Unruly or wild
person. Word used by
Irish teachers to describe misbehaving kids. Racial slur. Name of a tribe in Katanga, involved in a fatal attack on
Irish United Nations peacekeepers in 1961.
Teacher walks into classroom and sees
student jumping around.
"Sit down, you big baluba", says the teacher.
Student punches teacher in
face, jumps out window, escapes to freedom. Returns
later to burn down school.