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  • Then, a few miles south of Dufilé at a place called Fola, came the crushing honor of discovering the last secret of the White Nile.26

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Then, a few miles south of Dufilé at a place called Fola, came the crushing honor of discovering the last secret of the White Nile.26

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Then, a few miles south of Dufilé at a place called Fola, came the crushing honor of discovering the last secret of the White Nile.26

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Entering the village we discharged our fire - arms: the women received us with the Masharrad or joy-cry, and as I passed the enclosure the Geradah Khayrah performed the "Fola" by throwing over me some handfuls of toasted grain.

    First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • "We need a rational budget process, a stable funding source that we can count on," Linda Manion, president of the Placentia-Linda teachers unions, added, only to be cut off by Fola Odebunmi, president of the United Faculty North Orange County Community College District.

    California's Tax Revolt—In Favor of Higher Rates Allysia Finley 2011

  • Only the vice presidential candidate of the Action Congress Party of Nigeria, banker and businessman Fola Adeola, has any experience in the private sector.

    Economy, Development Central to Nigerian Voters’ Concerns 2011

  • "Is Fola 'she was a showgirl' Onibuje the player with the highest clubs to appearences ratio," wonders Bill Sheppard.

    Which trophies have been pinched, stolen, nabbed and nicked? 2010

  • Fola:I found the sterotype threat theory very interesting.

    Self image - Black Vs White Pilgrimage to Self 2006

  • Fola” by throwing over me some handfuls of toasted grain. 1 The men gave cordial poignees de mains, some danced with joy to see us return alive; they had heard of our being imprisoned, bastinadoed, slaughtered; they swore that the Gerad was raising an army to rescue or revenge us — in fact, had we been their kinsmen more excitement could not have been displayed.

    First footsteps in East Africa 2003

  • Doesn't count the push they're making toward Fola.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

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