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Boni
Boni may refer to: Places * Bone state, a kingdom in the South Sulawesi region of what is now Indonesia * Boni MRT station, a train station in Manila, Philippines * Boni, Benin, an arrondissement in the Collines department of Benin state * Boni (department), a department or commune of Tuy Province in Burkina Faso * Boni National Reserve, Garissa County, Kenya * Boni, an old name for a state on the island of Borneo, possibly Brunei Iran * Boni, Ramhormoz, a village in Howmeh-ye Gharbi Rural District * Now Boni, a village in Ganjabad Rural District * Seh Boni, a village in Jolgeh-ye Chah Hashem Rural District * Shahrak-e Shahid Mohasan Boni Najar, a village in Kiyaras Rural District Mali * Boni, Korarou, a village and seat of the commune of Korarou * Boni, Mali, a village Other uses * Aluku people, also known as Boni, French Guiana * Aweer people, also known as Boni, Kenya ** Boni (Kenyan language), a language of the Aweer * Boni (film), ''Boni'' (film), a 2009 Telugu film * ''Bon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni (film)
''Boni'' () is a 2009 Telugu language, Telugu-language action film that stars Sumanth and Kriti Kharbanda. It is directed by Raj Pippalla, with Ramana Gogula composing music as well as producing the film. Cast *Sumanth as DD *Kriti Kharbanda as Pragati *Trinetrudu as Chinna *Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor), Chandra Mohan *Venu Madhav (actor), Venu Madhav *Jaya Prakash Reddy *Ahuti Prasad *Satya Prakash (actor), Satya Prakash *Sudha (Telugu actress), Sudha as Saraswatamma *Surekha Vani *Tanikella Bharani as Giri *Kota Shankar *Harsha Vardhan *Suthi Velu *Babloo *Satyam Rajesh *Antara Biswas as item number *Naresh (actor), Naresh Plot DD and Chinna are close friends who are raised in an orphanage. They are fond of Saraswatamma who took care of them there. Saraswatamma was very good at preparing tamarind rice (pulihora). DD wishes to start a pulihora center in memory of Saraswatamma when he grows up. In order to earn the money to do so, he joins a mafia gang doing small odd jobs. Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni Homines
The name ('Good men' in Latin) or (the same in French) was popularly given to at least three religious orders in the Catholic Church: Grandmontines The Order of Grandmont, were an austere order founded by St. Stephen of Muret. By the end of the twelfth century they had more than sixty monasteries, principally in Acquitaine, Anjou and Normandy. The rules of the order were relaxed to a great extent after 1643. In the Eighteenth Century they had three convents of nuns. The order was suppressed in the French Revolution. The Fratres Saccati, or Brothers of Penitence The Fratres Saccati, or Brothers of Penitence, were an order that were active in Spain, France and England. It is said that they controlled Ashridge Priory and Edington Priory in England, but this has been completely repudiated in an article by Richard Emory in the journal ''Speculum'' (1943), who attributes the original connection to Helyot's ''Dictionnaire des Ordres Religieux'', which was compiled in Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldo Boni
Aldo Boni (11 March 1895 – 1982) was an Italian fencer. He competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al .... References 1895 births 1982 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Boni
Albert Boni (October 21, 1892 – July 31, 1981) was co-founder of the publishing company Boni & Liveright and a pioneering publisher in paperbacks and book clubs. Biography Born in 1892 to a Jewish family in New York City, Albert Boni moved, at an early age, with his family to Newark and completed his secondary school education there at Barringer High School. He completed two years of college at Cornell University and one year at Harvard University. Instead of starting his senior year at Harvard, Boni convinced his father to finance the establishment (originally at 95 Fifth Avenue and then at 135 MacDougal Street) of the Washington Square Bookshop with Albert's brother Charles as a partner. The Boni brothers' book store became a meeting place for leftist, Greenwich Village writers and intellectuals. The Boni brothers, with two other partners, created the Little Leather Library of pocket-sized editions of literary classics bound in imitation leather. These editions were hugely s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akwa Boni
Akwa Boni (c. 1708 - died c. 1790), was a sovereign Queen of the Baoulé people. The niece of Queen Pokou, she inherited the throne in around 1760 and ruled until her death in about 1790. She expanded the territory of the Baoulé, crossing the Bandama River and into the central Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci .... In order to cross the river, one story has it that she needed to sacrifice her son to the river god; in doing so she gave her people their name, ''bauli'', meaning 'the son is dead'. Other versions of the story associate the incident with her aunt Queen Pokou. References History of Ivory Coast 18th-century monarchs 1700s births 1790 deaths Year of death uncertain Queens regnant in Africa 18th-century women monarchs {{Africa-royal- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Bin Ali Al-boni
upShams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra, a manuscript copy, beginning of 17th century Sharaf al-Din, Shihab al-Din, or Muḥyi al-Din Abu al-Abbas Aḥmad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Qurashi al-Sufi, better known as Aḥmad al-Būnī al-Malki (, ), was a medieval mathematician and Islamic philosopher and a well-known Sufi. Very little is known about him. His writings deal with 'Ilm al-huruf (, the esoteric value of letters) and topics relating to mathematics, '' siḥr'' "sorcery", and spirituality. Born in Buna in the Almohad Caliphate (now Annaba, Algeria), al-Buni lived in Ayyubid Egypt and learned from many eminent Sufi masters of his time. A contemporary of ibn Arabi, he is best known for writing one of the most important books of his era; the '' Shams al-Ma'arif'', a book that is still regarded as the foremost occult text on talismans and divination. Contributions Theurgy Instead occult (sorcery), this kind of magic was called ''Ilm al-Hikmah'' (Knowledge of the Wisdom), ''Ilm al-sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni Petcoff
Boni Eli Petcoff (February 1, 1900 – August 5, 1965) was an American football tackle and coach. Playing Petcoff was born in Bulgaria and came to the United States at age six. He attended Waite High School in Toledo, Ohio and played football under Larry Bevan for four years. Playing both guard and tackle, Petcoff was a three-time all-city lineman. He was also captain of the school's basketball team his senior year. Petcoff played college football at Ohio State University and was captain of the 1923 Ohio State Buckeyes football team. He was also a javelin thrower on Ohio State's track team. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Columbus Tigers from 1924 to 1926. He was selected as a first-team tackle on the 1924 All-Pro Team. Coaching Petcoff served as the head football coach at the University of Toledo from 1926 to 1929, compiling a record of 13–15–1 and winning two Northwest Ohio League championships. Medicine Petcoff graduated fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni Haruna
Boni Haruna (born 12 June 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as Minister for Youth Development of Nigeria from 2014 to 2015. He previously served as governor of Adamawa State from 1999 to 2007 and was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Background Haruna was born on 12 June 1957. He studied political science at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Governor of Adamawa State Haruna was elected Adamawa State governor in April 1999 and reelected in April 2003. The 2003 result was contested by the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), which claimed massive electoral fraud. An electoral tribunal declared the election invalid. However, an appeal court overturned the judgement of the tribunal and reinstated Haruna. In March 2006, Haruna, alongside Bola Tinubu (Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria), AD), Orji Uzor Kalu, Orji Kalu (Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), PDP), Chris Ngige (Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), PDP), Ahmad Sani Yerima, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni David
Boni David (born 4 August 1978) is a Papua New Guinean woman cricketer. She played for Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ... at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. References External links 1978 births Living people 21st-century Papua New Guinean sportswomen Papua New Guinean women cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Pacific Games silver medalists for Papua New Guinea Pacific Games medalists in cricket * {{PapuaNewGuinea-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni Boyer
Boni Boyer (July 28, 1958 – December 4, 1996) was an American vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer. She was best known for her work with Prince in the late 1980s. Life and career Boyer was playing keyboards and singing backing vocals with Sheila E.'s group when Prince was forming a new touring band after the break-up of The Revolution, in 1986. When Sheila E. became the drummer in the new band, she also brought Boyer and her bassist Levi Seacer, Jr. with her. Boyer performed as keyboardist and vocalist on the concert tours for ''Sign o' the Times'' and on the albums and concert tours for ''Lovesexy'' and '' Graffiti Bridge''. Technically Boni Boyer left Prince's band for Australia after the Lovesexy tour was over. The same goes for Cat, but Sheila E who protested the changing of the band, suffered back issues/collapsed lung after she parted ways with Prince when she did not agree with the direction of Prince's 4th album for her. When Prince formed The New Power Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni (guerrilla Leader)
Bokilifu Boni (usually just Boni) (c. 1730 – 19 February 1793) was a freedom fighter and guerrilla leader in Suriname, when it was under Dutch colonial rule. Born in Cottica to an enslaved African mother who escaped from her Dutch master, he grew up with her among the Maroons in the forest. He was such a powerful leader that his followers were known as Boni's people after him (they later became known as the Aluku). They built a fort in the lowlands and conducted raids against Dutch plantations along the coast. Under pressure from Dutch regular army and hundreds of freedmen, they went east across the river into French Guiana. Boni continued to conduct raids from there, but was ultimately killed in warfare. Biography According to legend, Boni was born into slavery as the mixed-race son of a Dutchman and his mistress, an African slave. While pregnant, she fled into the forest, to the Cottica-Maroons. There, Boni was born about 1730. He learned hunting and fishing skills from eld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendille–Boni Languages
The Rendille–Boni languages is a proposed subgroup of the Macro-Somali languages, belonging to the Cushitic family. The languages are spoken in Kenya.Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World''. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. The hypothesis has been by now rejected, in favor of grouping Aweer as a member of the Somali languages, closely related to Garre The Garre (also Gurreh, Karre, or Binukaaf, Somali: ''Reer Garre'', Arabic: بنو كاف, romanized: ''Banī kāf'') are a prominent Somali clan that traces its lineage back to Samaale, who is believed to have originated from the Arabian P .... Notes Languages of Kenya East Cushitic languages {{Kenya-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
