Lokandu is a community in

Maniema Province Maniema is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital city, capital is Kindu. Toponymy Henry Morton Stanley explored the area, calling it Manyema.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newne ...

of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Lualaba River downstream from Kindu.

Henry Morton Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa Cen ...

refers to it as "the frontier village of

Manyema Manyema (WaManyema) (Una-Ma-Nyema, eaters of flesh), are a powerful and, in the past, warlike Bantu people in the southeast of the Congo basin in Nyangwe ( Kasongo) in Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo and in the city of Kigoma, Kigoma regio ...

, which is called Riba-Riba."Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, Vol. Two, London: G. Newnes, The town was formerly called Riba Riba, when it was burned down in 1893 by a force led by Louis Napoléon Chaltin striking overland from

Bena-Kamba Bena Kamba is a community on the Lomami River in Maniema province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Limami, which flows northward parallel to the Lualaba or Upper Congo River, is navigable as far south as Bena Kamba. From there, it is ...

. After being rebuilt, it took its present name.

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Populated places in Maniema {{DRCongo-geo-stub