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Ubangi

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U·ban·gi  (y-bngg, -bäng-)
A river of central Africa flowing about 1,126 km (700 mi) along the northwest border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Congo River.

Ubangi [juːˈbæŋgɪ]
n
(Placename) a river in central Africa, flowing west and south, forming the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville, into the River Congo. Length (with the Uele): 2250 km (1400 miles) French name Oubangui


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The songs are all from the days well before political sensitivity, so there's some ethnic stereotyping not for the easily offended -- like that in "Mama Ubangi Bangi" by The Four Sounds, complete with physical descriptions of a "Watusi Lucy" and jungle animal sounds, or "Chop Suey Rock" by The Instrumentals, a saxed-out, surfy instrumental introduced by a phony saying from Confucius.
7/25/2008 11:05:19 AM More than 45 passengers have drowned after a boat struck a rock and sank in the Ubangi river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, government officials say.
She got her start performing at private parties and cellar clubs but eventually worked her way into the big time, getting long gigs at Hansberry's Clam House and the Ubangi Club, both on the jumpin' nightclub strip of West 133rd Street known as "Jungle Alley.
 
 
 
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