Word: bafununga
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were changed. The time has arrived. President Joseph Mobutu last week decreed that, as of July 1, Elisabethville will be called Lubumbashi (because it is on the Lubumba River), Stanleyville will revert to its pre-Belgian name Kisangani, and Leopoldville, the capital, will become Kinshasa-a corruption of the Bafununga phrase for "Why do you ask?" The result is bound to be several years of nominal confusion, but at least the cause of African nationalism has been served...
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