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Bubi
Bubi may refer to: * Bubi people, an ethnic group in Central Africa * Bubi language, a Bantu language spoken in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea * Bubi District, Zimbabwe * Bubi River, a tributary of the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe * BuBi, a bicycle sharing system in Budapest People with the nickname * Josef Bradl (1918–1982), Austrian ski jumper * Erich Hartmann (1922–1993), German fighter pilot * Bubi Rohde (1914–1979), German footballer * Adolf von Thadden Adolf von Thadden (7 July 1921 – 16 July 1996) was a German far-right politics, far-right politician who led the National Democratic Party of Germany, National Democratic Party. Early life Adolf von Thadden was born at the noble estate of Trzy ... (1921–1996), German politician * Bubi Wallenius (born 1943), Finnish sports commentator See also * Booby (other) {{disambiguation Nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubi People
The Bubi people (also known as Bobe, Voove, Ewota and Bantu Bubi) are a Bantu peoples, Bantu ethnic group of Central Africa who are indigenous to Bioko, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Once the majority group in the region, the population experienced a sharp decline due to war and disease during Portuguese expeditions. By the end of Spanish Guinea, Spanish colonial rule in the mid 20th century, and after substantial intermarriage with newly introduced populations, such as Afro-Cubans, Fernandino peoples, Krio people, Portuguese people and Spaniards, the Bubi people, again, experienced a great decline in number. Seventy-five percent perished due to tribal/clan rooted political genocide during a civil war that led to Spanish Guinea's independence from Spain. This, too, sparked mass exodus from their homeland with most of the exiles and refugees immigrating into Spain. The indigenous Bubi of Bioko Island have since co-existed with non-indigenous Fernandino peoples, Krio Fernandinos; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubi Language
The Bube language or Bubi, Bohobé, Bube–Benga or Fernandian (Bobe) is a Bantu language spoken predominately by the Bubi, a Bantu people native to, and once the primary inhabitants of Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea. The language was brought to Bioko from continental Africa more than three thousand years ago when the Bubi began settling on the island. It has around 50,000 speakers, with three variants: North, South and Central-East. It is noted for its tonal character and the divergence of words by gender. The language is also spoken by the Bubi native to Gabon and Cameroon. The Bube language is divided into six different dialects that vary in the northern and southern regions of Bioko Island. For example, in the North, people speak ''Rebola'' and its variations: ''Basile'', ''Banapa'' and ''Basupa''. However, in the North-East, ''Bakake'' is spoken. Bube is also spoken in a small area on the mainland closest to the island, where speakers are shifting to Wumboko. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubi District
Bubi is a district in Matabeleland North in Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots .... It is rich in minerals, but lacks infrastructure. Its 2012 census population was 61,883; and had grown to 74,084 by 2022. Notes and references Districts of Matabeleland North Province {{zimbabwe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubi River
The Bubye River, also known as Bubi River, is a tributary of the Limpopo River in Beitbridge District and Gwanda District, Zimbabwe. It rises about to the northeast of West Nicholson in Matabeleland South, from where it flows southeast before joining the Limpopo west of the border with Mozambique. Its course forms part of the border between Mberengwa and Mwenezi districts. Tigerfish Tigerfish can refer to fish from various families, and derives from official and colloquial associations of these with the tiger (''Panthera tigris''). However, the primary species designated by the name "tigerfish" are African and belong to the ... occur naturally in this river. Dams There were no major dams on the river until the Bubi-Lupane Dam was built in 2010 to supply water to Lupane District. References External linksIDBZ - Water Beitbridge District Gwanda District Geography of Matabeleland South Province Tributaries of the Limpopo River Rivers of Zimbabwe {{Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Bradl
Josef "Sepp" / "Bubi" Bradl (8 January 1918 – 3 March 1982) was an Austrian ski jumper who competed during the 1930s and 1950s. He was born in Wasserburg am Inn, Bavaria. Career on 15 March 1936, he became the first man in history to stand to stand on feet a "flight" of more than one hundred meters at 101.5 m (333 ft) on Bloudkova velikanka hill in Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. On 15 March 1938, exactly two years later after historic jump, he set another world record at 107 m (351 ft), this time again on Bloudkova velikanka hill in Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He won the ski jumping gold medal at the 1939 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane while competing under Nazi Germany in the wake of Austria being annexed in late 1938. Following World War II, Bradl wasn't allowed to compete in 1948 Olympics because he was a Sturmbannführer in the paramilitary Nazi organization Sturmabteilung. He returned to competition in the early 1950s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Hartmann
Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 – 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions. He was credited with shooting down a total of 352 Allied aircraft: 345 Soviet and 7 American while serving with the Luftwaffe. During his career, Hartmann was forced to crash-land his fighter 16 times after either mechanical failure or damage received from parts of enemy aircraft he had shot down; he was never shot down by direct enemy action. Hartmann, a pre-war glider pilot, joined the Luftwaffe in 1940 and completed his fighter pilot training in 1942. He was posted to the veteran ''Jagdgeschwader'' 52 (JG 52—52nd Fighter Wing) on the Eastern Front and placed under the supervision of some of the Luftwaffes most experienced fighter pilots. Under their guidance, Hartmann steadily developed his tact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubi Rohde
Hans "Bubi" Rohde (7 December 1914 – 3 December 1979) was a German footballer. The defender and midfielder earned 25 caps for Germany from 1936 to 1942. His team was Eimsbütteler TV of Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar .... External links * * * References 1914 births 1979 deaths German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers Eimsbütteler TV players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Hamburg 20th-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-midfielder-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Von Thadden
Adolf von Thadden (7 July 1921 – 16 July 1996) was a German far-right politics, far-right politician who led the National Democratic Party of Germany, National Democratic Party. Early life Adolf von Thadden was born at the noble estate of Trzygłów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Gut Trieglaff, near Gryfice, Greifenberg, Province of Pomerania (1815–1945), Pomerania, on 7 July 1921, to and his second wife. He was a member of the Junker (Prussia), Junker Thadden family. His half-sister Elisabeth von Thadden was executed by the Nazis in 1944. Thadden was educated at the Gymnasium (Germany), gymnasium in Gryfice, Greifenberg and subsequently studied agriculture and economics.Philip Rees, ''Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890'', Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. 387 He became member number 7,155,873 of the Nazi Party on 1 September 1939. Thadden served as a lieutenant with the Wehrmacht in the Second World War, suffering a number of battle injuries during the conflic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubi Wallenius
Bror-Erik "Bubi" Wallenius (born 1943) is a retired Finland, Finnish sports commentator who still occasionally works for Finland's National Broadcasting Company YLE. Wallenius had a great passion for sports since his childhood. When he was a little boy he organized sports competitions in Kruununhaka, Helsinki, the neighbourhood where he lived, and collected entrance fees from the adults who came to attend. Wallenius learned to read when he was four years old, and practised speaking. He recited poetry in front of the class. In the 1960s he studied languages and social sciences in the University of Helsinki. At the end of the 1970s Wallenius got job with the Swedish language, Swedish sports editorial staff of YLE. Before that he had worked ten years as a salesman for IBM. Wallenius' first play-by-play sportscast was the women's 60 meters hurdles, which he watched from videotape, for radio. In the 1980s Wallenius worked mainly in the Swedish language sports staff, but also did some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booby (other)
The booby is a type of seabird. Booby or boobies may also refer to: Slang * Breast Places * Booby Island (Queensland), Queensland, Australia * Booby Island (Kimberley), Western Australia * Booby Island (Saint Kitts and Nevis) * Booby Island, a mile offshore of (but not officially claimed by) Saint George Basseterre Parish * Booby Cay, one of the three Swan Islands, Honduras * Booby Pond, Cayman Islands - see Booby Pond Nature Reserve As a nickname *Boobie Clark (1949–1988), American National Football League player *Russell Clark (criminal) (1898–1968), American thief, bank robber and prison escapee nicknamed "Boobie" * Anthony Dixon (born 1987), American National Football League player nicknamed "Boobie" * Daniel Gibson (born 1986), American National Basketball Association player nicknamed "Booby" or "Boobie" * Boobie Miles (born 1970), American high school football player Other uses *Sir Thomas Booby and Lady Booby, characters in the novel ''Joseph Andrews'' See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
