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 Beni ...
, 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 (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
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Benga, Gabon, a province of
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 ...
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Benga, Mozambique, a town in
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 ...
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)
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 ...
(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 ...
''
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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 ...
of Côte d'Ivoire
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