Bongo
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Bongo may refer to:
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In nature:
- Bongo (antelope)Bongo (antelope)The western or lowland bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus, is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate and among the largest of the African forest antelope species....
, a species of forest antelope from Africa
In geography:
- Bongo CountryBongo CountryBongo Country is referred to an entry in the All Saints, Poplar, parish register of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The entry records the baptism of Samuel Crighton, son of William Fernandez who claimed to be King of the Bongo Country on the Western Coast of Africa.There is no known kingdom of...
, the name of several places in Africa - Bongo (Grand-Bassam)Bongo (Grand-Bassam)Bongo is a town and commune in Côte d'Ivoire.-References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...
, Ivory Coast
In entertainment:
- Bongo drumBongo drumBongo or bongos are a Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of single-headed, open-ended drums attached to each other. The drums are of different size: the larger drum is called in Spanish the hembra and the smaller the macho...
, a percussion instrument made up of two small drums attached to each other - The BongosThe BongosThe Bongos were a rock band from Hoboken, New Jersey, primarily active in the 1980s. With a unique blend of British Invasion-flavored power pop, jangly guitars, and dance beats they made the leap to national recognition with the advent of MTV.-Biography:...
, an America pop music band - Music Man BongoMusic Man BongoThe Bongo bass guitar was introduced on March 21, 2003 at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA by Music Man, a division of Ernie Ball. Ernie Ball president Sterling Ball designed the guitar in conjunction with the Music Man Research and Development department and BMW's Designworks team...
, a model of bass guitar - DK BongosDK BongosDK Bongos are bongo-like controllers for the Nintendo GameCube video game series Donkey Konga, Donkey Konga 2, Donkey Konga 3, and Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat. There are two bongos, each shaped like a classic Donkey Kong barrel with a rubber drumskin fastened on top...
, a video game controller
In vehicles:
- Kia Bongo, an automobile
- Mazda BongoMazda BongoThe Mazda Bongo, also known as Mazda E-Series and Mazda Access, was a van manufactured by Japanese automaker Mazda from 1978 to 2001.-First generation :...
, a van
In computing:
- Bongo (animation), a plug-in for the Rhinoceros 3DRhinoceros 3DRhinoceros is a stand-alone, commercial NURBS-based 3-D modeling tool, developed by Robert McNeel & Associates. The software is commonly used for industrial design, architecture, marine design, jewelry design, automotive design, CAD / CAM, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering as well as the...
modeling program - Bongo (software), an open source mail and calendar project
In fiction:
- Bongo ComicsBongo ComicsBongo Comics Group is a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Steve and Cindy Vance, Bill Morrison, and Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. It publishes comics related to the animated television series The Simpsons and Futurama, along with original material...
, a comic book publishing company - Bongo (Dragon Ball) or Krillin, a character in Dragon Ball media
- Bongo, a character in the 1947 Walt Disney animated film Fun and Fancy FreeFun and Fancy FreeFun and Fancy Free is a 1947 animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 27, 1947. It was one of the "package films" that the studio produced in the 1940s...
- Bongo, a character in the Matt Groening comic strip Life in HellLife in HellLife in Hell is a weekly comic strip by Matt Groening. The strip features anthropomorphic rabbits and a pair of gay lovers. Groening uses these characters to explore a wide range of topics about love, sex, work, and death...
- Bongo submarine, a fictional vehicle in the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom MenaceStar Wars Episode I: The Phantom MenaceStar Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the fourth film to be released in the Star Wars saga, as the first of a three-part prequel to the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as the first film in the saga in terms...
- Bongo, the cartoon ape bouncer from the 1988 film, Who Framed Roger RabbitWho Framed Roger RabbitWho Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American fantasy-comedy-noir film directed by Robert Zemeckis and released by Touchstone Pictures. The film combines live action and animation, and is based on Gary K. Wolf's novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, which depicts a world in which cartoon characters...
In other uses:
- Bongo people (Gabon), a forest people
- Bongo people (Sudan), an ethnic group in Sudan
- Bongo languageBongo languageBongo, also spelled Bungu and known as Dor, is a Central Sudanic language spoken in sparsely populated areas of South Sudan. Dialectical differences are slight....
, their language, of the Bongo–Baka branch of Central Sudanic languages
- Bongo language
People with the surname
- Omar BongoOmar BongoEl Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba , born as Albert-Bernard Bongo, was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years from 1967 until his death in office in 2009....
(1935–2009), former president of Gabon - Ali BongoAli BongoAli Bongo was a British comedy magician, and president of The Magic Circle who performed an act in which he was known as the "Shriek of Araby"....
(1929–2009), British comedy magician - Ali Bongo Ondimba (born 1959), Current president of Gabon and son of Omar Bongo
See also
- Bongo–Bagirmi languages
- Operation Bongo II or Oklahoma City sonic boom tests
- Um BongoUm BongoUm Bongo is a mixed tropical fruit juice drink sold in the United Kingdom, manufactured by Gerber Juice Company Limited under the name Libby's.-History:...
, a British fruit drink marketed at children - Bongo FlavaBongo FlavaBongo flava is a nickname for Tanzanian hip hop music. The genre developed in the 1990s, mainly as a derivative of American hip hop, with additional influences from reggae, R&B, afrobeat, dancehall, and traditional Tanzanian styles such as taarab and dansi, a combination that forms a unique style...
, a nickname for Tanzanian hip hop music