Benga (African people)

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Name (Latin)
Benga (African people)
Other forms of name
Mbenga (African people)
Playeros (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Bantu-speaking peoples
Ethnology Cameroon
Ethnology Equatorial Guinea
Ethnology Gabon
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q2895807
Library of congress: sh2001006055
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 00429054: dy'Ikèngue, I. Costumbres bengas y de los pueblos vecinos, 1872.
  • Biebuyck, D.P. African ethonyms:p. 47 (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)
  • Ethnologue:p. 215 (Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)
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Wikipedia description:

The Benga people are an African ethnic group, members of the Bantu peoples, who are indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Their indigenous language is Benga. They are referred to as Ndowe or Playeros (Beach People), one of several peoples on the Río Muni coast. Bengas inhabit a small coastal portion of the Cabo de San Juan, suburban enclaves in the coastal municipalities of Mbini and Bata, and the islands of Corisco, Elobey Grande and Elobey Chico.

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