamba people. References Bibliography * External link ...

) - Cyriaque Simeon Obamba - Ogooué River - Ogoula-M'Beye - King Ogoul' Issogoue ( Rogombe, Passol) - Oil and gas in Gabon - Okande - Oklo reactor site - Okoume - Ombambo-Rogombe - ORSTOM -

Orungu The Kingdom of Orungu (c. 1700–1927) ( pt, Reino da Orungu, french: Royaume d'Orungu) was a small, pre-colonial state of what is now Gabon in Central Africa. Through its control of the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was able to be ...

- Laurent Owondo - Casimir Oyé-Mba

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Louis-Gabriel Pambo - Parti Démocratique Africain (PDA) - Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG) - Parti d'Union Nationale Gabonais (PUNGA) - Parti gabonais du progrès (PGP) - Peoples of Gabon - Petroleum in Gabon -

Politics of Gabon Politics of Gabon takes place in a framework of a republic whereby the President of Gabon is head of state and in effect, also the head of government, since he appoints the prime minister and his cabinet. The government is divided into three bran ...

- Port-Gentil - Paul-Vincent Pounah - Pove ( Pubi) - Prehistory of Gabon - Ira Preston - Professors' Plot - Protestantism in Gabon -

Pygmies In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a pop ...

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King Quaben ( Kaka-Rapono)

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Jean-Félix Rapontchombo - Angele Ntyugwetondo Rawiri - George Rawiri - Remi Rebombe - Joseph Rendjambe - King Reombi-Mpolo -

Maurice Robert Adjutant Maurice Joseph Emile Robert was a French World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Biography Maurice Joseph Emile Robert was born in Maubeuge, France on 19 January 1893. Robert began his military service on 7 April 191 ...

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Louis Sanmarco Louis Sanmarco (April 7, 1912 – October 9, 2009) was a French colonial administrator of Italian origin. He served as the governor of the colony of Ubangi-Shari from 1954 until 1957, and served as Governor of Gabon from 29 January 1958 to 28 ...

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Henri Seignon Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montm ...

- Seke - Shake - Shimba ( Simba) - Slave trade - Société Commerciale, Industrielle, et Africole du Haut-Ogooue -

Société Nationale Petrolière Gabonaise Société Nationale Petrolière Gabonaise (SNPG) was the national petroleum company of Gabon. SNGP was founded in 1979 and disbanded in 1987. The country had no national petroleum company until the Gabon Oil Company was established in June 2011. O ...

- René-Paul Sousatte - Survivor: Gabon -

Simone Saint-Dénis Simone Saint-Dénis (1934 2008) was a trade union leader from Gabon, who played an active role in politics in the post-independence era. Biography Saint-Dénis was born in Libreville in 1934, to parents from the Mpongwe ethnic group. Her fat ...

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Patrice Tonda Patrice Tonda is a Gabonese politician and diplomat. He served in the government of Gabon as Minister of Housing from 2007 to 2008 and then as Minister of Trade and Industrial Development, in charge of NEPAD, from 2008 to 2009. Early career and t ...

- Transportation in Gabon - Henri Trilles - Ntaka Truman

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Union Démocratique et Sociale Gabonaise Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

(UDSG) - Union Douanière et Économique de l'Afrique Centrale (UDEAC) - Uranium in Gabon

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François-de-Paul Vane - Varama - Vili people - La Voix du Pays - Voungou

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William Walker William Walker may refer to: Arts * William Walker (engraver) (1791–1867), mezzotint engraver of portrait of Robert Burns * William Sidney Walker (1795–1846), English Shakespearean critic * William Walker (composer) (1809–1875), American Ba ...

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John Leighton Wilson John Leighton Wilson, an alumnus of Columbia Theological Seminary, and his wife Jane Bayard Wilson were the first missionaries to West Africa by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Life Leighton Wilson was born in Sumter, S ...

- Woumbou ( Bavumbu)

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Paul-Marie Yembit Paul-Marie Yembit (22 December 1917 – 21 January 1978) was the first vice president of Gabon under Léon M'ba. A member of the Bapounou people, he was born in the village of Moussambou and educated in local Catholic schools, then at the public ...

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