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Lualaba

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Lualaba, river, Congo: see Congo Congo or Zaïre , great river of equatorial Africa, c.2,720 mi (4,380 km) long, formed by the waters of the Lualaba River and its tributary, the Luvua River, and flowing generally N and W through Congo (Kinshasa) to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Lualaba
a river in the SE Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Za?re), rising in Katanga province and flowing north as the W headstream of the River Congo. Length: about 1800 km (1100 miles)
Lualaba 

the name of the upper course of the Congo (Zaïre) River from its source to Stanley Falls in Zaire. Length, 2,100 km.
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In "On a Steamer on the Lualaba River, Belgian Congo-A Native Village at the Water's Edge" (Fig.
Parlor illusions: stereoscopic views of sub-Saharan Africa by VanderKnyff, Rick / African Arts
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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