Bonga

Person · Open Library

Works

8

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

AO

Active from

1942-09-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

122,434

Total plays

1,011,397

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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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The stress response in fish

   · 1997 · cited 3,403x

2. Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA

   · 2020 · cited 345x

3. The stress response of the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) to air exposure and confinement

   · 1999 · cited 294x

4. New horizons for fundamental physics with LISA

   · 2022 · cited 274x

5. Interleukin-6, A Cytokine Critical to Mediation of Inflammation, Autoimmunity and Allograft Rejection

   · 2017 · cited 241x

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Sports profile

Sport

Soccer

Team

_Retired Soccer

Position

Defender

Nationality

South Africa

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Wikidata facts

Image

Festival du bout du Monde 2011 - Bonga en concert le 6 août- 006.jpg

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