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Bassa may refer to: People * Bassa people (Cameroon) ** Basaa language, a member of the Bantu languages family * Bassa people (Liberia) ** Bassa language, a member of the Kru languages family ** Bassa script * Jeffrey Bassa (born 2002), American football player * Sabirou Bassa-Djeri (1987–2025), Togolese football player Places *Bassa, Chamba, village in India * Bassa, Kogi State, Nigeria * Bassa, Plateau State, Nigeria * Bassa Cove colony, now Buchanan, Liberia * al-Bassa, a destroyed Palestinian village, currently located in northern Israel * Cahora Bassa, an artificial lake in Mozambique * Grand Bassa County, Liberia * Another name for Basse Santa Su, Gambia Other uses * British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association, a union exclusively for British Airways cabin crew * Bassa Sports Club, an association football team in Antigua and Barbuda See also * Basa (other) {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa People (Cameroon)
The Bassa (also spelled Basa or Basaa and sometimes known as Bassa-Bakongo) are a Bantu peoples, Bantu ethnic group in Cameroon. They number approximately 800,000 individuals. The Bassa speak the Basaa language. Ethnonym Depending on the sources, we can encounter multiple variations of the ethnonym: Basaa, Bassa, Betjek, Bikyek. The term Bassa is the plural of ''nsa'' which can be translated as sharing or remuneration. Legend has it that an argument took place between the sons of a common Bassa ancestor called Mban. This dispute concerned the sharing of a game after returning from hunting to the village, it was a snake. At the end of this dispute, the protagonists were nicknamed Bassa, which translates as “the kidnappers”. However, the oldest term Bassa comes to us from Egypt under the term ''Umm Usuda''. Subsequently, Portuguese texts subsequent to this period use the terms Mascha, Easha, Biafra, Biafaré to designate the Bassa. History For centuries, the Bassa lived along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa Cove Colony
Buchanan (), also previously known as Grand Bassa on some maps, is the third largest city in Liberia, lying on Waterhouse Bay, part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2008 census, Buchanan had a population of 34,270. Of this, 16,984 were male and 17,286 female. Named for Thomas Buchanan, cousin of U.S. president James Buchanan, and second governor of Liberia, it is also the capital of Grand Bassa County and lies southeast of Monrovia, near the mouth of the Saint John River. The town was a refuge during the First Liberian Civil War, as it largely escaped the fighting. Fishing is an important industry in the town. The town also has isolated beaches and lagoons. History In December 1832, the Port Cresson colony was founded in what is now Buchanan by black Quakers from the New York and Pennsylvania colonization societies. It was established as a settlement for black emigrants from the United States. The emigrants named the settlement in honor of Elliott Cresson, a Philadelphia me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa Sports Club
Bassa Sports Club is an Antiguan professional football club that competes in the local top division. They have won the premier league many times. It is based in All Saints. History Bassa have clinched the Antiguan league title five times. They took part in the CFU Club Championship in 2004, 2005 and 2007 in an attempt to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Honours * Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division: 5 ::2003-04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10 * Antigua and Barbuda FA Cup: 2 ::2007-08, 2009–10 Performance in CONCACAF competitions *CFU Club Championship: 3 appearances ::2004 – First Round — Lost against Tivoli Gardens 4 – 2 on aggregate ::2005 – Quarter-Finals — Lost against Centro Social Deportivo Barber 7 – 3 on aggregate ::2007 – Quarter-Finals — Lost against Joe Public F.C. Joe Public Football Club was a football club from Trinidad and Tobago that used to play in the TT Pro League. Nickna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Airlines Stewards And Stewardesses Association
The British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA) is a branch of the British trade union Unite. Until 2020, it exclusively represented Cabin Crew on Eurofleet and Worldwide fleets at London Heathrow airport. However, since the merger of all the fleets into the Heathrow Cabin Crew Team, they've become the largest Cabin Crew Union at Heathrow Airport with 90% of eligible crew. Originally part of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), set-up after the Cabin Crew 89 breakaway, BASSA is now part of Unite the Union. With an office at Heathrow Airport, it provides year-round 24 hour support, with a secure website service for members and an emergency number for operational issues. Membership is now near an all time high point of over 11,500. BASSA retains its position as one of the largest branches of any union within the UK. For over a decade Unite directly represented British Airways' fast-growing new entrant Mixed Fleet employees, which limited the scope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basse Santa Su
Basse Santa Su, usually known as Basse, is a town in the Gambia, lying on the south bank of the River Gambia. The easternmost major town in the nation, it is known for its important market. Basse is the capital of the Upper River Division, which is coterminous with the Basse Local Government Areas of the Gambia, Local Government Area. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 18,414. According to the 2013 census, the Basse LGA has 243,791 residents. Famous people include Adama Barrow, the president of Gambia. History According to oral histories, the first Mandinka people, Mandinka immigrants to the Gambia area, the Fati clan, settled in Tumana, Gambia, Tumana near Basse. They subsequently acted as hosts and/or agents for future migrants, potentially including Tiramakhan Traore. Basse was at this point a hub in regional trade networks bringing kola nuts and Guinea pepper north from what is now Guinea-Bissau and salt and salted fish up the river from the coast. A bridge o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Bassa County
Grand Bassa is a county in the west-central portion of the West African nation of Liberia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has eight districts. Buchanan serves as the capital with the area of the county measuring . As of the 2022 Census, it had a population of 293,557, making it the sixth most populous county in Liberia. Grand Bassa's County Superintendent is Karyou Johnson. The county is bordered by Margibi County to the northwest, Bong County to the north, Nimba County to the east, and Rivercess County to the south and east. The western part of Grand Bassa borders the Atlantic Ocean. History The port of Buchanan was constructed by LAMCO to serve the export of iron ore carried through the railway from Nimba. The civil war destroyed the port, railway, and township built by LAMCO. In 2005, LAMCO's facilities were taken over by Arcelor-Mittal, which has begun a gradual reconstruction. The once bustling port became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahora Bassa
The Cahora Bassa lake—in the Portuguese colonial era (until 1974) known as Cabora Bassa, from Nyungwe ''Kahoura-Bassa'', meaning "finish the job"—is Africa's fourth-largest artificial lake, situated in the Tete Province in Mozambique. In Africa, only Lake Volta in Ghana, Lake Kariba on the Zambezi upstream of Cahora Bassa, and Egypt's Lake Nasser are bigger in terms of surface water. History Portuguese period The Cahora Bassa System started in the late 1960s as a project of the Portuguese in the Overseas Province of Mozambique. Southern African governments were also involved in an agreement stating that Portugal would build and operate a hydroelectric generating station at Cabora Bassa (as it was then called in Portuguese) together with the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system required to bring electricity to the border of South Africa. South Africa, on the other hand, undertook to build and operate the Apollo converter station and part of the transmiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Bassa
al-Bassa () was a Palestinians, Palestinian Arab village in the Mandatory Palestine's Acre Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Acre Subdistrict. It was situated close to the Blue Line (Lebanon), Lebanese border, north of the district capital, Acre (city), Acre, and above sea level. During the 1948 Palestine War the village was stormed by Haganah troops in May 1948 and almost completely razed. Its residents were either internally displaced Palestinians, internally displaced or expelled to neighboring countries as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion. Today, the ruins of the village are in the northern quarters of the moshav of Shlomi, Israel, Shlomi. Etymology Adolf Neubauer "proposed to identify this place with the Bezet, Batzet of the Talmud". It was called ''Bezeth'' during the Roman Empire, Roman period, and its Arabic name is ''al-Basah''.Michael Avi-Yonah, Avi Yonah, 1976, p. 42. Cited in Khalidi, 1992, p. 6 In the period of Crusades, Crusader rule in Palestine, it was kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa, Plateau State
Bassa is a Local Government Area in the north of Plateau State, Nigeria, bordering Kaduna and Bauchi States. Its headquarters are in the town of Bassa at. It has an area of 1,743 km with other small towns like Miango, Mc Alley; originally called Biciza, Jengre, villages such as Binchin, Zukku, Kwal, Saya, Gurum among many others and a population of 186,859 at the 2006 census. Bassa local government houses the Nigerian Army 3 Division, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment as well as a police station and the First bank of Nigeria. The postal code of the area is 930. Languages Languages spoken in Bassa are Rigwe, Timap, Ce, Buji– Boze, Atsam, Zele, Baw, T'kurmi, Lemoro, Shakara, Sanga, Tijanji, Tunzuii and Zora. Hausa and English are also widely spoken. Festivals Some festivals in Bassa Local Government Area; Remeze – Buji, Azarachi festival of Irigwe, Irigwe New Year Celebration, Anchoncho– a hunting festival of the Bache (Rukuba) people, Amo new-ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basaa Language
Basaa (also spelled ''Bassa, Basa, Bissa''), or Mbene, is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon by the Basaa people. It is spoken by about 300,000 people in the Centre and Littoral regions. Maho (2009) lists North and South Kogo as dialects. Background and Origin Basaa is spoken by 230,000 speakers. They live in Nyong-et-Kelle (Central Region) and Sanaga Maritime (with the exception of the Edéa commune, which has a Bakoko majority) and most of Nkam commune ( Littoral Region). In the western and northern parts of this department, the peripheral Basaa dialects are spoken: Yabasi in the commune of Yabassi, Diɓuum in the commune of Nkondjok (Diboum Canton), north of Ndemli and Dimbamban. Similarly, Basaa Baduala is spoken in Wouri Department (Littoral Region), traditional Basaa territory that is being transformed by the growth of Douala. Basaa is also found in Océan Department (commune of Bipindi, Southern Region). Hijuk is spoken only in the quarter of Niki in Bata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa, Kogi State
Bassa is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria. Its northern border is the Benue River and its western border is the Niger River. Its headquarters are in the town of Oguma. The chairman of the area is Hon. Theophilus Daruwana Adama. It has an area of and a population of 139,687 at the 2006 census and as of 2022 projected to be 188,300. The postal code of the area is 272. Bassa Local Government Area is a culturally diverse region, comprising three major tribes: the Bassa people, also known as the Bassa-Komu, the Bassa-Nge, and the Egbira Koto. Demographically, the Bassa-Komu has the largest population among the three tribes, followed by the Bassa-Nge and then the Egbira Koto. Traditionally, each tribe has its own title holder, who plays a significant role in the cultural and social affairs of their respective communities. The traditional title holder of the Bassa-Komu is the Agụma of Bassa, who holds the esteemed position of a 1st Class Chief and serves as the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassa, Chamba
Bassa is a small village situated in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, India. Village population is around 80. Ravi River The Ravi River is a transboundary river in South Asia, flowing through northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, and is one of five major rivers of the Punjab region. Under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, the waters of the Ravi and two oth ... flows front of this village. References Villages in Chamba district {{HimachalPradesh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
