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Bonga
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bonga Kwenda, José Adelino Barceló de Carvalho
Angolan folk and semba singer and songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- An unusual witches' broom on black spruce caused by eastern dwarf mistletoe
- Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry : Volume 2 Specific Principles and Methods
- Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry : Case Histories
- Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry Vol. 3
- Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry Vol. 2
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Film & TV
Ícolo e Bengo, Angola
José Adelino Barceló de Carvalho (born 5 September 1942), better known as Bonga, is an Angolan folk and semba singer-songwriter. He was born in Kipiri in Luanda in 1942. José Adelino Barceló de Carvalho was born in the province of Bengo, and left Angola when he was 23 years old to become a track and field athlete, becoming the Portuguese record holder for the 400 metres (Angola was at the time…
Known for
- Kota Bonga — himself2019
- Sabado à Noite — Self2001
- Parabéns — Self1992
- Joaquim Letria — Self1990
- Já Está — Self1987
- Victoires de la musique — Self1985
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- Total plays
- 1,011,397
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Bonga Kwenda, better known as Bonga, is a singer and songwriter from Angola. Born in 1943 in the province of Bengo, and left Angola at age 23 to become an athlete, becoming the Angolan record holder for the 400 metre dash. He had already begun his singing career at age 15. Bonga abandoned athletics in 1972, concentrating solely on his music. He has released over 30 albums, singing in Portuguese and traditional Angolan languages. His tracks are a mixture of Portuguese-language folk songs, semba,
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- South Africa
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Angola
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Genre
- world music
- Instrument
- voice
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Image
- Festival du bout du Monde 2011 - Bonga en concert le 6 août- 006.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bonga (musician)
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- birth name
- José Adelino Barceló de Carvalho
- pseudonym
- Bonga
- date of birth
- 1942-09-05
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