Bongo may refer to:

Entertainment

* ''Bongo'' (Australian TV series), on air from August to November 1960 *

Bongo Comics Bongo Comics Group was a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Matt Groening along with Steve & Cindy Vance and Bill Morrison. It published comics related to the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' and '' Futurama'', as well ...

, a comic book publishing company * Bongo (''Dragon Ball'') or Krillin, a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media * ''Bongo'' (Indian TV series), an Indian television drama for children 2004 * Bongo, a character in the Matt Groening comic strip ''

Life in Hell ''Life in Hell'' is a comic strip by Matt Groening, creator of ''The Simpsons'', '' Futurama'', and ''Disenchantment'', which was published weekly from 1977 to 2012. The strip features anthropomorphic rabbits and a gay couple. The comic covers ...

'' * Bongo, a dog who played drums in the ITV children's series ''

Animal Kwackers ''Animal Kwackers'' was a popular children's television series produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast on Britain's ITV in the 1970s. The Animal Kwackers were a four-piece pop band consisting of Rory, a lion; Twang, a monkey; Bongo, ...

'' *

Bongo Submarine The following is a list of fictional ''Star Wars'' terrestrial vehicles, including armoured fighting vehicles, military aircraft, and naval ships. Vehicles appearing in the Original Trilogy All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) The ...

, a fictional vehicle in the film ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' * Bongo, the cartoon ape bouncer from the 1988 film, ''

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American Live-action animated film, live-action/animated comedy film, comedy mystery film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Frank Marshall (filmmaker), Frank Marshall and Robert Watts, and loosely ad ...

'' * " Little Bear Bongo", a 1930 short story for children by Sinclair Lewis ** Bongo, a segment of the 1947 Disney film ''

Fun and Fancy Free ''Fun and Fancy Free'' is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy package film produced by Walt Disney and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the ninth Disney animated feature film and the fourth of the package films th ...

'', adapted from the Lewis story

Music

* Bongo drum, a percussion instrument made up of two small drums attached to each other * "Bongo Bongo Bongo I Don't Want to Leave the Congo", an alternative name for the 1947 song "

Civilization A civilization (or civilisation) is any complex society characterized by the development of a state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond natural spoken language (namely, a writing system). C ...

" * " Bongo Bong", a single by Manu Chao from the 2000 album ''Clandestino'' * ''

Bongo Fury ''Bongo Fury'' is a collaborative album by American artists Frank Zappa and the Mothers, with Captain Beefheart, released in October 1975. The live portions were recorded on May 20 and 21, 1975, at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Te ...

'', a Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart album, 1975 *

Bongo Flava Bongo Flava (or Bongoflava) is a nickname for Tanzanian music. The genre developed in the 1990s, mainly as a derivative of American hip hop and traditional Tanzanian styles such as taarab and dansi, with additional influences from reggae, ...

, a Tanzanian hip hop genre *

The Bongos The Bongos were a power pop band from Hoboken, New Jersey that emerged from the New York City arts scene, primarily active in the 1980s, led by Richard Barone. With their unique musical style, they were major progenitors of the Hoboken indie-pop ...

, an America pop music band * Music Man Bongo, a model of bass guitar

Places

Bongo Country The Pongo River or Rio Pongo is a river that flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Boffa, Guinea. Its source is located in Fouta Djallon. The surrounding area has also been known as "Pongoland" or "Bongo Country".SeSamuel Crighton's Baptismal entr ...

, the name of several places in Africa *

Bongo District Bongo District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988; which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1446. The municipality is located in the central part o ...

, a district in the Upper East Region of Ghana ** Bongo, Ghana, a town, capital of Bongo District **

Bongo (Ghana parliament constituency) Bongo is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Bongo is located in the Bongo district of the Upper East Region of Ghana. Boundar ...

, in Bongo District *

Bongo Gewog Bongo Gewog (Dzongkha Dzongkha (; ) is a Sino-Tibetan language that is the official and national language of Bhutan. It is written using the Tibetan script. The word means "the language of the fortress", from ' "fortress" and ' "language". , ...

, a village in Chukha District, Bhutan *

Bongo, Ivory Coast Bongo is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Grand-Bassam Department in Sud-Comoé Region, Comoé District Comoé District (french: District du Comoé) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The di ...

, a sub-prefecture and commune * , Sulu Archipelago, Philippines *

Bongo Massif The Bongo Massif (french: massif des Bongo), also known as the Tondou Massif, is a mountain range in north-eastern Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It ...

, a mountain range in north-eastern Central African Republic *

Bôngo Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

, alternative name for Bengal (eastern India and Bangladesh) *

Mbongo, Angola Mbongo (also Bongo) is a town in Lepi subdistrict, Longonjo municipality, Huambo Province, Angola, southwest Africa. Mbongo Peak is to the southeast. Bongo, as it is more often called, is the site of the Seventh-day Adventists' Adventist Unive ...

, a town in Huambo Province, Angola, often called Bongo *

El Bongo El Bongo is a corregimiento in Bugaba District, Chiriquí Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part ...

, Panama

Transportation

Bongo (canoe) The bongo is a type of canoe, made of wood, typically found in the Hispanic Caribbean regions. It is short and fat in shape, and is used for river transport and sea fishing. The canoe may be a dugout made out of a single tree trunk, or made of plan ...

, typically found in the Hispanic Caribbean regions *

Kia Bongo The Kia Bongo (Hangul:기아 봉고), also known as the Kia K-Series or Kia Besta, is a cabover pickup truck and van produced by the South Korean automobile manufacturer Kia since 1980. The Bongo was first launched in 1980 under the name ''Bo ...

, an automobile *

Mazda Bongo The , also known as Mazda E-Series and the Ford Econovan, is a cabover van and pickup truck manufactured by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Mazda since 1966. The Bongo name was also used for the Bongo Friendee, which is not a cabover de ...

, a van *

Gin Bongo The Gin Bongo is a South Korean two-place paraglider that was designed by Gin Seok Song and produced by Gin Gliders of Yongin. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page ...

, a South Korean paraglider design *

LNER Thompson Class B1 The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class B1 is a class of steam locomotive designed by Edward Thompson for medium mixed traffic work. Overview It was the LNER's equivalent to the highly successful GWR Hall Class and th ...

, known as 'Bongos' or 'Antelope'

People

Bongo people (Gabon) The Bongo people, also called Babongo or Bazimba, are an agricultural people of Gabon in equatorial Africa who are known as "forest people" due to their recent foraging economy. They are not to be confused with the autocrat leadership of Omar Bon ...

, a forest people *

Bongo people (South Sudan) The Bongo people may refer to: * Bongo people (Gabon), western Pygmies In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as ...

, an ethnic group in Sudan

Names

Bongo (name) Bongo is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Ali Bongo (magician) (1929–2009), British comedy magician * Ali Bongo Ondimba (born 1959), president of Gabon from 2009 to 2023 and son of Omar Bongo * Amba Bongo, writer and advocate * ...

, a list of people with the surname *

Bongo Herman Herman Davis (born 16 September 1944), better known as Bongo Herman, is a Jamaican hand-drummer, percussionist and singer who has had a successful career stretching back to the early 1960s. Biography Herman Davis was born on 16 September 1944, ...

(born 1941), Jamaican percussionist and singer Herman Davis, active in the early 1960s *

Bongo Joe Coleman George "Bongo Joe" Coleman (November 28, 1923 – December 19, 1999) was an American street musician who was recognized for performing with a makeshift drum kit manufactured from oil drums. Considered both an inspired and novelty act, Coleman ...

(1923–1999), American street musician * Sketchy Bongo (born 1989), South African record producer, DJ, and songwriter *

Steady Bongo lansana Sheriff (born on August 28, 1966 in Daru, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone) popularly known by his stage name Steady Bongo, is an internationally recognized Sierra Leonean musician and record producer. He is one of the most famous musician ...

(born 1966), Sierra Leonean musician and record producer *

Bongo (Numan Athletics) is a 1993 competitive sports arcade game developed and released by Namco. It runs on the company's NA-2 hardware, and has eight unusual competitions to test the strength and might of four mutant athletes called "Numans" (Sharon L'Alles, Harry Bo ...

, video game character

Other uses

Bongo (antelope) The bongo (''Tragelaphus eurycerus'') is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate. Bongos are characterised by a striking reddish-brown coat, black and white markings, white-yellow stripes and long slightly spiralled horns. They are th ...

, a species of forest antelope from Africa * '' Cavanillesia platanifolia'', a tree also known as bongo *

Bongo language Bongo (Bungu), also known as ''Dor'', is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan. A 2013 survey reported that ethnic Bongo reside in Bussere Boma, Bagari Payam, Wau ...

, the language of the Bongo people of Sudan *

Bongo (software) Hula was an open source mail and calendar project based on open standards announced on February 15, 2005, by Novell. History Hula was an open-source effort sponsored by Novell and developed by Dave Camp and Joe Gasiorek, amongst others. H ...

, an open source mail and calendar project *

DK Bongos GameCube accessories include first-party releases from Nintendo, and third-party devices, since the GameCube's launch in 2001. First-party and licensed Controllers GameCube controller The GameCube controller was released alongside the console a ...

, a video game controller * Bongo Jeans/Bongo Apparel, a clothing brand that was acquired by the

Iconix Brand Group Iconix Brand Group is an American brand management company that licenses brands to retailers and manufacturers primarily in the apparel, footwear, and apparel accessory industries. Its brands are available in such stores as Kohl's, Kmart, Sea ...

in 1998 *

Operation Bongo II The Oklahoma City sonic boom tests, also known as Operation Bongo II, refer to a controversial experiment, organized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in which 1,253 sonic booms were generated over Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, over a p ...

, 1964 Oklahoma City sonic boom tests