Lokilo is a community in the
Opala Territory
Opala is a territory in the Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The administrative center is the town of Opala. Other communities are Yatolema, Lokilo and Mayoko
Mayoko District is a district in the Niari Department of ...
of the
Tshopo
Tshopo is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It is situated in the north central part of the country on the Tshopo River, for which it is named.
Tshopo, Bas-Uele, Haut-Uel ...
Province of the
Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
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In the colonial era of the
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964.
Colo ...
, Lokilo was one of the areas from which the
Lomami Company
The Lomani Company was a concession company of the Congo Free State.
In the colonial era, the Lomami Company forced the people of the Lomami River region from Opala and Lokilo down to Ilambi to collect large amounts of rubber. The Mbole people
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collected large amounts of rubber. The
Mbole people
The Mbole people are an ethnic group of about 150,000 people living in the Orientale Province, southwest of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Mbole were previously referred to as Bambole.
Origins
The Mbole language belongs ...
of the region vividly described their view of the effect of collecting rubber with the phrase ''wando wo limolo'', meaning "tax-caused loss of weight".
References
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Populated places in Tshopo