Lake Libanda Explained

Lake Libanda
Coordinates:1.55°N 18.82°W
Location:Makanza, Equateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pushpin Map:Democratic Republic of the Congo#Africa
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Lake Libanda in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Lake Libanda is a lake in the Democratic Republic of the Congo[1] situated in Équateur Province to the west of the town of Makanza. The closest settlement is the village of Moboka to the southeast.[2]

History

The lake was visited in 1889 during the Congo Free State by Captain-Commander of the Force Publique (the Belgian colonial military unit in the Congo) Étienne-Christophe-Bernard-Eugène Wilverth, at the time as Commanding Officer of the training camp of Umangi in the town of Lisala.[3] Making a trip to the Ngiri River, he found that a so-called Lake Ibinza did not exist and instead discovered a channel from the village of Moboka to Lake Libanda and from there to the Ngiri, near the village of Bosesera. This channel was named the Bosesera Channel.

A Christian mission named the Catholic Mission of Libanda operated in the region in the 1960s.[4]

Geography

The lake's surface area is 7.9sqkm. Its maximum length is 4.5km (02.8miles) and its maximum width is 2.5km (01.6miles).[5]

The Bosesera Channel is a stream which has its source in Lake Libanda, passing through Mabale before reaching the Congo River near Moboka, slightly downstream of Makanza.[6]

Demographics

The Libanda subgroup of the Libinza people (Libinja) inhabit the region surrounding Lake Libanda.[7] [8] They speak the Libinza language. The other subgroup is the Boyokoko.

Notes and References

  1. Book: L'Essentiel - Pays d'Afrique Centrale. 2016-10-27. TheBookEdition. 9782930815053. 53. fr.
  2. News: Lac Libanda - Lake near Moboka, Democratic Republic of The Congo. MBendi.com. en. 2017-01-31.
  3. Web site: Inst. roy. colon. belge Biographie Coloniale Belge, T. III, 1952, col. 926-928.
  4. Book: Cadres et dirigeants au Zaïre, qui sont-ils?: dictionnaire biographique. Mulumba. Mabi. Makombo. Mutamba. 1986-01-01. Editions du Centre de recherches pédagogiques. 72. fr.
  5. Book: Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa. lake libanda.. Bossche. J.-P. vanden. Bernacsek. G. M.. 1990-01-01. Food & Agriculture Org.. 9789251029831. 316. en.
  6. Book: Kerken, Georges van der. L'Ethnie mongo: histoire, groupements, sous-groupements, origines; visions, représentations et explications du monde; sociologie, économie, ergologie, langues et arts des peuples mongo, politique indigène, contacts avec peuples voisins. 1944-01-01. Librairie Falk, G. van Campenhout. 186. fr.
  7. Book: Kerken, Georges van der. L'Ethnie mongo: histoire, groupements, sous-groupements, origines; visions, représentations et explications du monde; sociologie, économie, ergologie, langues et arts des peuples mongo, politique indigène, contacts avec peuples voisins. 1944-01-01. Librairie Falk, G. van Campenhout. 194. fr.
  8. Web site: Africa: The Libinza: River islands people of the Congo: Traditional cultures: village life. - Images JungleView - Stock photographs by Jacques Jangoux. jangoux.photoshelter.com. 2017-04-22.

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