Benga may refer to:

Ethnonym

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 *

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 Beni ...

, spoke by the Benga people *

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 (1887–1949), a General during World War II and commander of the Royal Romanian Air Force The Air Force branch ...

, 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 ''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 ...

'' *

Beng language Beng (Ben) is a Mande language The Mande languages are spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples and include Maninka, Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Kpelle, Dioula, Bozo, Mende, Susu, and Vai. There are "60 to 75 l ...

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