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Congo Bongo, [a] also known as Tip Top, [b] is a platform game released as an arcade video game by Sega in 1983. A message in the ROM indicates it was coded at least in part by the company Ikegami Tsushinki. [4] [5] [6] The game is viewed in an isometric perspective, like Sega's earlier Zaxxon (1982), but does not scroll. Numerous home ports ...
Three Bongo family members (Omar Bongo, Ali Bongo, and Brice Oligui Nguema) have been presidents of Gabon, ruling the country from 1967 until the present. [2] [3] Denis Sassou Nguesso is President of the Republic of the Congo and is related to the Bongo family through the marriage of his daughter Edith Lucie Bongo to Omar Bongo. Omar ruled ...
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.
Christ Bongo-Zanoni (born 11 August 1976) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for SV Wilhelmshaven , Hannover 96 , Gazélec Ajaccio , FC Aarau , FC Schaffhausen , FC Solothurn , FC Thun and FC 105 Libreville , and also represented the Republic of the Congo internationally.
King Leonardo's main archenemy is the gangster-type character Biggie Rat (voiced by Jackson Beck impersonating Edward G. Robinson), who routinely attempts to overthrow Leonardo and take over Bongo Congo for himself, with Leonardo's dimwitted sibling Itchy Brother (voiced by Allen Swift) being his puppet king. On occasion, Biggie and Itchy are ...
The 1947 song "Civilization" by Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman, recorded by various artists, contained the line "Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, I Don't Want to Leave the Congo". A variation of this was adopted for a poster produced by the fascist Union Movement bearing the chant "Bongo, bongo, whites aren't going to leave the Congo". [5]
Édith Lucie Bongo Ondimba was born March 10, 1964. Her father was Denis Sassou Nguesso, who later served as the President of the Republic of the Congo (1979–1992 and 1997 to date). Her marriage to President Bongo on August 4, 1989, was viewed politically as an example of cooperation between the two countries, according to Reuters. [1]
Kanda Bongo Man (born Bongo Kanda; [1] 1 January 1955) is a Congolese soukous musician born in Inongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He became the singer for Orchestra Belle Mambo in 1973, [ 3 ] developing a sound influenced by Tabu Ley . [ 4 ]