Benga
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- Benga tree, another name for the Indian Kino TreeIndian Kino TreePterocarpus marsupium, or the Indian Kino Tree is a medium to large, deciduous tree that can grow up to 30 metres tall. It is native to India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, where it occurs in parts of the Western Ghats in the Karnataka-Kerala region...
(Pterocarpus marsupium)
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- Benga peopleBenga peopleBenga people are an African ethnic group, members of the Bantu group, who are indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Their indigenous language is Benga. Today Bengas inhabit a small coastal portion of Rio Muni, the Cape of San Juan, suburban enclaves of Rio Benito and Bata, the islands of...
, an indigenous ethnic group of Equatorial GuineaEquatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the... - Benga languageBenga languageBenga is a West Bantu family language spoken by the Benga people of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It has a dialectical variation called Bapuku. Benga speakers inhabit a small coastal portion of Rio Muni, the Cape of San Juan, suburban enclaves of Rio Benito and Bata, the islands of Corisco, and both...
, spoke by the Benga peopleBenga peopleBenga people are an African ethnic group, members of the Bantu group, who are indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Their indigenous language is Benga. Today Bengas inhabit a small coastal portion of Rio Muni, the Cape of San Juan, suburban enclaves of Rio Benito and Bata, the islands of... - Benga musicBenga musicBenga is a 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 African kwela, Zairean finger-style guitar and various kinds of Cuban...
, a genre of music originating in Kenya
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- Romania:
- Benga, the old name of Movileni, OltMovileni, OltMovileni is a commune in Olt County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bacea and Movileni....
, a commune in Romania
- Benga, the old name of Movileni, Olt
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- Benga, Gabon, a province of Nyanga
- Benga, a town in Mozambique
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- Benga (musician), an English dubstep producer
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- Alexandru BengaAlexandru BengaAlexandru Benga is an Romanian footballer who plays for Liga I club Oţelul Galaţi. He signed up with the team in the summer of 2010, but remained one extra year at Petroul, on loan. -References:* at otelul-galati.ro...
- Gheorghe BengaGheorghe BengaGheorghe Benga is a professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Haţieganu" of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He is a member of the Romanian Academy....
- Ota BengaOta BengaOta Benga was a Congolese Mbuti pygmy known for being featured in a controversial human zoo exhibit at New York City's Bronx Zoo in 1906. Benga came to the United States through the action of businessman and missionary Samuel Phillips Verner...
, a pygmy best known for his time at the Bronx Zoo