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Luba Warrior
Luba may refer to: Geography *Kingdom of Luba, a pre-colonial Central African empire * Ľubá, a village and municipality in the Nitra region of south-west Slovakia * Luba, Abra, a municipality in the Philippines * Luba, Equatorial Guinea, a town on the island of Bioko People * Luba (given name), a Slavic feminine given name ** Luba (singer) (born 1958), Canadian music artist of Ukrainian descent *** ''Luba'' (EP), a 1982 extended play album by Canadian singer Luba *Luba people, an ethnic group in Central Africa, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Other *Luba (comics), a comic book character created by Los Bros Hernandez * Luba Group, a Dutch staffing company *Luba-Kasai language Luba-Kasai, also known as Cilubà or Tshilubà, Luba-Lulua, is a Bantu language ( Zone L) of Central Africa and a national language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, alongside Lingala, Swahili, and Kikongo ya leta. An eastern dialec ... (aka Tshiluba) * '' Missa Luba'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Luba
The Luba Empire or Kingdom of Luba was a pre-colonial Central African state that arose in the marshy grasslands of the Upemba Depression in what is now southern Democratic Republic of Congo. Origins and foundation Archaeological research shows that the Upemba Depression had been occupied continuously since at least the 4th century AD. In the 4th century, the region was occupied by iron-working farmers. Over the centuries, the people of the region learned to use nets, harpoons, make dugout canoes, and clear canals through swamps. They had also learned techniques for drying fish, which were an important source of protein; they began trading the dried fish with the inhabitants of the protein-starved savanna. By the 6th century, fishing people lived on lakeshores, worked iron, and traded palm oil. By the 10th century, the people of Upemba had diversified their economy, combining fishing, farming and metal-working. Metal-workers relied on traders to bring them the copper and charc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ľubá
Ľubá () is a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1247. Geography The village lies at an elevation of 193 metres (633 ft) and covers an area of 9.398 km2 (3.629 mi2). It has a population of about 450 people. Ethnicity The population is about 11% Slovak, 87% Hungarian and 2% Romany. Facilities The village has a public library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ..., a DVD rental store, and a football pitch. References External linksĽubá – Nové Zámky Okolie Villages and municipalities in Nové Zámky District {{Nitra-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba, Abra
Luba, officially the Municipality of Luba (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Abra, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 6,518 people. History The earliest known settlement in the municipality of Luba was in Barit. It was then a thickly forested area with tall and big trees interconnected with myriads of rattan vines called ''barit''. The early settlers were hunters as the place was abundant with wild pigs, deer and fruit trees. The home of fine quality of rattan, Barit increased in population so that another settlement in a nearby place emerged. They called this ''Barit-Luzong''. Southwest of Barit, another settlement occurred and they called this ''Barit-Lulluno''. Barit-Amtuagan soon followed. It is only after a considerable period of time that the settlement of Bancagan (now the capital of the municipality) took place. The old folks has it that the river banks were being avoided due to the presence of crocodiles called ''buaya''. But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba, Equatorial Guinea
Luba (formerly San Carlos) (pop. 7,000) is the second-largest town on Bioko in Equatorial Guinea, a port for the logging industry on the island's west coast beneath volcanic peaks. Attractions in Luba include several beaches and a colonial hospital A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically .... The city may be reached either by sea or by a main road linking Luba to the country's capital, Malabo. The road is now accessible; it takes about an hour to drive from Malabo to Luba. In 1999, a free port opened near the town, creating deepwater access for larger and oil industry vessels, an alternative to the congested port of Malabo for re-supplying on fuel, water and other materials. As of 2010 a new highway was under construction from Luba via Belebú Balachá through the Luba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba (given Name)
Ljuba is a Slavic given name. In the Serbian language, it is best known as a masculine name, cognate to Ljubomir or Ljubo. In other Slavic languages it's more often a feminine name (Czech, Bulgarian, Macedonian), cognate to Lyubov, and also spelled Lyuba (Bulgarian Люба), Luba (Ukrainian and Russian Люба; Czech, Polish), Ľuba (Slovak). The masculine name may refer to: * Ljuba Aličić, Serbian Romani folk singer * Ljuba Brkić, Serbian pianist and piano teacher * Ljuba Čupa, Serbian soldier * Ljuba Jezdić, Serbian lawyer and soldier * Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor The feminine name may refer to: * Ljuba Kristol, Israeli chess grandmaster of Russian origin * Ljuba Monastirskaja, Latvian textile artist * Ljuba Prenner, Slovene lawyer and writer (assigned female at birth and a feminine name) * Ljuba Welitsch, Bulgarian actress * Lyuba Mollova, Bulgarian athlete * Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova, Bulgarian archeologist * Luba Blum-Bielicka, Polish nurse and activist * Luba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba (singer)
Luba (born Lubomyra Kowalchyk (), 24 April 1958) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and recording artist from Montreal. She was professionally active from 1980 to 1990, 2000 to 2001, and is active again as of 2007. At the beginning of her career, Luba performed with the traditional Ukrainian music group Via Zorya, with whom she released a self-titled album in 1973. In the 1980s, she sang with her own band, Luba, which released the album ''Chain Reaction'' in 1980. She went on to have a solo career using the mononym Luba. Two of her albums have been certified Platinum by the Canadian music industry (for sales in excess of 100,000 units). She has had nine top-40 hits on the Canadian pop charts. Her most successful song is a cover of Percy Sledge's " When a Man Loves a Woman", which reached number 6 on the Canadian pop chart and number 3 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart, in 1987. Luba is a three-time winner of the Canadian music industry Juno award for Female Voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba (EP)
''Luba'' is the debut EP by Canadian singer Luba, released on Capitol-EMI of Canada. Included is the hit single "Everytime I See Your Picture", a popular song in Canada at that time, which eventually jumpstarted her major singing career. The EP was available on vinyl record and cassette tape The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog audio, analog magnetic tape recording format for Sound recording and reproduction, audio recording and playback. Invented by L .... Track listing #"Scarlet Letter" – 4:43 #"Everytime I See Your Picture" – 3:52 #"Paramour" – 3:50 #"Raven's Eyes" – 3:19 References External links Official Luba website* Luba on Myspace {{Authority control 1982 debut EPs Luba (singer) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba People
The Luba people or Baluba are a Bantu ethno-linguistic group indigenous to the south-central region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The majority of them live in this country, residing mainly in Katanga Province, Katanga, Kasai Province, Kasaï, Kasaï-Oriental, Kasaï-Central, Lomami Province, Lomami and Maniema. The Baluba consist of many sub-groups or clans. The Baluba developed a society and culture by about the 400s CE, later developing a well-organised community in the Upemba Depression known as the Baluba in Katanga confederation. Luba society consisted of miners, smiths, woodworkers, potters, crafters, and people of various other professions. Kingdoms of the Savanna: The Luba and Lunda Empires Alexander Ives Bortolot (2003), Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba (comics)
Luba is a comic book character created by Gilbert Hernandez, featured mainly in the ''Love and Rockets (comics), Love and Rockets'' series by these authors. She first appeared in "BEM", found in the ''Love and Rockets'' collection ''Music for Mechanics''. Created by Gilbert Hernandez, Luba was the protagonist for his main contribution to the Hernandez brothers' groundbreaking comic book ''Love and Rockets''. Based largely in a small Central American village named Palomar, the Luba stories follow the progress of Luba and her ever increasing family through the years. Luba was ranked 60th in ''Comics Buyer's Guide's'' "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list. From the outset Luba is portrayed as a beautiful, fiery-tempered woman with enormous breasts and an eye for younger men, often depicted in random panels inexplicably carrying a hammer. This, in conjunction with Jaime Hernandez' "Maggie and Hopey" tales, differentiated ''Love And Rockets'' from other comics in that the principal charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Group
{{Infobox company , logo = Luba Groep - Logo RGB Blue.jpg , type = Private , foundation = 1968 , location = Leiden, the Netherlands , homepage = {{url, luba.nl , industry = staffing , revenue = {{profit € 101.6 million (2008) , net_income = {{profit € 2.8 million (2008) Luba Groep B.V. is a Dutch staffing company ("uitzendbureau"), based in Leiden, the Netherlands. It has operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland. Founded in 1968 in Leiden, it was among the first staffing companies in the Netherlands. Luba initially specialised in temporary work for students. Later, its activities broadened to matching and recruiting mainly for Small and Medium-sized Businesses in the regional labour markets. The company now operates around 50 outlets in The Netherlands and a handful of outlets in Belgium and Poland. In 2008, the shares were purchased by the Belgian staffing company t-Groep. Luba's former CEO, Mariëtte Barnhoorn (2002–2009), was aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba-Kasai Language
Luba-Kasai, also known as Cilubà or Tshilubà, Luba-Lulua, is a Bantu language ( Zone L) of Central Africa and a national language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, alongside Lingala, Swahili, and Kikongo ya leta. An eastern dialect is spoken by the Luba people of the East Kasai Region and a western dialect by the Lulua people of the West Kasai Region. The total number of speakers was estimated at 6.3 million in 1991. Within the Zone L Bantu languages, Luba-Kasai is one of a group of languages which form the "Luba" group, together with Kaonde (L40), Kete (L20), Kanyok, Luba-Katanga (KiLuba), Sanga, Zela and Bangubangu. The L20, L30 and L60 languages are also grouped as the Luban languages within Zone L Bantu. Geographic distribution and dialects Tshiluba is chiefly spoken in a large area in the Kasaï Occidental and Kasaï Oriental provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, the differences in Tshiluba within the area are minor, cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missa Luba
The ''Missa Luba'' is a setting of the Latin Mass sung in styles traditional to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was composed by Fr Guido Haazen, a Franciscan friar from Belgium, and originally celebrated, performed, and recorded in 1958 by Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin (English: "King Baudouin's Troubadours"), a choir of adults and children from Kamina, Katanga Province. It would later become the partial basis for a Congolese usage of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite Mass, the Zaire Use. Background Father Guido Haazen O.F.M. (Order of Friars Minor) (b. 27 September 1921, d. 20 August 2004) became director of Kamina Central School in what was then the Belgian Congo in September 1953. Within weeks he established an ensemble consisting of a male choir – about forty-five boys aged nine to fourteen and fifteen adults – and percussion. In 1957 he received royal consent to name the ensemble Les Troubadours du Roi Bauduoin in honour of the Belgian king Baudouin I. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
