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Wanja Götz
__NOTOC__ Wanja is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: First name * Barbara Wanja (born 1959), former freestyle swimmer from East Germany then known as Barbara Krause * Dorothy Wanja Nyingi (born 1974), Kenyan ichthyologist * Wanja Hlibka, singer with the Don Cossack Choir * Wanja Lundby-Wedin (born 1952), Swedish trade unionist and politician * Wanja Michuki, Kenyan businesswoman * Wanja Ronald Ngah (born 12 September 1991), Cameroonian footballer * Wanja Mary Sellers (born 1962), American-Italian actress and director Surname *Iwa Wanja (1905–1991), Bulgarian actress based in Germany *Janet Wanja (1984–2024), Kenyan volleyball player *Lutz Wanja (born 1956), German swimmer *Mbangi Wanja, Sultan of Bagirmi, central Africa, from 1722 to 1736 Fictional characters *Wanja, character in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's novel ''Petals of Blood'' (1977) See also *Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize, Nordic design award *Vanja, a given name *Vanya (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Wanja
Barbara Krause (later Wanja, born on 7 July 1959 in East Berlin) is a former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from East Germany. She was a three-time Olympic gold medalist and eight-time world record holder. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Krause won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle and in the 4×100 m freestyle relay. Her husband, Lutz Wanja, is also a retired German Olympic swimmer. East German doping Krause, like many of the East German athletes of that time, was Doping (sport), doped by her coaches under instruction from the Ministry for State Security (GDR), ''Stasi''. At the time of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Krause was forced off the East German swimming team because "team doctors had miscalculated her dose of drugs and worried she might test positive at the Games". Both of her children were born with deformed feet, which was later attributed to her use of steroids. See also * List of members of the International Swimmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Wanja Nyingi
Dorothy Wanja Nyingi (born 1974) is a Kenyan ichthyologist and recipient of the ''Ordre des Palmes académiques'' (''Order of Academic Palms'') for her work on Fish Biodiversity and Aquatic Ecology. She is the head of the Ichthyology Department at the National Museums of Kenya. She is a freshwater ecologist focusing on community driven conservation and the author of the first guide to fresh water fish in Kenya, ''Guide to the Common Freshwater Fishes of Kenya.'' Education She attained a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Nairobi in 1998 and then a Master of Science in Hydrobiology from the University of Nairobi in 2002. She studied morphological and genetic diversity of Nile tilapia in Africa at the University of Montpellier II where she earned a Masters of Science in 2004 and PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Cossack Choir
The Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff (Хор донских казаков Сергея Жарова) is a men's chorus founded in 1921 consisting of exiled Cossacks by Serge Jaroff and conducted for almost sixty years by him. History Origins at Çilingir internment camp After suffering total defeat at the hands of the Red Army, many Cossacks ended up in the diaspora. In 1921 it was with these very Russian refugees that Serge Jaroff set about forming a choir in the Turkish internment camp , near Istanbul. The Cossacks began to accompany their own church services, and later left for the Greek island of Lemnos. To improve the situation, they started giving open-air concerts, which were especially popular with the British. The Cossack lieutenant, Serge Jaroff, worked hard on his choir's repertoire, until a splendid opportunity presented itself. Troops were to be shipped from Çilingir to the Bulgarian town of Burgas and on their behalf the Russian envoy suggested that Jaroff and his cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanja Lundby-Wedin
Wanja Elisabeth Lundby-Wedin (born 19 October 1952) was the President of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( or ''LO'') from 2000 to 2012. From May 2007 until May 2011, she was the President of the European Trade Union Confederation. Career Trade union career After having worked as a nursing auxiliary at Högdalen hospital in southern Stockholm, Lundby-Wedin studied to become assistant nurse, and started to work at Danderyd hospital north of Stockholm. There, she got her first trade union assignment, as union liaison officer for the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union. In 1981 she was employed as union representative at the Stockholm branch of the union, and in 1987 she became Head of the Department for Environmental Issues at its national headquarters. In 1994 she became Vice President of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and at the confederation's congress in September 2000 she was elected President, thereby becoming the first women on that post.She is currently at the cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanja Michuki
Wanja Yvonne Michuki is a Kenyan family enterprise coach, consultant, advisor and financial analyst. She sits on a number of corporate boards of directors, including Kenya Agricultural Finance Corporation, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is a member of the advisory board at Columbia Global Centers, based in Nairobi. She serves as the managing director at Be Bold Consoling and Advisory Limited, a Kenyan family enterprise coaching, consulting, and advisory firm that she founded in 2015. She is a member of the Family Firm Institute, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She is also a chartered financial analyst (CFA) and a Salzburg Global Fellow. Background and education Michuki was born to Kenyan parents in 1974. Her father, the late John Michuki, was a cabinet minister in the government led by the late Mwai Kibaki, Kenya's third president. She is the youngest daughter in the family. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanja Ronald Ngah
Wanja Ronald Ngah (born 12 September 1991) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Al-Talaba as a striker. Club career Kedah Darul Aman On 21 January 2022, Ronald Ngah signed for Malaysia Super League club Kedah Darul Aman. He scored on his Malaysia Super League debut against Sarawak United in a 1-0 away win on 4 March. On 31 July 2023, Ngah joined Hajer. On 31 January 2024, Ngah joined Jordanian side Al-Faisaly. Career statistics Club Honours Individual * Jordan Premier League top scorer: 2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ... (15 goals), 2023–24 (13 goals) References External links * * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Southwest Region (Cameroon) Cameroonian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Coton Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanja Mary Sellers
Wanja Mary Sellers (born September 3, 1962) is an Italian actress, known for her performances in Italian horror films. Biography Wanja Mary Sellers was born on September 3, 1962 in Nairobi, Kenya. She relocated to Rome, Italy and pursued an acting career. She made her screen debut in Fabrizio Laurenti's short film, ''The Immigrant'' (1985), becoming well known in the second half of the 1980s for starring in numerous Italian horror films such as ''Stage Fright'' (1987), '' Ghosthouse'' (1988) and ''Demons 5'' (1989). Sellers married Italian director Fabrizio Laurenti, with whom she had worked in the films ''The Immigrant'' (1985) and '' Contamination .7'' (1993). Their children, Diego and Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, are also actors. Filmography *''The Immigrant'' (1985) *''Stage Fright'' (1987) *'' Man on Fire'' (1987) *''Eleven Days, Eleven Nights'' (1987) *'' Ghosthouse'' (1988) *'' The Last Temptation of Christ'' (1988) *'' Valentina'' (1989) *''Arctic Warriors'' (1989) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwa Wanja
Iwa Wanja (born Ivanka Nikolova Yanakieva; 10 October 1905 – 26 June 1991) was a Bulgarian actress based in Germany. She moved to Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ... to pursue her career, appearing in around thirty German films. Married to Norbert Schultze, German composer, best remembered for having written the melody of the World War II classic Lili Marleen. Life and career In 1937, Wanja appeared in the Nazi propaganda film, ''Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (''Holiday on Parole'', also known as ''Furlough on Parole''). Sometime around 1943, she wed German film composer Norbert Arnold Wilhelm Richard Shultze. They had two sons together. During their marriage, she penned the libretti for several of his compositions for the stage.Letellier, Robert Ignatius. Opere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Wanja
Janet Wanja (24 February 1984 – 26 December 2024) was a Kenyan volleyball player, who competed for her Country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Kenya women's national team. Wanja went to Mukumu Girls High School. She played for Kenya Commercial Bank and Kenya Pipeline. In 2007, under their then coach Sammy Kirongo, she led Kenya's national side to its seventh victory at the Women's African Volleyball Championship in the final against Algeria. The Kenyan team included Wanja and she was judged the "best setter". Dorcas Ndasaba was judged "best player" after she gained the final point to deliver Kenya's victory in straight sets. In 2015 Brackcides Agala was the captain of the national team and Wanja assisted her. The team announced that they refused to play for the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix in Canberra after several victories. The players were annoyed that they had not been paid allowan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutz Wanja
Lutz Wanja (born 6 June 1956) is a retired German backstroke swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships. He also won three medals at LEN European Aquatics Championships in 1974 and 1977. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke with the best achievement of fifth place in the 100 m backstroke in 1976. After retirement, Wanja worked as a swimming coach and was involved in the Doping in East Germany, East German doping program. In particular, Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer), Jörg Hoffmann admitted in 1988 that Wanja gave him the anabolic steroid Oral-Turinabol. His wife, Barbara Krause, is a German former Olympic swimmer. Their son, Robert Wanja (born ca. 1983), is also a competitive backstroke swimmer. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rulers Of Bagirmi
The kings (mbangs) or sultans of Bagirmi ruled the sultanate of Bagirmi in central Africa (mostly within present-day Chad). They include: See also *Chad **Heads of State of Chad **Heads of Government of Chad ** Colonial Heads of Chad *Lists of Incumbents These are lists of incumbents (individuals holding offices or positions), including Head of state, heads of states or of Administrative division, subnational entities. A historical discipline, archontology, focuses on the study of past and curre ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagirmi, List of Rulers Political history of Chad Muslim dynasties Lists of rulers in Africa rulers of Bagirmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petals Of Blood
''Petals of Blood'' is a novel written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and first published in 1977. Set in Kenya just after independence, the story follows four characters – Munira, Abdulla, Wanja, and Karega – whose lives are intertwined due to the Mau Mau rebellion. In order to escape city life, each retreats to the small, pastoral village of Ilmorog. As the novel progresses, the characters deal with the repercussions of the Mau Mau rebellion as well as with a new, rapidly westernizing Kenya. The novel largely deals with the scepticism of change after Kenya's independence from colonial rule, questioning to what extent free Kenya merely emulates, and subsequently perpetuates, the oppression found during its time as a colony. Other themes include the challenges of capitalism, politics, and the effects of westernization. Education, schools, and the Mau Mau rebellion are also used to unite the characters, who share a common history with one another. Background ''Petals of Blood'' was N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
