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Bonga is a town in southwestern Ethiopia. Located southwest of Jimma in the Keficho Shekicho Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region upon a hill in the upper Barta valley, it has a latitude and longitude of 7°16′N 36°14′E / 7.267°N 36.233°E / 7.267; 36.233Coordinates: 7°16′N 36°14′E / 7.267°N 36.233°E / 7.267; 36.233 with an elevation of 1,714 meters above sea level. Bonga is the administrative center of the Keficho Shekicho Zone, with a major market on Saturday and lesser ones on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The neighboring area is known for hot springs, caves and waterfalls. There are fourteenth century ruins associated with the former Kingdom of Kaffa. As part of the extensive road-building program started before the Italian invasion, the Ethiopian Transport Company built a large steel bridge at Bonga. The all weather road from Jimma south to Bonga was completed around 1962. The road to Mizan Teferi and Tepi was improved in 1966 by the Highway Authority. The Apostolic Prefecture of Jimma–Bonga is based in this town.
Actors: Bruno Iwuoha (actor), Tom Njamanze (actor), Sam Loco Efe (actor), Ikechukwu Onyeka (actor), Ikechukwu Onyeka (producer), Ikechukwu Onyeka (director), Ikechukwu Onyeka (producer), Osita Iheme (actor), Chinedu Ikedieze (actor), Abraham Nwodo (actor), Kingsley Okereke (actor), Kingsley Okereke (producer), Chimere Emejuobi (composer), Prince Nwafor (actor), Kingsley Emeka Igwemba (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Sam Loco Efe (actor), Osita Iheme (actor), Ikechukwu Onyeka (producer), Ikechukwu Onyeka (actor), Ikechukwu Onyeka (producer), Ikechukwu Onyeka (director), Tom Njamanze (actor), Chinedu Ikedieze (actor), Bruno Iwuoha (actor), Abraham Nwodo (actor), Kingsley Okereke (actor), Kingsley Okereke (producer), Chimere Emejuobi (composer), Prince Nwafor (actor), Kingsley Emeka Igwemba (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Cathy Coopman (producer), Arnaud Boland (producer), Gabriel Humeau (editor), Bonga (actor), Dom Pedro (director),
Plot: Bonga Kwenda is considered a superstar throughout Europa and Africa. Bonga was born Barcelo de Carvalho in Dande, N'Gola, in 1942.He has recorded 17 albums in a 28-year career. Bonga's life is inextricably linked to N'Gola's struggle for freedom from colonial domination and the continuing struggle for a stable, comfortable, post-colonial existance. He forst came to prominence as an athlete initialy as a gold-class 400 meter champion who set a record he held for ten years, and later as a star on the great Benfica (Lisboa) Futbol team of the 1960's. Bonga'ss status as star athlete allowed him freedom of movement, whitc he used to carry messages between exiled freedom fighters and compatriots still in N'Gola. as the movement for independence heated up, Bonga was forced into exile himself first in Rotterdam, the in Paris. It was in Rotterdam in 1972 that he recorde his first record "Angola 72" and adapted the name Bonga Kwenda. After independence Bonga established residence in Lisboa while retaining a Paris residence and one in N'Gola.
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Pascale Arbillot (actress), Jean-Yves Berteloot (actor), Albert Delpy (actor), Delphine Rich (actress), David Giordano (miscellaneous crew), Silvie Laguna (actress), Lise Ariotti (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Lauret (actress), Karine Pinoteau (actress), Didier Fontan (director), Katherine Pancol (writer), Christian Dabady (actor), Stéphane Gaubert (composer), Michèle Fitoussi (writer), Azur Guillier (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Victor Lima (editor), Renato Aragão (actor), Jorge Dória (actor), Monique Lafond (actress), Herbert Richers (producer), Renato Aragão (writer), Victor Lima (writer), Victor Lima (writer), Victor Lima (director), Neila Tavares (actress), Ângelo Antônio (actor), Maria Cláudia (actress), Amândio (actor), Orlando Drummond (actor), Leda Valle (actress),
Plot: Bittersweet romantic comedy about lonely bum Bonga, who takes depressed Sônia to live with him in a poor shack. He also helps bohemian Ricardo fake an engagement to marry Maria Clara so as to go on receiving an allowance from his father, but things go wrong when Maria Clara drinks too much at his parents' house and Ricardo falls for Sônia, who must now decide between Bonga and Ricardo.
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Ray Corrigan (actor), Arthur Kay (composer), Barney A. Sarecky (producer), Ray Turner (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Barney A. Sarecky (writer), Nat Levine (producer), Edward McWade (actor), Ray Corrigan (actor), Wheeler Oakman (actor), Eddie Parker (actor), Lucien Prival (actor), Harrison Greene (actor), Henry Sylvester (actor), B. Reeves Eason (director),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi,