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The Ragem were first visited by Europeans in 1875, an expedition from Dufile sent by Gordon of Khartoum and led by Lieutenant William Harold Chippindall of the Royal Engineers, nephew of Edward Chippindall. In 1876 Romolo Gessi, exploring Lake Albert in the service of Gordon, named the Ragem area "Wadelai" after its chieftain, a vassal of Kabarega,

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