1. Bubi - Noun
2. Bubi - Proper noun
Bubi pl (plural only)
An ethnic group of Central Africa, indigenous to the island of Bioko.
Bubi
Alternative form of Bube (“Bantu language”)
Catholic penetration was furthered by two small insurrections protesting the conscription of forced labour for the plantations, in 1898 and 1910, which led to the Bubi being disarmed in 1917 and left them dependent on the missionaries. Source: Internet
Bubi and Fernandino parties on the island preferred separation from Río Muni or a loose federation. Source: Internet
Pushed into the interior of the island and decimated by alcohol addiction, venereal disease, smallpox, and sleeping sickness, the indigenous Bubi population of Bioko refused to work on plantations. Source: Internet
A man from Inyathi area in Bubi district, Matabeleland North province, attempted to burn his wife and one-year old son to death in a hut following a misunderstanding, a court heard yesterday. Source: Internet
With the indigenous Bubi population decimated by disease and forced labour, the island’s economy came to depend on imported agricultural contract workers. Source: Internet
Eugene last saw Bubi Marcowitch in Tarvisio in September 1946. Source: Internet