Zappo Zap

noun

A member of a group of Songye people from the eastern Kasaï region in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who acted as allies of the Congo Free State authorities while trading in ivory, rubber and slaves, and massacred many villagers.

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Meanings

nounZappo Zap (plural Zappo Zaps or Zappo Zap)

plural Zappo Zaps

  1. historicalA member of a group of Songye people from the eastern Kasaï region in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who acted as allies of the Congo Free State authorities while trading in ivory, rubber and slaves, and massacred many villagers.
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