Benga may refer to:
Ethnonym
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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 peopl ...
, an indigenous ethnic group of Equatorial Guinea
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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 Benit ...
, spoke by the Benga people
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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 A ...
, a genre of music originating in Kenya
Places
Romania
* ''Benga'', the old name of
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 ...
, a commune in Romania
Gabon
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Benga, Gabon, a province of
Nyanga Province
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Benga, Mozambique, a town in
Mozambique
People
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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 ( ...
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Benga (musician) (born 1986), English dubstep producer
Other uses
* Benga tree, a common name for ''
Pterocarpus marsupium''
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Beng language of Côte d'Ivoire
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