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Jean-Baptiste Abessolo

Jean-Baptiste Abessolo

Jean-Baptiste Nguema Abessolo, also seen as J.-B. Abessolo-Nguema, is an educator and writer of Gabon.Born at Oyem, he was educated there and at Libreville, then studied educational administration at École des Cadres Superieures in Brazzaville and the École Normale Supérieure at Mouyondzi.He was a...

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Jean-Jérôme Adam

Jean-Jérôme Adam

Jean-Jérôme Adam was the French Roman Catholic archbishop of Libreville, Gabon, and an accomplished linguist who studied several of the languages of Gabon....

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Adouma

Adouma

The Adouma are an ethnic group of Gabon, in western Africa. They primarily live on the south bank of the upper Ogooué River, in the vicinity of Lastoursville , and are known as expert canoeists....

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Adyumba -
Affaires africaines -
AfricaPhonebook/Annuaires Afrique

Annuaires Afrique

Annuaires Afrique , or AfricaPhonebooks , is a group of African online telephone directories owned by The Global Super Pages...

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Pierre-Louis Agondjo-Okawe -
Pierre Akendengué

Pierre Akendengué

Pierre-Claver Akendengué is a musician and composer of Gabon. In 1997, he received his country's "Prix d'excellence" at the Africa Music awards in Libreville, honoring his body of work...

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Alar Ayong -
Martin Alihanga -
Francis Allison -
Joseph Ambouroue-Avaro -
Eugene Amogho -
Andre-Ferdinand Anguile -
André Gustave Anguilé

André Gustave Anguilé

André Gustave Anguilé is a former Gabonese politician and diplomat. He was the foreign minister of his country from 1960–1961.-References:...

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Laurent Antchouey -
Sister Hyacinthe Antini -
Apindji -
Art of Gabon -
Jean-Boniface Assélé

Jean-Boniface Assélé

Jean-Boniface Assélé is a Gabonese politician and the President of the Circle of Liberal Reformers . He served in the government of Gabon from 1975 to 1990 and again from 2004 to 2009. He was also Commander-in-Chief of the National Police Forces from 1970 to 1989 and held the rank of General...

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Association Générale des Étudiants du Gabon -
Jean-Hilaire Aubame

Jean-Hilaire Aubame

Jean-Hilaire Aubame was a Gabonese politician active during both the colonial and independence periods. The French journalist Pierre Péan said that Aubame's training "as a practicing Catholic and a customs official helped to make him an integrated man, one of whom political power was not an end in...

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Pierre Avaro -
Awandji -
Jean Rémy Ayouné

Jean Rémy Ayouné

Jean Rémy Ayouné was the foreign minister of Gabon from 1968 to 1971.-References:...

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Babuissi -
Bakele -
Bapounou

Bapounou

The Punu, or Bapunu , are one of the four major peoples of Gabon, inhabiting interior mountain and grassland areas in the southwest of the country, around the upper N'Gounié and Nyanga Rivers. Bapunu also live in the Divenie, Kibangou, and Mossendjo districts of the Republic of the Congo...

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Batsangui (Tsangui) -
Benga

Benga

Benga may refer to:* Benga tree, another name for the Indian Kino Tree Ethnonym:* Benga people, an indigenous ethnic group of Equatorial Guinea* Benga language, spoke by the Benga people...

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Jean-Rémy Bessieux

Jean-Rémy Bessieux

Jean-Rémy Bessieux , also seen as Jean-Rémi or Jean René, was the founder of the Roman Catholic mission in Gabon and the first bishop to serve there....

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Laurent-Marie Biffot -
Louis Bigmann

Louis Bigmann

-Early life and political career:A member of the Mpongwe people, he was born and lived in Baraka. Bigmann attended the Ecole Montfort in Libreville, Gabon's capital...

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Bloc Democratique Gabonais -
Ali Bongo Ondimba -
Martin Bongo

Martin Bongo

Martin Bongo is a Gabon political figure and diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Gabon from 1976 to 1989.Bongo, a nephew of President Omar Bongo, was born in Lekei, located in Haut-Ogooué Province...

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Omar Bongo

Omar Bongo

El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba , born as Albert-Bernard Bongo, was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years from 1967 until his death in office in 2009....

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Pascaline Bongo -
Jean-Jacques Boucavel -
Edouard Bouet-Williamez -
Augustin Boumah -
Jules Bourdes-Ogouliguende -
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza

Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, best known as Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza , was a Franco-Italian explorer, born in Italy and later naturalized Frenchman...

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Brothers of Saint Gabriel -
Albert Bushnell -
Bwiti

Bwiti

Bwiti is a West Central African spiritual practice by the forest-dwelling Babongo and Mitsogo people of Gabon, where it is counted as one of the three official religions, and the Fang people of Gabon and Cameroon...

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Caisse Centrale de Coopération Économique (CCCE) -
Catholicism in Gabon -
Centre International des Civilisations Bantu

Centre International des Civilisations Bantu

The Centre International des Civilisations Bantu is a cultural organization based in Libreville, Gabon. Established at the initiative of Gabonese president Omar Bongo on January 8, 1983, it is the world's primary organization dedicated to the study of the Bantu peoples.CICIBA's member nations...

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Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture, Industry and Mines -
Chiwa (Bichiwa) -
Cinema of Gabon -
Comité Mixte Gabonais (CMG

CMG

CMG may refer to:* Course Made Good,navigation* Case mix group, medical-care accounting mechanism* Collectible miniatures game* Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, a British and Commonwealth honour...

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Comité Mpongwe -
Constitution of Gabon -
Coup of February 17–20, 1964 -
Currency of Gabon -

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Georges Aleka Damas

Georges Aleka Damas

Georges Aleka Damas was a public figure of Gabon who composed its national anthem La Concorde.A Mpongwe born in Libreville and educated at the Ecole Montfort, he worked as a bank clerk from 1924 to 1939, then as head bookkeeper for the Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis until 1959.He first...

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Gabriel d'Arboussier

Gabriel d'Arboussier

Gabriel d'Arboussier was a Senegalese-French politician.Son of a colonial governor and a Muslim mother he studied in France and began a career as a colonial administrator....

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Charles Francis Darlington -
Pierre Debizet -
Decolonization in Gabon -
Maurice Delauney -
Demographics of Gabon

Demographics of Gabon

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.-Population statistics:Populatio:1,514,993note:...

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King Denis (Antchouwe Kowe Rapontchombo) -
Ndouna Depenaud -
Divungi Dijob Di NDing-
Divounguy Pierre Claver-
Josiah Dorsey -
Paul du Chaillu

Paul du Chaillu

Paul Belloni du Chaillu was a French-American traveler and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas and the Pygmy people of central Africa. He later researched the prehistory of Scandinavia.-Early life:His date and place of...

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Luc Durand-Reville

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Félix Éboué

Félix Éboué

Félix Adolphe Éboué was a Black French colonial administrator and Free French leader. He was the first black French man appointed to high post in the French colonies, when appointed as Governor of Guadeloupe in 1936...

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Ecole Montfort -
Economy of Gabon

Economy of Gabon

Gabon enjoys a per capita income four times that of most nations of sub-Saharan Africa. This has supported a sharp decline in extreme poverty; yet because of high income inequality a large proportion of the population remains poor.-Resources:...

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Education in Gabon

Education in Gabon

Gabon's education system is regulated by two Ministries: The Ministry of Education, which is in charge of pre-kindergarten through the last High School Grade, and the Ministry of Higher Education and Innovative Technologies, which is in charge of Universities and Higher Education and Professional...

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Jean-Marc Ekoh -
Emane Tole -
Enenga -
Eshira -
Eveia -
Exploration of Gabon -
Eyi Affair

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Fang -
Brother Dominique Fara -
Felix-Anande Rapontchombo -
Denis-Marie Adande -
Fernan Vaz Lagoon

Fernan Vaz Lagoon

Fernan Vaz Lagoon is a large lagoon on the Atlantic coast of Gabon. It is named for Fernão Vaz, the first European to reach it, and is known its wildlife and for the church at Mission Saint Anne, built in 1889 by Gustav Eiffel. The main settlement on the lagoon’s shore is Omboué....

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FIDES

Fides

In Roman religion, Fides was the goddess of trust.Her temple on the Capitol was where the Roman Senate signed and kept state treaties with foreign countries, and where Fides protected them....

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Henry A. Ford -
Foreign relations of Gabon

Foreign relations of Gabon

Gabon has followed a non-aligned policy, advocating dialogue in international affairs and recognizing both parts of divided countries. Since 1973, the number of countries establishing diplomatic relations with Gabon has doubled...

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Forestry in Gabon

Forestry in Gabon

Gabon’s forests, which cover an estimated 77% of its land surface, have always supplied many of the necessities of life, especially fuel and shelter. The forests contain over 400 species of trees, with about 100 species suitable for industrial use...

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Franc zone -
Franceville

Franceville

Franceville or Masuku is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 22,000 people. It lies on the River Mpassa and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza chose it to resettle former...

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Free Emigrants Scheme -
Free French -
Freedom Villages -
French Equatorial Africa

French Equatorial Africa

French Equatorial Africa or the AEF was the federation of French colonial possessions in Middle Africa, extending northwards from the Congo River to the Sahara Desert.-History:...

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Galoa (Galwa

Galwa

Galwa is a small town in the mid-western region of Nepal. It is located at 29°40'0N 81°52'0E at an altitude of 1662m near to the Karnali River.-References:...

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Émile Gentil

Émile Gentil

Émile Gentil was a French colonial administrator, naval officer, and colonial military leader.Born at Volmunster in the department of Moselle, he later attended the École Navale, the school that formed French naval officers. As an ensign, he was assigned to conduct hydrographic soundings along the...

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King Glass (R'Ogouarowe) -
Gold in Gabon -
Paul Indjenjet Gondjout -
Groupe d'Etudes Communistes (GEC) -

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J. Ikenga Ibea -
Immaculate Conception Sisters (Blue Sisters) -
Indigénat

Indigénat

The Code de l'indigénat was a set of laws creating, in practice, an inferior legal status for natives of French Colonies from 1887 until 1944–1947. First put in place in Algeria, it was applied across the French Colonial Empire in 1887–1889...

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Iron in Gabon -
Islam in Gabon

Islam in Gabon

Approximately 12% of the population of Gabon practice Islam .Islamic, Catholic,and Protestant denominations operate primary and secondary schools in Gabon. These schools are required to register with the Ministry of Education, which is charged with ensuring that these religious schools meet the...

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Aristide Issembe -
Emile Issembe -
iboga

Iboga

Tabernanthe iboga or Iboga is a perennial rainforest shrub and hallucinogen, native to western Central Africa. Iboga stimulates the central nervous system when taken in small doses and induces visions in larger doses. In parts of Africa where the plant grows the bark of the root is chewed for...

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Labor unions in Gabon -
Languages of Gabon

Languages of Gabon

The official language of Gabon is French, while 32% of the people speak Fang as a mother tongue. French is the medium of instruction. Before World War II very few Gabonese learned French, nearly all of them working in either business or government administration...

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Richard E. Lawlin -
Pierre-Marie Le Berre -
Captain Le Cour -
Alexandre Le Roy

Alexandre Le Roy

Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. was a French-born archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, and the Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost. He served as Vicar Apostolic of Gabon from 1892 until 1896...

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LGBT rights in Gabon (Gay rights) -
Libreville

Libreville

Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, in west central Africa. The city is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea, and a trade center for a timber region. As of 2005, it has a population of 578,156.- History :...

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Ligue des Droits de l'Homme -
Loango

Loango

Loango may refer to:* Loango National Park, a national park in Western Gabon* Petit Loango, a town in Gabon* Kingdom of Loango, a pre-colonial state in what is now the Republic of Congo* Loango, a schooner wrecked in 1909 at St Ives, Cornwall...

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King Louis

King Louis

-Kings:* Louis I , multiple kings with the name* Louis II , multiple kings with the name* Louis III , multiple kings with the name* Louis IV , multiple kings with the name...

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Louis Berre Monguitigana -
Loumbou (Baloumbou) -

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Mademoiselle (movement) -
Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou

Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou

Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou is a Gabonese politician.Born to a Punu family in Mouila, Maganga Moussavou studied economic history at the National University of Gabon, then at the University of Rennes...

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Mahongwe -
Felicien-Patrice Makouaka -
Manganese in Gabon -
Herve Mapako-Gnali -
Massango

Massango

Massango is a town and municipality in Malanje Province in Angola....

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Sangou

Sangou is a town in the Zabré Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. As of 2005, the town has a population of 2,954....

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Germain Mba -
Léon M'ba

Léon M'ba

Gabriel Léon M'ba was the first Prime Minister and President of Gabon. A member of the Fang ethnic group, M'ba was born into a relatively privileged village family. After studying at a seminary, he held a number of small jobs before entering the colonial administration as a customs agent...

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Paul Mba-Abessole -
Emanuel Mba-Zue -
Léon Mébiame

Léon Mébiame

Léon Mébiame was the Prime Minister of Gabon from 1975 to 1990.A member of the Fang ethnic group, Mébiame was born in Libreville. Under French colonial rule, he became an inspector of federal police in 1956 and was posted in Chad from January 6, 1957 to March 1959...

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Media in Gabon -
Nicolas Metegue N'nah -
Métis

Métis

A Métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences, regarded as racial, or the descendant of such persons. The term is of French origin, and also is a cognate of mestizo in Spanish, mestiço in Portuguese, and mestee in English...

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François Meye -
Jean-Stanislas Migolet -
Military of Gabon

Military of Gabon

The African country of Gabon has a small, professional military of about 5,000 personnel, divided into army, navy, air force, gendarmerie, and national police. Gabonese forces are oriented to the defense of the country and have not been trained for an offensive role...

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Mitsogo (Mitshogo, Tshogo) -
Mouvement de Redressement National (MORENA

Morena

Morena is a city and a municipality in Morena district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is also known as Muraina and is the administrative headquarters of Morena District and of Chambal Division. It is 39 km away from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh...

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Mpongwe

Mpongwe

The Mpongwe are an ethnic group in Gabon, notable as the earliest known dwellers around the Estuary, where Libreville is now located.The Mpongwe language identifies them as a subgroup of the Myènè people of the Bantus, who are believed to have been in the area for some 2,000 years, although the...

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Music of Gabon

Music of Gabon

Gabon is an African country whose musical output is little-known in comparison with regional giants like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon. The country boasts an array of folk styles, as well as pop stars like Patience Dabany...

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Mutuelle Gabonaise -
Basile Engone Mve

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Samuel Adrien Nang Essono -
Robert Hamill Nassau -
Jean-Baptiste N'Dende -
Ndiwa -
Nding Dyatelm-
François Ndong -
Mendame Ndong -
Philippe Tsira Ndong Ntoutoume -
Ndoumou (Mindoumou) -
Ngowe (Ngove) -
François Owono Nguema -
Nkomi -
Truman Ntaka -
Charles N'Tchoréré

Charles N'Tchoréré

Charles N'Tchoréré was a French military commander who was shot by Germans in World War II....

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Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane

Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane

Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane is a Gabonese politician who was Prime Minister of Gabon from 23 January 1999 to 20 January 2006. Since 2008 he has been Mayor of Libreville, the capital....

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Vincent de Paul Nyonda

Vincent de Paul Nyonda

Vincent de Paul Nyonda was a Gabonese playwright and Minister.Nyonda served under the administration of the first Gabonese President Léon M'ba, and was a prominent political figure in that administration...

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Nzabi (Bandiabi)

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Obamba

Obamba

The Obamba are an ethnic group located largely in Gabon's Haut-Ogooué Province. The Obamba people's traditional language is Mbama, which is often also referred to as Obamba....

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Cyriaque Simeon Obamba -
Ogooué River

Ogooué River

The Ogooué , some 1,200 km long, is the principal river of Gabon in west central Africa. Its watershed drains nearly the entire country of Gabon, with some tributaries reaching into the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea....

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Ogoula-M'Beye -
King Ogoul' Issogoue (Rogombe, Passol) -
Oil and gas in Gabon -
Okande -
Okoume

Okoume

Okoumé may refer to:* Okoumé, a Quebec band active from 1995-2002* Okoumé, an alternate name for Aucoumea klaineana, an African hardwood...

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Ombambo-Rogombe -
ORSTOM -
Orungu -
Laurent Owondo -
Casimir Oyé-Mba

Casimir Oyé-Mba

Casimir Marie Ange Oyé-Mba is a Gabonese politician. After serving as Governor of the Bank of Central African States from 1978 to 1990, Oyé-Mba was Prime Minister of Gabon from 3 May 1990 to 2 November 1994...

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Parti Démocratique Africain (PDA) -
Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG) -
Parti d'Union Nationale Gabonais (PUNGA) -
Parti gabonais du progrès (PGP) -
Peoples of Gabon -
Petroleum in Gabon -
Politics of Gabon

Politics of Gabon

Politics of Gabon takes place in a framework of a republic whereby the President of Gabon is head of state and in effect, also the head of government, since he appoints the prime minister and his cabinet...

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Port-Gentil

Port-Gentil

Port-Gentil or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon and a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. Although it lies inshore, the nearby mainland is a remote forest area and it is not connected by road to the rest of the nation...

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Paul-Vincent Pounah -
Pove (Pubi) -
Prehistory of Gabon -
Ira Preston -
Professors' Plot -
Protestantism in Gabon -
Pygmies -

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Jean-Félix Rapontchombo -
Angele Ntyugwetondo Rawiri -
George Rawiri -
Remi Rebombe -
Joseph Rendjambe -
King Reombi-Mpolo -
Maurice Robert

Maurice Robert

Adjutant Maurice Joseph Emile Robert was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.-References:...

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Rubber in Gabon -

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Louis Sanmarco

Louis Sanmarco

Louis Sanmarco was a French colonial administrator of italian origin. He served as the governor of the colony of Ubangi-Shari from 1954 until 1957, and served as its High Commissioner from then until 1958. He was born in Martigues and died in Paris.-References:*...

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Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer OM was a German theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. He was born in Kaysersberg in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part of the German Empire...

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Henri Seignon -
Seke -
Shake

Shake

Shake may refer to:* Tremor* Milkshake* Handshake* Camera shaking, an effect fixed with image stablization* Shake , an informal unit of time equal to ten nanoseconds* Shake, Zimbabwe-Arts and entertainment:...

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Shimba (Simba

Simba

Simba is a lion character and the protagonist of Disney's most successful animated feature film, The Lion King. He is the son of Mufasa and Sarabi, nephew of Scar, mate of Nala, and father of Kiara. He has golden fur and when he grows into an adult, he has an auburn mane...

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Slave trade -
Société Commerciale, Industrielle, et Africole du Haut-Ogooue -
Société Nationale Petrolière Gabonaise

Société Nationale Petrolière Gabonaise

Société Nationale Petrolière Gabonaise is the national petroleum company of Gabon. The government of Gabon controls petroleum and mineral rights within the state.-Operations:...

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René-Paul Sousatte -