Joliba

Just before it was dark, we took up our lodging for the night at a small village, where I procured some victuals for myself and some corn for my horse, at the moderate price of a button; and was told that I should see the Niger (which the Negroes call Joliba, or _the great water_) early the next day.

Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa Mungo Park 1788

Niger (which the negroes call Joliba, or the Great Water) early the next day.

Travels in the Interior of Africa — Volume 01 Mungo Park 1788

Just before it was dark we took up our lodging for the night at a small village, where I procured some victuals for myself and some corn for my horse, at the moderate price of a button; and was told that I should see the Niger (which the negroes call Joliba, or the

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, 1795-7 1893

Associate, Major Rennell, they were now proceeding to trace the principal geographical outlines of Northern Africa; and were endeavouring to ascertain the course of the great inland river Joliba or Niger, and to obtain some authentic information concerning Tombuctoo, a principal city of the interior and one of the great marts of African commerce.

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

Departed early and arrived at noon at Yaminna, [Footnote: Bearing the same name as the last place.] on the river Joliba (Niger).

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

Is the listener to imagine such a river as the Sankarani, or the wandering Joliba, or the fierce Limpopo?

Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association 2000

Sankarani, or the wandering Joliba, or the fierce Limpopo?

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

It was in this spirit that the commander of the _Joliba_ and a crew of nine set forth to glide down a great river toward the heart of savage

A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

The Joliba is not a compound word, if it were it would be Bahar Joli, not Bajoli, or Joliba; thus do learned men, through a rage for criticism, and for want of a due knowledge of African languages, render confused, by fancied etymologies, that which is sufficiently clear and perspicuous.

An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny

Farther on, in the same page, we have the words, -- "We must suppose that the Joliba makes at this spot a strange winding, which gives to the inhabitants of Marocco the opinion they express."

An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny