• Thumbnail for Isangila
    Isangila, formerly called Isanghila or Isanguila is the headquarters of a sector of the Seke-Banza territory in Kongo Central province of the Democratic...
    6 KB (492 words) - 20:31, 26 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Henry Morton Stanley
    arrived at Stanley pool on 3 December 1882. Building a road from Vivi to Isangila, Stanley took almost 2 years to traverse the rapids towing with him 50...
    82 KB (9,410 words) - 20:13, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Henri Avaert
    Parfonry to Isangila, Avaert to Manyanga and Coquilhat to Léopoldville and beyond. They traveled by land from Vivi and reached Isangila on 4 October...
    7 KB (909 words) - 17:51, 21 November 2023
  • at Isangila. Émile Parfonry was head of the Isangila station. Nilis, Louis-Gustave Amelot and Joseph Vandevelde brought reinforcements to Isangila. They...
    13 KB (1,527 words) - 19:31, 22 October 2023
  • off for Isangila. On the way they met Eduard Pechuël-Loesche, who had come down from the Upper Congo on the Royal. Parfonry remained in Isangila to replace...
    4 KB (497 words) - 15:47, 7 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Manyanga
    It was at the upper end of a navigable reach of the Congo River from Isangila, further downstream to the west. Above Manyanga goods had to be carried...
    6 KB (466 words) - 19:28, 28 December 2020
  • missionaries also had stations at Vivi, Isangila and Manyanga. From the 88 miles (142 km) stretch of the river from Isangila to Manyanga they could travel by...
    6 KB (355 words) - 07:08, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for H. E. Crudgington
    Victor Harou and Paul Nève boarded the Royal and steamed upstream from Isangila. At Nsouki they freed Crudgington and Bentley, whom the local people had...
    6 KB (662 words) - 22:06, 14 January 2024
  • sending Protestant missionaries to the Congo. He explored the river up to Isangila. Most of the officers and crew died of fever and Tuckey himself died on...
    6 KB (606 words) - 09:49, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Henry Morton Stanley's first trans-Africa expedition
    basin in the low rocky terrace, and proceeded to view the cataract of Isangila." Only five days' journey from Boma, Stanley stated, "I saw no reason to...
    14 KB (1,998 words) - 04:23, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Victor Harou
    establish the Isangila station on 24 February 1880. On 26 February 1881 Stanley, Harou and Nève boarded the Royal and steamed upstream from Isangila. At Nsouki...
    6 KB (631 words) - 22:17, 8 April 2024
  • town of Seke-Banza. The territory is divided into five sectors: Bundi, Isangila, Lufu, Mavu and Sumbi. The city of Kinzau-Mwuete is in the Bundi sector...
    7 KB (512 words) - 05:07, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for En Avant (steam launch)
    Banana Isangila Vivi Manianga Léopoldville Equateurville Nouvelle Anvers Zongo Banzyville Yakoma Kwah River Sankuru River Lake Léopold II Lake Tumba Ubangi...
    33 KB (4,068 words) - 15:59, 14 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Chiefdoms and sectors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Lualaba Province Bundi Sector Seke-Banza Territory Kongo Central Province Isangila Sector Seke-Banza Territory Kongo Central Province Lufu Sector Seke-Banza...
    61 KB (346 words) - 20:06, 12 May 2024
  • September 1882. On his arrival he was assigned to improve the posts of Isangila, Manyanga and Lutete along the caravan route to the upper Congo River....
    4 KB (474 words) - 12:56, 9 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Peter August Möller
    African buffalo. Möller passed the Bundi River when travelling from Vivi to Isangila in the lower Congo. He wrote in 1887: During our march to Issangila we...
    5 KB (581 words) - 06:22, 26 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Willem Frans Van Kerckhoven
    artillery to the upper Congo River. Henri Avaert was in command of the post in Isangila, which was to be the base for the Niari-Kwilu expedition led by Edmond...
    25 KB (3,128 words) - 00:24, 23 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for George Grenfell
    Comber and others, he established a chain of missions at Musuko, Vivi, Isangila, Manyanga, and other points, and in 1884, in a small steam vessel, he explored...
    11 KB (1,142 words) - 21:57, 12 June 2024
  • officer Peter August Möller passed the river when travelling from Vivi to Isangila. He wrote in 1887: During our march to Issangila we encamped in the valley...
    7 KB (773 words) - 20:58, 10 October 2021
  • Thumbnail for Stomatorhinus
    Matthes 1964 (Ikela mormyrid) Stomatorhinus polylepis Boulenger 1899 (Isangila mormyrid) Stomatorhinus puncticulatus Boulenger 1899 (Chiloango mormyrid)...
    2 KB (130 words) - 13:54, 5 July 2021
  • Thumbnail for Joseph Vandevelde
    Amelot went to come to the aid of Émile Parfonry, who was head of the Isangila station. With the arrival of reinforcements the problem was resolved. They...
    5 KB (500 words) - 20:27, 14 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Guillaume Casman
    Lieutenant Willem Frans Van Kerckhoven who had been relieved of his command at Isangila and was concluding treaties with the tribes around Mukumbi. On 14 September...
    6 KB (697 words) - 17:06, 23 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Charles-Marie de Braconnier
    sailed upstream to establish new stations at Manyanga and the Pool. At Isangila they were joined by Nève, the mechanic for the En Avant, and Flamini, the...
    10 KB (1,406 words) - 20:59, 1 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Edmond Hanssens
    left Vivi on 13 January 1883 under Captain Grant-Elliott, and would have Isangila as a base. Hanssens left Manyanga on 23 February 1883 accompanied by Lieutenant...
    19 KB (2,443 words) - 02:09, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Louis Valcke
    steamed the Royal upstream and was able to get within 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of Isangila. From Khonzo 100 men went overland making the road, while the steamers...
    20 KB (2,763 words) - 17:05, 23 May 2023
  • Joseph Vandevelde to come to the aid of Parfonry, who was head of the Isangila station. With the arrival of reinforcements the problem was resolved, and...
    10 KB (969 words) - 17:03, 23 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Nicolas Grang
    lighter and the steamer Royal, which had been serving the stretch between Isangila and Manyanga, using 300 newly-arrived African workers. Grang and Anderson...
    7 KB (801 words) - 11:51, 6 June 2022
  • Thumbnail for Alphonse van Gèle
    once instructed them to work on construction of the road from Vivi to Isangila, bypassing the rapids and leading to the navigable section up to Manyanga...
    28 KB (3,538 words) - 17:05, 23 May 2023