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‖ kwanga|ˈkwæŋgə|
[Native name.]
In Zaïre (formerly the Congo), a kind of bread made of manioc.
1907Daily Chron. 28 Oct. 7/3 With the exception of a few people..who supply the State with ‘kwanga’ (native bread)..all the people I saw are taxed with rubber. 1908H. H. Johnston George Grenfell & Congo II. xxviii. 796 In those happy days ten cakes of kwanga..could be bought for one brass rod. 1971Guardian 31 July 10/6 Kwanga..looks..like..candlewax. |