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Bungu County
Bungu may refer to: Languages * Bungu language, a Bantu language spoken by the Bungu people in Tanzania * Bongo language, a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in South Sudan People * Vuyani Bungu (born 1967), a South African boxer * Bungu Nkwenkwe, husband of Xhosa prophetess Nontetha Nkwenkwe Places * Bungu County, a county of Jubek State in Sudan * Bungu, a village in Bogoro, Bauchi State, Nigeria * Bungu, a ward in Korogwe District, Tanzania * Bungu, a village in Rufiji District, Tanzania * Bungu Owiny, ruins of the Jo k'Owiny Luo peoples near Lake Kanyaboli, Kenya * Vungu, a historic kingdom on the Congo River, also spelled ''Bungu'' Other uses * Bungu people, of Tanzania * Poso bungu, a species of fish * ''Ceratotheca sesamoides'' or false sesame, known as ''bungu'' in Nigeria * Hagoromo Bungu Hagoromo Bungu ( ja, 羽衣文具, lit=Hagoromo Stationery) was a Japanese office supply and chalk company. It is best known for having produced the Hagoromo Fulltouch Chal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bongo Language
Bongo (Bungu), also known as ''Dor'', is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan. A 2013 survey reported that ethnic Bongo reside in Bussere Boma, Bagari Payam, Wau County, South Sudan. Tone Bongo is tonal language that has the high (á), mid (ā), low (à) and falling (â) tones. All falling tones occur on either long vowels or on vowel clusters or glides. When the tonal fall is not due to a preceding high tone, it can be indicated by a high tine followed by a low tone Numerals Bongo has a quinary-vigesimal numeral system. Scholarship The first ethnologists to work with the Bongo language were John Petherick, who published Bongo word lists in his 1861 work, ''Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa''; Theodor von Heuglin, who also published Bongo word lists in ''Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil, &c. 1862-1864'' in 1869; and Georg August Schweinfurth, who contributed sentences and vocabula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuyani Bungu
Vuyani Bungu (born 26 February 1967) is a South African former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 2005. He held the IBF junior-featherweight title from 1994 to 1999, and the IBO featherweight title from 2004 to 2005. Professional career Bungu turned pro in 1987 and in 1994 captured the International Boxing Federation Super Bantamweight Title with a shocking upset victory over Kennedy McKinney, a fight named 1994 Ring Magazine Upset of the Year. After the victory, Bungu defended the title an impressive 13 times before relinquishing the belt in 2000 to move up to featherweight to take on Naseem Hamed. Hamed defeated the super bantamweight former champion, TKO'ing Bungu in the 4th round. In 2002, he was beaten by Lehlohonolo Ledwaba and retired in 2005 after losing to Thomas Mashaba Thomas Mashaba (born Khutsong, Gauteng, South Africa) is a professional boxer in the featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nontetha Nkwenkwe
Nontetha Nkwenkwe (c. 1875 - May 20, 1935) was a Xhosa prophetess who lived in colonial South Africa and began a religious movement that caused her to be committed to asylums by the South African government from 1923 until her death in 1935. She is regarded as one of the most remarkable female religious leaders associated with independent churches in the 1920s. Life prior to 1918 Nontetha Nkwenkwe was born in 1875 in King William's Town in what is now the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. She was of Xhosa descent, and settled in Khulile village, near Debe Nek, now part of Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality. She served her community as an herbalist (''ixhwele''). She had ten children, five of whom lived to adulthood. Her husband, Bungu Nkwenkwe, died while searching for work. She never joined a Christian church, but baptized her children and was influenced by the Ethiopian church of Dwane as well as the American Methodist Episcopal Church. Prophet Following the outbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungu County
Bungu may refer to: Languages * Bungu language, a Bantu language spoken by the Bungu people in Tanzania * Bongo language, a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in South Sudan People * Vuyani Bungu (born 1967), a South African boxer * Bungu Nkwenkwe, husband of Xhosa prophetess Nontetha Nkwenkwe Places * Bungu County, a county of Jubek State in Sudan * Bungu, a village in Bogoro, Bauchi State, Nigeria * Bungu, a ward in Korogwe District, Tanzania * Bungu, a village in Rufiji District, Tanzania * Bungu Owiny, ruins of the Jo k'Owiny Luo peoples near Lake Kanyaboli, Kenya * Vungu, a historic kingdom on the Congo River, also spelled ''Bungu'' Other uses * Bungu people, of Tanzania * Poso bungu, a species of fish * ''Ceratotheca sesamoides'' or false sesame, known as ''bungu'' in Nigeria * Hagoromo Bungu Hagoromo Bungu ( ja, 羽衣文具, lit=Hagoromo Stationery) was a Japanese office supply and chalk company. It is best known for having produced the Hagoromo Fulltouch Chal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jubek State
Jubek State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It contained the national capital, Juba, which is also the largest city in South Sudan. The state bordered include Yei River county to the southwest, Amadi county to the west, Terekeka county to the north, and Imatong county to the east. History On 2 October 2015, the president of South Sudan issued a decree establishing 28 states in order to replace the 10 constitutionally established states. The decree established the new states mostly among ethnic lines. A number of opposition parties and civil society groups challenged the constitutionality of the decree, and these actions led to president Salva Kiir to take the decree to parliament for approval as a constitutional amendment. In November the South Sudanese parliament empowered President Kiir to create new states. As part of that reorganization, the former Juba County was turned into a separate state and renamed "Jubek". Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Villages In Bauchi State
This is a list of villages and settlements in Bauchi State, Nigeria organised by local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes also given). By Postal Code By electoral ward Below is a list of polling units, including villages and schools, organised by electoral ward. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Villages in Nigeria Bauchi Bauchi (earlier Yakoba) is a city in northeast Nigeria, the Administrative center of Bauchi State, of the Bauchi Local Government Area within that State, and of the traditional Bauchi Emirate. It is located on the northern edge of the Jos Plateau ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korogwe District
Korogwe District also known as Korogwe District Council is one of the eleven districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of . It is bordered to the northeast by the Lushoto District and north by Bumbuli District. Korogwe District also bordered to the east by the Mkinga District and the Muheza District, to the South by the Handeni Rural District and the Korogwe Urban District, and to the West by the Kilimanjaro Region. The highest point in Korogwe District is Mafi Peak at 1,442m. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Korogwe Rural District was 242,038. Administrative subdivisions As of 2012, Korogwe Rural District was administratively divided into 20 wards. Wards # Bungu # Chekelei # Dindira # Kizara # Kerenge # Kizara # Kwagunda # Kwashemshi # Lutindi # Magamba Kwalukonge # Magoma # Makuyuni Makuyuni is an administrative ward in the Monduli district of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufiji District
Rufiji is one of the six districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Kisarawe and Mkuranga Districts, to the east by the Indian Ocean, to the south by the Kilwa District, Lindi Region and to the west by the Morogoro Region. The district name comes from the Rufiji River which runs through the district. The main ethnic groups that originate from the district are the Matumbi and Rufiji people. In the north is home to the Ndengereko The Ndengereko are an ethnic and linguistic group from southern Pwani Region, Tanzania. Their homeland is north of the Rufiji River in parts of Mkuranga, Kisarawe and Rufiji Rufiji may refer to: * Rufiji Delta, a region in Tanzania * Rufiji Dis ... people and on the delta are the Nyagatwa People. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Rufiji District was 203,102. Wards The Rufiji District is administratively divided into 19 wards: # Bungu # Chumbi # Ikwiriri # Kibiti # Kiongoroni # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luo Peoples
The Luo, (also spelled Lwo) are several ethnic group, ethnically and language family, linguistically related Nilotic, Nilo-Semitic ethnic groups that inhabit an area ranging from Egypt and Sudan to South Sudan and Ethiopia, through Northern Uganda and eastern Congo (DRC), into western Kenya, and the Mara Region of Tanzania. Their Luo languages belong to the Western Nilotic languages, western branch of the Nilotic languages, Nilotic language family. The Luo groups in South Sudan include the Shilluk people, Shilluk, Anuak people, Anuak, Pari people, Pari, Acholi people, Acholi, Balanda Boor people, Balanda Boor, Thuri people, Thuri and Luwo people, Luwo. Those in Uganda include the Alur people, Alur, Acholi people, Acholi, Jonam and Jopadhola, Padhola. The ones in Kenya and Tanzania are the Luo people, Joluo (also called Luo people, Luo in Kenyan English). The Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Joluo and their language Dholuo are also known as the "Luo proper" by Kenya based observers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vungu
The kingdom or polity of Vungu was a historic mini-state located on the north bank of the Congo River near the modern day town of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the sixteenth century its name was written as "Bungu" reflecting the ambiguity of b/v/bh in Kikongo. History It is not known for sure how old Vungu was or when it was founded. The first documentary mention of it comes in a letter written by Afonso I,the king of Kongo in 1535, in which he lists "JBungu" among other places over which he ruled as king. Traditions collected in the Kongo court and written up by the Jesuit priest Mateus Cardoso in 1624 cite "Bungu" as the place where the first king of Kongo ruled before crossing the Congo River to conquer Kongo.ateus Cardoso Ateas (ca. 429 BC – 339 BC) was described in Greek and Roman sources as the most powerful king of Scythia, who lost his life and empire in the conflict with Philip II of Macedon in 339 BC. His name also occurs as ''Atheas'', ''At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungu People
The Bungu are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group based in the Chunya District of Mbeya Region in south-western Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands .... In 1987 the Bungu population was estimated to number 38,029. References Ethnic groups in Tanzania Indigenous peoples of East Africa {{Tanzania-ethno-group-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
