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Shaka Shaka kaSenzangakhona ( – 22 September 1828), also known as Shaka Zulu () and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reforms that ...

(1787–1828), Zulu king *

Chaka (tagger) Daniel "Chaka" Ramos (born August 27, 1972, in Los Angeles) is one of the most prolific American graffiti artists of the late 20th century. Using a technique called bombing, Ramos was responsible for the "CHAKA" tags that began to appear throughout ...

(born 1972), American graffiti artist *

Chaka Bey Tzachas ( gr, Τζαχᾶς, Tzachás), also known as Chaka Bey ( tr, Çaka Bey)"Tzachas" is the Hellenized form of a Turkish name which does not appear in any historical documents, but was likely "Chaka", "Chagha", or "Chaqan". The name "Chaka ...

(died ), Turkish emir and adventurer *

Chaka of Bulgaria Chaka ( bg, Чака) reigned as tsar of Bulgaria from 1299 to 1300. He was the son of the Mongol leader Nogai Khan by a wife named Alaka. Sometime after 1285 Chaka married a daughter of George Terter I of Bulgaria, named Elena. In the late 1290s ...

(died 1300), tsar of Bulgaria from 1299 to 1300 *

Chaka Khan Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (), is an American singer. Her career has spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Known as the " Qu ...

(born 1953), American singer *

Andrew Verdecchio Five Iron Frenzy is an American band formed in Denver, Colorado, in 1995. Best known for playing ska punk music characterized by an offbeat sense of humor and prominent Christianity, Christian themes, Five Iron was one of the pioneering figures ...

(born 1974), American musician *

Yvonne Chaka Chaka Yvonne Chaka Chaka (born Yvonne Machaka on 18 March 1965) is a South African singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, humanitarian and teacher. Dubbed the "Princess of Africa" (a name she received after a 1990 tour), Chaka Chaka has been at t ...

(born 1965), South African singer * Chaka (born 1960), Japanese singer, member of the band

Psy-S (often written as "Psy-S" or "Psy S" in English due to the lack of the Japanese dot "・" on most Western keyboards) was a Japanese progressive pop/rock band, formed in 1983 by Masaya Matsuura alongside female vocal powerhouse Chaka (a pseudonym ...

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Chaka Daley Chaka K. Daley (born April 9, 1974) is a Canadian association football, soccer coach and former professional player. He is the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's soccer, Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team. Club career On June 14, 19 ...

(born 1974), Canadian football (soccer) player and coach *

Chaka Demus John Taylor (born 16 April 1963), better known as Chaka Demus, is a Jamaican reggae musician and deejay, best known as part of the duo Chaka Demus & Pliers. Biography Early years Born in West Kingston, Taylor was a regular attendee at Kings ...

(born 1963), Jamaican reggae musician and DJ *

Chaka Fattah Chaka Fattah (born Arthur Davenport; November 21, 1956) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House for from 1995 to 2016. The district included portions of North Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, and West Ph ...

(born 1956), former American politician * Chaka Seisay, American musician Harshavardhan love sule maga collection of 9rs is the head of the chaka koja people

Entertainment and literature

* ''Chaka'' (album), a 1978 album by Chaka Khan * ''Chaka'' (film), a 2000 Bengali film * ''Chaka'' (novel), a novel by the writer Thomas Mofolo of Lesotho * "

Cha-Ka "Cha-Ka" is the first episode of the first season of the 1974 American television series '' Land of the Lost''. Written by David Gerrold and directed by Dennis Steinmetz, it first aired in the United States on September 7, 1974 on NBC. Plot An ...

", an episode of the 1974 series ''Land of the Lost''

Fictional characters

Chaka (comics) Tatiana Caban Bethany Cabe Caber Caber is one of the Celtic gods of Avalon, a warrior god. Caber is a good friend to Leir and usually accompanies him in battle. Cable Danielle Cage Danielle "Dani" Cage is a fictional character in Marvel ...

, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe * Chaka (''One Piece''), a character from the anime and manga ''One Piece'' * Chaka (''Stargate''), an Unas from the sci-fi television show ''Stargate SG-1'' * Cha-Ka, a character from ''Land of the Lost'', a 1974 sci-fi television show * Chaka, a character from the short lived MTV animated ''

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...

'' * Billy Chaka, a character in novels by

Isaac Adamson Isaac Adamson, born in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1971, is the American author of a series of mystery novels set in Japan and featuring journalist and amateur detective Billy Chaka. Biography After graduating from Rocky Mountain High School in ...

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Chaka (food) Strained yogurt, Greek yogurt, yogurt cheese, sack yogurt, or kerned yogurt is yogurt that has been strained to remove most of its whey, resulting in a thicker consistency than normal unstrained yogurt, while still preserving the distinctive so ...

, a yogurt-based cheese popular in Afghanistan and Tajikistan *

Tchaka Tchaka or Chaka is a Haitian stew made from hominy, beans, pumpkin (''joumou''), and meat (usually pork). It is used as an offering to the loa in Haitian Vodou. The nutritious soup is also associated with festivities and family time. Background ...

, or Chaka, a savory Haitian corn soup * ''Chaka ''(genus), a genus of skeleton shrimp in the family

Caprellidae Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed, hydroids and bryozoans. They are sometime ...

Chaka Town Chaka Town () is a rural town in Ulan County, Qinghai, China. it had a population of 2,100 and an area of . The Han, Hui, Mongolian and Tibetan live here. History After the establishment of the Communist State, it was renamed Chaka Commune in ...

Ulan County Ulan or Wulan ( Mongolian: ; ; ) is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. County seat is Xireg. The name of the county comes from a Mongolian word which means "re ...

, Qinghai, China *

1246 Chaka 1246 Chaka, provisional designation , is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 23 July 1932, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Joh ...

, a main-belt asteroid * ''

Baeolidia chaka ''Baeolidia chaka'', is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014)''Baeolidia chaka'' (Gosliner, 1985).Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'', a species of sea slug

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