Lokandu is a community in Maniema Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Lualaba River downstream from Kindu.
Lokandu | |
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  Lokandu | |
| Coordinates: 2°31′54″S 25°45′41″E / 2.53161°S 25.761395°E | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Province | Maniema |
| Territory | Kailo |
| National language | Swahili |
Henry Morton Stanley refers to it as "the frontier village of Manyema, which is called Riba-Riba."[1]: 60
The town was formerly called Riba Riba, when it was burned down in 1893 by a force led by Louis Napoléon Chaltin striking overland from Bena-Kamba. After being rebuilt, it took its present name.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, Vol. Two, London: G. Newnes, ISBN 0486256685
- ^ Nziem, Isidore (1998). Histoire generale du Congo. De Boeck Supérieur. p. 299. ISBN 2-8011-1174-0.
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