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Lualaba

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Lu·a·la·ba  (l-läb)
A headstream of the Congo River, rising in southeast Congo (formerly Zaire) and flowing about 1,800 km (1,100 mi) north to the Boyoma (formerly Stanley) Falls, a series of seven cataracts southeast of Kisangani.
Lualaba [ˌluːəˈlɑːbə]
n
(Placename) a river in the SE Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), rising in Shaba province and flowing north as the W headstream of the River Congo. Length: about 1800 km (1100 miles)


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One version meant for tourist consumption, recounted in a recent issue of the Zambian magazine Lusaka Lowdown (August 2002) simply has the brothers and their retinue trying to cross the fast-moving Lualaba River and being swept away by the strong current.
Asserting/inventing traditions on the Luapula: the Lunda Mutomboko ... by Cancel, Robert / African Arts
As Allen Roberts suggests, Kola is variously associated with the Lunda heartland, "Angola," and the confluence of the Lualaba and the Luvua Rivers (1986:25, 45 fn 185).
A crown on the move: stylistic integration of the Luba-Lunda complex ... by Simbao, Ruth Kerkham / African Arts
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