Mbuji-Mayi River

6.03333°S 23.76667°E / -6.03333; 23.76667 The Mbuji-Mayi River, also spelt Bushmaie, Bushimaie, Bushimay or Mbushimaie, is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a major tributary of the Sankuru River. It flows northwards from the Kapanga Territory in the province of Lualaba to the province of Kasaï-Oriental, where it is the namesake of the city of Mbuji-Mayi.[1][2][3]

From the 17th to 19th centuries, the river formed one of the borders of the Kingdom of Lunda.[2][4]

References
  1. Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2014). Kasaï-Oriental: Un nœud gordien dans l'espace congolais (PDF). Monographies des provinces de la RD Congo (in French). Tervuren: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale. p. 18, 20, 23, 131. ISBN 978-9-4916-1524-5. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  2. Mcculloch, Merran (2017-02-10). The Southern Lunda and Related Peoples (Northern Rhodesia, Belgian Congo, Angola): West Central Africa. Routledge. ISBN 9781315305172.
  3. Fiala, Alan D.; Lukac, Marie R. (1978-12-01). Total Solar Eclipse of 16 February 1980. United States Naval Observatory. p. 26.
  4. Fage, John; Tordoff, William (2013-10-23). A History of Africa. Routledge. ISBN 9781317797265.


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