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Río Muni

(Encyclopedia)Río Muni: see Equatorial Guinea. ...

Santa Isabel

(Encyclopedia)Santa Isabel: see Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. ...

Futa Jallon

(Encyclopedia)Futa Jallon: see Fouta Djallon, region, Guinea. ...

Lavongai

(Encyclopedia)Lavongai, Papua New Guinea: see New Hanover. ...

Carteret Islands

(Encyclopedia)Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea: see Tulun. ...

Dhlakama, Afonso Marceta Macacho

(Encyclopedia)Dhlakama, Afonso Marceta Macacho, 1953–2018, Mozambican rebel leader and opposition figure. Conscripted into the Portuguese colonial army, he soon deserted and fought briefly with the Marxist Mozamb...

banjo

(Encyclopedia)banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine string...

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