Pool Malebo
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The Pool Malebo, also known historically as Mpumbu, Lake Nkunda, Lake Nkuna, Lake Ntamo, or Lake Ngobila, is a broad, lake-like widening of the lower Congo River in Central Africa that forms a natural
Aerial view from the northwest of the Congo River, showing the upstream half of Pool Malebo and Mbamu Island. The northern outskirts of Brazzaville appear in the right foreground.
Bateke couple, Congo Free State, 1898.
Iloo I (also known as Illoy Loubath Imoumba or Mboulignaoh Illoh), chief of the Bateke of Mbé and king of the Bateke from 1874, held the title Makoko, Onkô, or Ma-Onkô, traditionally given to a patriarchal leader. He died in 1892.
Eastward view across Stanley Pool from the terrace at Léopoldville, ca. 1889.
Congo River
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The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third largest river in the world by discharge volume, followi
Pool Malebo
…formerly Stanley Pool), also known historically as Mpumbu, Lake Nkunda, Lake Nkuna, Lake Ntamo, or Lake Ngobila, is a broad, lake-like widening of the lower Congo River in Central Africa that forms a natural basin where the river expands before descending downstream into the Livingstone Falls. The pool serves as an…
Kinshasa as seen from Brazzaville, across the Pool Malebo
Aerial view of the Lukenie River as it meanders through the Central Congolian lowland forests