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Politically Bahoma arrived in north-western shores of Lake
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Bakwamamba Dynasty in modern Kalemie in Tanganyika district of Katanga Region in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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and death over their subjects. The traditional title of Bahoma
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Wagoma community mosque at Kitongoni ward, Ujiji town.
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