LIKASI

lĭkäsˈē, formerly Jadotvillezhädōvēlˈ, city (1984 pop. 213,862), Katanga province, SE Congo (Kinshasa). It is a major industrial, mining, and transportation center. Copper and cobalt are mined and refined, and cement, chemicals, and beverages are manufactured. The city has an archaeological and mineral museum.

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books on: Likasi  - 14 results

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The Skull beneath the Skin: Africa after the Cold War
Book by Mark Huband; Westview Press, 2001
Subjects: Africa--Colonial Influence, Africa--Politics And Government--1960-, Africa--Relations--Foreign Countries
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The Graves Are Not Yet Full: Race, Tribe, and Power in the Heart of Africa
Book by Bill Berkeley; Perseus Books, 2001
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Belgian Women Poets: An Anthology
Book by Renée Linkhorn, Judy Cochran; Peter Lang, 2000
Subjects: Belgian Poetry (French)--20th Century, Belgian Poetry (French)--20th Century--Translations Into English, Belgian Poetry (French)--Women Authors, Belgian Poetry (French)--Women Authors--Translations Into English
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A History of the Church in Africa
Book by Bengt Sundkler, Christopher Steed; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Africa--Church History, Christianity--Africa
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Culture and Customs of the Congo
Book by Tshilemalema Mukenge; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social Life And Customs
...1941 1 First strikes of Congolese workers in Jadotville (Likasi) and Elisabethville (Lubumbashi), severely suppressed with...electric stations that supply electricity to the city of Likasi. Guillaume Falls and Inzia River Falls are in Bandundu province...
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The 1992 Neustadt International Prize for Literature: Jurors and Candidates
Journal article by Willlam Riggan; World Literature Today, Vol. 66, 1992
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
...CANDIDATE JUROR: V. Y. MUDIMBE Zaire/ USA. Novelist, Poet, Essayist, Theorist, Linguist. V. Y. Mudimbe was born in 1941 in Likasi (Jadotville), Shaba (Katanga) province, Zaire. He attended Benedictine primary and secondary schools in Shaba, took degrees...


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magazine articles on: Likasi  - 7 results

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Africa's Last, Worst Hope
Magazine article by Peter Hitchens; American Conservative, Vol. 7, December 1, 2008
Subjects: Africa, China, Colonialism, Corruption in government, Employment discrimination, Foreign investment, Mines, Poverty, Working conditions
...further out in the bush, in a place called Likasi. I had been told of child diggers slaving...not to name. I would like to return to Likasi if it were not for the fact that I was...sociability, and enterprise. But at the edge of Likasi, things suddenly grow much grimmer. Slogging...
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Union Miniere Returns to Africa
Magazine article by Francoise Misser; African Business, January 1997
Subjects: Cobalt, Cobalt industry, Congo (Kinshasa), Mineral industry--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Mining industry--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Secondary metals, Union Mineral Concentrators Pty--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Union Miniere--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments
...purification steps and revamp equipment at Shituru cobalt plant near Likasi. These measures should serve to boost cobalt recoveries by several...eastern Zaires prevailing conflict - only 1,000km away from Likasi - has not changed the plans of UM or other companies currently...
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A Blast from the Past Once Were Giants
Magazine article by Stephen Williams; African Business, March 2003
Subjects: African music--Management, African music--Marketing
...in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire). Founded by the singer Mutonkole Longwa Didos in 1967, the band hailed from Likasi, near Lubumbashi in Shaba Province, and originally named themselves Super Vox. With the help of borrowed musical instruments...
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We Want to Attract Investors: As the Governor of the Richest Provinces of the DR Congo, Moise Katumbi Tchalue Has Managed to Introduce New Initiatives Inspired by Best-Practice Business Management
Magazine article; African Business, January 2008
Subjects: Commodities industry--Officials and employees, London Metal Exchange Ltd.--Officials and employees, Tchalue, Moise Katumbi--Interviews
...share of the national income. AB: During your last visit to Likasi, a mining town, you demolished some factories belonging primarily...environmental policy? MKT: My actions in destroying illegal factories in Likasi were motivated by concerns over pollution. There is a minister...
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Where Kabila Went Wrong
Magazine article by Alan Rake; New African, March 2001
Subjects: Congo (Kinshasa)--Political aspects, Kabila, Laurent--Behavior, Leadership--Congo (Kinshasa), Politics--Congo (Kinshasa), Presidents (Government)--Behavior, Presidents--Behavior
...experienced dealmaker and survivor before that bullet struck. Laurent Kabila was horn on 11 November 1939, in Jadotville (now Likasi), into the Luba tribe who live in northern Shaba (formerly Katanga) far upstream on the river Congo. Little is known about his...
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In China 5,000 People Die, and There Is Nothing. in Zambia, 50 People Die and Everyone Is Weeping; TAKING OVER: Chinese Building Workers in Zambia. above Left: The Congolese Risk Their Lives Digging through Mountains of Mining Waste Looking for Scraps of Metal Ore FIGHTING BACK: Peter Hitchens with Michael Sata, the Opposition Politician Nicknamed King Cobra
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 28, 2008
Subjects: Mining geology, Natural resources
...two-hundredweight loads uphill on ancient bicycles to the nearby town of Likasi where middlemen buy them to sell on, mainly to Chinese businessmen...seeing the bitter, violent desperation unleashed in the mines of Likasi, I find it hard to believe any good will come of it. Evidence...


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encyclopedia articles on: Likasi  - 3 results

 
 
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Likasi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LIKASI likas e, formerly Jadotville zhadovel , city (1984 pop. 213,862), Katanga province, SE Congo (Kinshasa). It is a major industrial...
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Jadotville
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JADOTVILLE Congo (Kinshasa): see Likasi . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Congo, Democratic Republic of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...to Kinshasa, the major urban areas include Boma , Bukavu , Kalemie , Kamina , Kananga , Kisangani , Kolwezi , Likasi , Lubumbashi , Matadi , Mbandaka , and Mbuji-Mayi . The population of Congo comprises approximately 200 ethnic groups...


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