Lengue
Lengue may refer to: *Lengue people, an African ethnic group who are indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon *Lengue language, a Bantu language spoken by the Lengue people * ''Lengue'' (film), a 1985 Central African short documentary film directed by Léonie Yangba Zowe *''Afzelia africana ''Afzelia africana'', the African mahogany, afzelia, lenke, lengue, apa, or doussi, is a tree species in the family Fabaceae. Range It occurs in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DRCongo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, ...

Lengue People
Lengue people, or ''Balengue'', are an African ethnic group, members of the Bantu group, who are indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Their indigenous language is Lengue. Today Bengas inhabit the coast region of the country's mainland, between Bata and the Gabonese border. This ethnic group has become increasingly influence by Fang culture during the past couple of decades; but have maintained their linguistic identity. They are referred to as Ndowe or "Playeros" (Beach People in Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...), one of several peoples on the Rio Muni coast. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lengue people ...
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Lengue Language
The Lengue language, also called ''Molengue, Balengue, Molendji'', is a Bantu language of southern Equatorial Guinea, spoken by the Lengue people between Bata and the Gabon border near the coast. The speakers have come under increasing Fang influence. The Ethnologue describes it as a member of the B subgroup of Northwest Bantu, while Echegaray is more specific, saying that it is linguistically a member of the Sheke group (B21 of Guthrie's Bantu subclassification): : "The Balengues – linguistically at least – are related to the Sheke group in general, and especially to Itemus and Nvikos." (p. 51) Echegaray lists their main settlements as being located south of Bata between Punta Nguba and the Benito River The Benito is a river in Equatorial Guinea. It is known locally as the Mbini River, and, at least as it flows in its westerly part through the Monte Alen National Park, as the Uoro River. The river rises in Gabon and crosses into Equatorial Gui ..., as well as ...
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Léonie Yangba Zowe
Léonie Yangba Zowe or Zoe is a filmmaker from the Central African Republic. Yangba Zowe has studied in France, writing a thesis on the Nigerien filmmaker Oumarou Ganda. Her super 8 Super 8 or Super Eight may refer to: Film * Super 8 film, a motion picture film format released in 1965 * Super 8 film camera, a motion picture camera used to film Super 8mm motion picture format * ''Super 8'' (2011 film), a science-fiction fi ... films, made with support from the French Ministry of Cooperation, document Central African Republic dances and rituals. Two of her documentaries were shown at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival in 1989. Films * ''Yangba bolo'', 1985 * ''Lengue'', 1985 * ''N'Zale'', 1986 * ''Paroles de sages'', 1987 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zowe, Leonie Yangba Living people Central African Republic film directors Women film directors Year of birth missing (living people) ...
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Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest, and Cameroon to the west. The Central African Republic covers a land area of about . , it had an estimated population of around million. , the Central African Republic is the scene of a civil war, ongoing since 2012. Most of the Central African Republic consists of Sudano-Guinean savannas, but the country also includes a Sahelo- Sudanian zone in the north and an equatorial forest zone in the south. Two-thirds of the country is within the Ubangi River basin (which flows into the Congo), while the remaining third lies in the basin of the Chari, which flows into Lake Chad. What is today the Central African Republic has been inhabited for millennia; however, the country's current borders were established by Fran ...
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