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The word "bongo" is also the slang nickname of the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam, and the kind of music which originated from Dar es Salaam is called "Bongo Flava", a slang version of the phrase "bongo flavour". Also, some Tanzanian films are known as "bongo films". [6]
Bongo Bongo or Bongo-Bongo may refer to: Bongo-Bongo (linguistics), an imaginary placeholder language; Bongo Bongo Land, a British English pejorative term "Bongo Bongo Bongo I Don't Want to Leave the Congo", an alternative name for the 1947 song "Civilization" "Bongo Bong", a single by Manu Chao from the 2000 album Clandestino
Cavanillesia platanifolia, a tree also known as bongo; Bongo language, the language of the Bongo people of Sudan; Bongo (software), an open source mail and calendar project; DK Bongos, a video game controller; Bongo Jeans/Bongo Apparel, a clothing brand that was acquired by the Iconix Brand Group in 1998
The song is a satire of modern society sung from the perspective of an African tribesman. The tribesman has heard from missionaries that "civilization is fine", but he remains unconvinced: civilized people spend their lives working in cramped and noisy cities and have to deal with such annoyances as landlords, doorbells, and automobile accidents.
The first ethnologists to work with the Bongo language were John Petherick, who published Bongo word lists in his 1861 work, Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa; Theodor von Heuglin, who also published Bongo word lists in Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil, &c. 1862-1864 in 1869; and Georg August Schweinfurth, who contributed sentences and vocabularies in his Linguistische Ergebnisse, Einer ...
(Reuters) -Idaho can enforce a first-of-its-kind "abortion trafficking" law against those who harbor or transport a minor to get an abortion out of state without parental consent, a federal ...
Bunga bunga is a phrase of uncertain origin and various meanings that dates from 1910 and a name for an area of Australia dating from 1852. By 2010 the phrase had gained popularity in Italy and the international press to refer to then-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's alleged sex parties with prostitutes, which caused a major political scandal in Italy.
Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...