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Bonga
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bonga Kwenda, José Adelino Barceló de Carvalho
singer-songwriter uit Angola
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- Works
- 8
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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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