Lokilo
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Lokilo is a community in the Opala Territory
of Tshopo District
in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In the colonial era of the Belgian Congo
, Lokilo was one of the areas from which the Lomami Company collected large amounts of rubber. The Mbole people of the region vividly described their view of the effect of collecting rubber with the phrase wando wo limolo, meaning "tax-caused loss of weight".
Opala Territory
Opala is a territory in the Tshopo District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The administrative center is the town of Opala. Other communities are Yatolema, Lokilo and Mayoko.The territory is divided into Sectors and Chiefdoms:*Balinga-Lindja Sector...
of Tshopo District
Tshopo District
Tshopo District is a district located in Orientale Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In the colonial era of the Belgian Congo
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.-Congo Free State, 1884–1908:Until the latter...
, Lokilo was one of the areas from which the Lomami Company collected large amounts of rubber. The Mbole people of the region vividly described their view of the effect of collecting rubber with the phrase wando wo limolo, meaning "tax-caused loss of weight".