Bongo may refer to:

Entertainment

* ''Bongo'' (Australian TV series), on air from August to November 1960 * Bongo Comics, a comic book publishing company * Bongo (''Dragon Ball'') or Krillin, a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media * ''Bongo'' (Indian TV series), an Indian television drama for children 2004 * Bongo, a character in the Matt Groening comic strip '' Life in Hell'' * Bongo, a dog who played drums in the ITV children's series '' Animal Kwackers'' *

Bongo Submarine The following is a list of fictional ''Star Wars'' terrestrial vehicles, including armoured fighting vehicles, military aircraft, and naval ships. Vehicles appearing in the Original Trilogy All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) The ...

, a fictional vehicle in the film ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' * Bongo, the cartoon ape bouncer from the 1988 film, '' Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' * "

Little Bear Bongo "Little Bear Bongo" is a children's story written by Sinclair Lewis, first published in the September 1930 issue of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine, with illustrations by Josep Segrelles (under the name José Segrelles). Synopsis Bongo, a young Kamch ...

", a 1930 short story for children by Sinclair Lewis ** Bongo, a segment of the 1947 Disney film '' Fun and Fancy Free'', adapted from the Lewis story

Music

Bongo drum Bongos ( es, bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes. They are struck with both hands, most commonly in an eight-stroke pattern called ''martillo'' (hammer). The ...

, a percussion instrument made up of two small drums attached to each other * "Bongo Bongo Bongo I Don't Want to Leave the Congo", an alternative name for the 1947 song " Civilization" * " Bongo Bong", a single by Manu Chao from the 2000 album ''Clandestino'' * '' Bongo Fury'', a Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart album, 1975 * Bongo Flava, a Tanzanian hip hop genre * The Bongos, an America pop music band *

Music Man Bongo Music Man is an American guitar and bass guitar manufacturer. It is a division of the Ernie Ball corporation. The company is most well-known for its electric and bass guitars. It was acquired by Ernie Ball in 1984. History Early years In 19 ...

, a model of bass guitar

Places

* Bongo Country, the name of several places in Africa *

Bongo District Bongo District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988; which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1446. The municipality is located in the central part o ...

, a district in the Upper East Region of Ghana **

Bongo, Ghana Bongo is a small town and is the capital of Bongo district, a district in the Upper East Region of north Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a ...

, a town, capital of Bongo District **

Bongo (Ghana parliament constituency) Bongo is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Bongo is located in the Bongo district of the Upper East Region of Ghana. Boundar ...

, in Bongo District *

Bongo Gewog Bongo Gewog ( Dzongkha: སྦོང་སྒོར་) is a gewog (village block) of Chukha District, Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South ...

, a village in Chukha District, Bhutan *

Bongo, Ivory Coast Bongo is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Grand-Bassam Department in Sud-Comoé Region, Comoé District. Bongo was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or co ...

, a sub-prefecture and commune * , Sulu Archipelago, Philippines *

Bongo Massif The Bongo Massif (french: massif des Bongo), also known as the Tondou Massif, is a mountain range in north-eastern Central African Republic, near the Sudan border. The source of Bahr al-Arab Bahr al-Arab ( ar, بحر العرب; also called the ...

, a mountain range in north-eastern Central African Republic * Bôngo, alternative name for Bengal (eastern India and Bangladesh) * Mbongo, Angola, a town in Huambo Province, Angola, often called Bongo * El Bongo, Panama

Transportation

* Bongo (canoe), typically found in the Hispanic Caribbean regions * Kia Bongo, an automobile * Mazda Bongo, a van *

Gin Bongo The Gin Bongo is a South Korean two-place paraglider that was designed by Gin Seok Song and produced by Gin Gliders of Yongin. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page ...

, a South Korean paraglider design * LNER Thompson Class B1, known as 'Bongos' or 'Antelope'

People

Bongo people (Gabon) The Bongo people, also called Babongo or Bazimba, are an agricultural people of Gabon in equatorial Africa who are known as "forest people" due to their recent foraging economy. They are not to be confused with the autocrat leadership of Omar Bo ...

, a forest people * Bongo people (South Sudan), an ethnic group in Sudan

Names

Bongo (name) Bongo is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Ali Bongo (magician) (1929–2009), British comedy magician * Ali Bongo Ondimba (born 1959), president of Gabon from 2009 to 2023 and son of Omar Bongo * Amba Bongo, writer and advocate * ...

, a list of people with the surname *

Bongo Herman Herman Davis (born 16 September 1944), better known as Bongo Herman, is a Jamaican hand-drummer, percussionist and singer who has had a successful career stretching back to the early 1960s. Biography Herman Davis was born on 16 September 1944, ...

(born 1941), Jamaican percussionist and singer Herman Davis, active in the early 1960s * Bongo Joe Coleman (1923–1999), American street musician *

Sketchy Bongo Yuvir Pillay (born 15 July 1989), better known by his stage name Sketchy Bongo, is a South African record producer, DJ and songwriter from Durban. Bongo has worked with artists such as AKA, Da Les, Shekhinah and Aewon Wolf. His signature is the ...

(born 1989), South African record producer, DJ, and songwriter *

Steady Bongo lansana Sheriff (born on August 28, 1966 in Daru, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone) popularly known by his stage name Steady Bongo, is an internationally recognized Sierra Leonean musician and record producer. He is one of the most famous musicia ...

(born 1966), Sierra Leonean musician and record producer *

Bongo (Numan Athletics) is a 1993 competitive sports arcade game developed and released by Namco. It runs on the company's NA-2 hardware, and has eight unusual competitions to test the strength and might of four mutant athletes called "Numans" (Sharon L'Alles, Harry Bo ...

, video game character

Other uses

* Bongo (antelope), a species of forest antelope from Africa * '' Cavanillesia platanifolia'', a tree also known as bongo *

Bongo language Bongo (Bungu), also known as ''Dor'', is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan. A 2013 survey reported that ethnic Bongo reside in Bussere Boma, Bagari Payam, Wau ...

, the language of the Bongo people of Sudan *

Bongo (software) Hula was an open source mail and calendar project based on open standards announced on February 15, 2005, by Novell. History Hula was an open-source effort sponsored by Novell and developed by Dave Camp and Joe Gasiorek, amongst others. H ...

, an open source mail and calendar project *

DK Bongos GameCube accessories include first-party releases from Nintendo, and third-party devices, since the GameCube's launch in 2001. First-party and licensed Controllers GameCube controller The GameCube controller was released alongside the console ...

, a video game controller * Bongo Jeans/Bongo Apparel, a clothing brand that was acquired by the Iconix Brand Group in 1998 * Operation Bongo II, 1964 Oklahoma City sonic boom tests