Chaka may refer to:

People

Shaka Shaka kaSenzangakhona (–24 September 1828), also known as Shaka (the) Zulu () and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reform ...

(1787–1828), Zulu king * Chaka (tagger) (born 1972), American graffiti artist * Chaka Bey (died ), Turkish emir and adventurer *

Chaka of Bulgaria Chaka () briefly reigned as tsar of Bulgaria, from 1299 to 1300. He was the son of the Mongol leader Nogai Khan by a wife named Alaka. Sometime after 1285 Chaka married a daughter of George Terter I of Bulgaria, named Elena. In the late 1290s, Ch ...

(died 1300), tsar of Bulgaria from 1299 to 1300 *

Chaka Khan Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( ), is an American singer. Known as the " Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of ...

(born 1953), American singer * Andrew Verdecchio (born 1974), American musician *

Yvonne Chaka Chaka Yvonne Chaka Chaka OIS (born Yvonne Machaka on 18 March 1965) is a South African singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, humanitarian and teacher. Dubbed the "Princess of Africa" (on a 1990 tour), Chaka Chaka has been at the forefront of South Afric ...

(born 1965), South African singer * Chaka (born 1960), Japanese singer, member of the band Psy-S

Given name

Chaka Daley Chaka K. Daley (born April 9, 1974) is a Canadian soccer coach and former professional player. He is the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team. Club career On June 14, 1999, Daley was signed by the New England Revolution from ...

(born 1974), Canadian football (soccer) player and coach *

Chaka Demus John Taylor (born 16 April 1963), better known as Chaka Demus, is a Jamaican reggae musician and deejay, best known as part of the duo Chaka Demus & Pliers. Biography Early years Born in West Kingston, Taylor was a regular attendee at Kings ...

(born 1963), Jamaican reggae musician and DJ *

Chaka Fattah Chaka Fattah (born Arthur Wesley Davenport; November 21, 1956) is an American politician who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House for from 1995 to 2016. The d ...

(born 1956), former American politician * Chaka Seisay, American musician

Entertainment and literature

* ''Chaka'' (album), a 1978 album by Chaka Khan * ''Chaka'' (film), a 2000 Bengali film * ''Chaka'' (novel), a novel by the writer Thomas Mofolo of Lesotho * " Cha-Ka", an episode of the 1974 series ''Land of the Lost''

Fictional characters

* Chaka (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe * Chaka (''One Piece''), a character from the anime and manga ''One Piece'' * Chaka (''Stargate''), an Unas from the sci-fi television show ''Stargate SG-1'' * Cha-Ka, a character from ''Land of the Lost'', a 1974 sci-fi television show * Chaka, a character from the short lived MTV animated ''

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ...

'' * Billy Chaka, a character in novels by Isaac Adamson

Other uses

* Chaka (food), a yogurt-based cheese popular in Afghanistan and Tajikistan * Tchaka, or Chaka, a savory Haitian corn soup * ''Chaka ''(genus), a genus of skeleton shrimp in the family Caprellidae *

Chaka, Ulan County Chaka Town ( zh, s=茶卡镇, t=茶卡鎮, p=Chákǎ Zhèn) is a rural town in Ulan County, Qinghai, China. it had a population of 2,100 and an area of . The Han, Hui, Mongolian and Tibetan live here. History After the establishment of the C ...

, Qinghai, China * 1246 Chaka, a main-belt asteroid * '' Baeolidia chaka'', a species of sea slug

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