Congo basin and Gabun, the central Sudanese of the N.E. Congo, a few patches of quasi-Hottentot, Hamitic and Nilotic peoples between Victoria. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
The Rev.Mr. Wilson declares (chap. ii.) that he “first discovered the gum elastic, which has been procured, as yet, only at Corisco, Gabun, and Kama.”. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
It is about twelve hundred miles from Gabun to Cape. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
The Mpongwe language is spoken on each side of the Gabun, at Cape. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
Doctors Without Borders, has been accused of taking money from the government of Gabun (more here). From Wordnik.com. [signandsight.com] Reference
In French Kongo, or Gabun, the Mpongwe tribe is dying out, being superseded by the aggressive Fang. From Wordnik.com. [Africa and the American Negro...Addresses and Proceedings of the Congress on Africa Held Under the Auspices of the Stewart Missionary Foundation for Africa of Gammon Theological Seminary in Connection with the Cotton States and International Exposition December 13-15, 1895.] Reference
Palmas, about two thousand miles from Gabun to Senegambia, and about six hundred miles from Cape Palmas to Gambia. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
Franciscans, Jesuits, Priests of the Mission of Lyons -- labour in the Sudan, Guinea, on the Gabun, in the region of the Great Lakes, redeeming slaves and establishing "liberty villages.". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
They still exist among the interior tribes; on the coast, they have either been entirely suppressed or exist only for amusement (e.g. Ukuku in Gabun), or as a traditional custom (e.g. Njembe). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
On the upper coast of Guinea the test is a solution of the sassawood, and is called "red water"; at Calahar, the solution of a bean; in the Gabun country, of the akazya leaf or bark; farther south in the Nkami country, it is called mbundu. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
"first discovered the gum elastic, which has been procured, as yet, only at Corisco, Gabun, and Kama.". From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1] Reference
Vicariate Apostolic of Gabun. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
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