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Benga
Benga may refer to: Ethnonym * Benga people, an indigenous ethnic group of Equatorial Guinea * Benga language, spoke by the Benga people * Benga music, a genre of music originating in Kenya Places Romania * ''Benga'', the old name of Movileni, Olt, a commune in Romania Gabon * Benga, Gabon, a province of Nyanga Province * Benga, Mozambique, a town in Mozambique People * Benga (surname) Benga is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexandru Benga (born 1989), Romanian footballer *Gheorghe Benga (born 1944), Romanian physician and molecular biologist *Ota Benga Ota Benga ( – March 20, 1916) was a Mbuti ( ... * Benga (musician) (born 1986), English dubstep producer Other uses * Benga tree, a common name for '' Pterocarpus marsupium'' * Beng language of Côte d'Ivoire {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benga People
The Benga people are an African ethnic group, members of the Bantu peoples, who are indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Their indigenous language is Benga. They are referred to as Ndowe or ''Playeros'' (Beach People), one of several peoples on the Río Muni coast. Bengas inhabit a small coastal portion of the Cabo de San Juan, suburban enclaves in the coastal municipalities of Mbini and Bata, and the islands of Corisco, Elobey Grande and Elobey Chico. History The Benga people are one of 14 Ndowe tribes of Equatorial Guinea and traditionally have been Fishermen, Sailors and Merchants. They are thought to have historically inhabited the interior of Equatorial Guinea prior to European contact, only making their way to the coast to better trade with European powers. By 1770 the Benga were noted to inhabit the island of Corisco, that had recently been uninhabited prior to their occupation due to over-enslavement on the island by the French. The Benga traditionally practiced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benga Language
Benga is a Bantu language spoken by the Benga people of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It has a dialectal variation called ''Bapuku''. Benga speakers inhabit a small coastal portion of Río Muni, the Cape of San Juan, suburban enclaves of Rio Benito and Bata, the islands of Corisco, Small Elobey and Great Elobey. See also * Bube language Bube, Bohobé or Bube–Benga (Bobe, Bubi), is a Bantu language spoken by the Bubi, a Bantu people native to, and once the primary inhabitants of, Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea. The language was brought to Bioko from continental Africa more ... References * * * * External links Presentation of the Benga language by linguist Patrick Mouguiama-Daouda Texts * * * * Languages of Equatorial Guinea Languages of Gabon Sawabantu languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benga Music
Benga is a musical genre, genre of Kenyan popular music. It evolved between the late 1940s and late 1960s, in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi. In the 1940s, the African Broadcasting Service in Nairobi aired a steady stream of soukous, South African kwela, Soukous, Congolese Fingerpicking, finger-style guitar and various kinds of Cuban dance music that heavily influenced emergence of benga. There were also popular folk songs of Kenya's Luo (family of ethnic groups), Luo peoples that formed the base on benga creation. Luo Benga The Luo of Kenya have long played an eight-string lyre called ''nyatiti'', and guitarists from the area sought to imitate the instrument's syncopation, syncopated melody, melodies. In benga, the electric bass guitar is played in a style reminiscent of the nyatiti. As late as the turn of the twentieth century, this bass in nyatiti supported the rhythm essential in transmitting knowledge about society through music. Opondo Owenga of Gem Yala, Kenya, Yal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movileni, Olt
Movileni is a commune in Olt County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bacea and Movileni. Natives *Emanoil Ionescu Emanoil Ionescu (17 March 1887 – 14 June 1949) was a Romanian General during World War II and commander of the Royal Romanian Air Force's ''Corpul I Aerian''. Biography He was born in 1887 in Tămpeni, now Movileni, Olt County. After atten ... (1887–1949), a General during World War II and commander of the Royal Romanian Air Force's ''Corpul I Aerian''. References ;Citations ;Bibliography * Communes in Olt County Localities in Muntenia {{Olt-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyanga Province
Nyanga is the southernmost of Gabon's nine provinces. The provincial capital is Tchibanga, which had a total of 31294 inhabitants in 2013 (more than the half of the province population). Nyanga is the least populated province of the nine and the other least developed, besides Ogooué-Ivindo. It is bordered by Ogooué-Maritime in the northwest, Ngounié in the north, and the Congo to the south (Kouilou Region) and east (Niari Region). The Atlantic Ocean—the lowest point in both Gabon and Nyanga Province—borders it in the west. Departments Nyanga is divided into 6 departments: * Basse-Banio Department (Mayumba) *Douigni Department ( Moabi) * Doutsila Department (Mabanda) * Haute-Banio Department (Ndindi) * Mongo Department (Moulengui-Binza) * Mougoutsi Department (Tchibanga) Statistics *Area: 21,285 km² *2-letter abbreviation/HASC: GA-NY *ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo. Notably Northern Mozambique lies within the monsoon trade winds of the Indian Ocean and is frequentely affected by disruptive weather. Between the 7th and 11th centuries, a series of Swahili port towns developed on that area, which contributed to the development of a distinct Swahili culture and language. In the late medieval period, these towns were frequented by traders from Somalia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, and India. The voyage of Vasco da Gama in 1498 marked the arrival of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benga (surname)
Benga is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexandru Benga (born 1989), Romanian footballer *Gheorghe Benga (born 1944), Romanian physician and molecular biologist *Ota Benga Ota Benga ( – March 20, 1916) was a Mbuti ( Congo pygmy) man, known for being featured in an exhibit at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo. Benga had been pur ..., pygmy best known for his time at the Bronx Zoo * Sokhna Benga (born 1967), Senegalese writer and poet {{surname, Benga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benga (musician)
Adegbenga Adejumo (born 1986), known as Benga, is a British musician from Croydon, known for being a pioneer of dubstep record production. He has been featured on a variety of compilations including Mary Anne Hobbs's '' Warrior Dubz'', Tempa's ''The Roots of Dubstep'' and the BBC Radio 1Xtra anniversary mix. Career Adejumo is of Yoruba Nigerian descent. Inspired by UK garage producer Wookie, Benga would produce tunes on a PlayStation, and subsequently FruityLoops. As a teenager he would visit the Big Apple record shop in Croydon where he was introduced to Skream, and together they would help forge the sound of dubstep emerging in the early 2000s. His productions caught the attention of DJ Hatcha, who worked at the shop, and, by the age of 15, Benga had made his first record, "Skank", released on Big Apple's own record label in 2002. Benga's second release was a collaboration with Skream, called "The Judgement". Further releases followed on Big Apple Records, Hotflush Recordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterocarpus Marsupium
''Pterocarpus marsupium'', also known as Malabar kino, Indian kino, Vijayasar, or Venkai is a medium to large, deciduous tree that can grow up to tall. It is native to India (where it occurs in parts of the Western Ghats in the Karnataka-Kerala region and in the forests of Central India), Nepal, and Sri Lanka. File:Pterocarpus marsupium bark.jpg, ''Pterocarpus marsupium'' bark File:Pterocarpus marsupium 1.jpg, ''Pterocarpus marsupium'' tree File:Pterocarpus marsupium seeds - Kunming Botanical Garden - DSC03234.JPG, ''Pterocarpus marsupium'' seeds (Kunming Botanical Garden Kunming Institute of Botany, or KIB (), founded in 1938, is a research institution in the field of Botany, which is located in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, China. The Institute is one of the major herbariums in China and maintains a co ...) References External links marsupium Flora of the Indian subcontinent {{Dalbergieae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beng Language
Beng (Ben) is a Mande language of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is .... The Ngen dialect, perhaps a closely related language, is spelled various ways, including ''Gan, Ngain, Ngan, Ngin, Nguin''. Paperno describes Beng and Gbin as two primary branches of Southern Mande. References External links Grammatical sketch of Beng Mande languages Languages of Ivory Coast {{Mande-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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