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	NPR : Looking Back at the Strange Case of Ota Benga
		Ota Benga was among a group of pygmies brought to the United States to be displayed at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
		Ota Benga lived in Lynchburg until March 1916, when he borrowed a gun from one of his host families, went to the woods on the edge of the town, and shot himself.
		Carrie Allen McCray, now 92, knew Ota Benga when she was a little girl in Lynchburg; for a time, he lived with her family.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=6225825 (634 words)

	Gheorghe Benga
		Benga, without even mentioning it in the historical description of the discovery of aquaporins that joined the prize announcement.
		Benga's discovery, providing pointers to documents that prove it and hosting a petition addressed to the Nobel Committee.
		No mention of the results of Benga and coworkers appeared in the historical description of the discovery of aquaporins that joined the prize announcement.
	www.ad-astra.ro /benga (415 words)

	Benga Idowu
		Benga was born in New York City in January 22, 1980 and is the oldest of three siblings.
		Benga's parents are both originally from Nigeria, and the family moved back to the country in Africa in 1985.
		Benga said his best photo set was the twelve pictures he took of two gentlemen playing cards in a game of Russian roulette.
	tiger.towson.edu /~zvarna1/mcom407/arts.htm (1034 words)

	Ota Benga: The Story of the Pygmy on Display in a Zoo
		Ota Benga was spared from a massacre perpetuated by the Force Publique, a group of thugs working for Belgium government endeavoring to extract tribute (in other words, steal) including labor and raw materials from the native Africans in the Belgian Congo.
		After Benga left the zoo, he was able to find care at a succession of institutions and with several sympathetic individuals, but he was never able to shed his freak label history.
		Ota Benga says civilization is all witchcraft; on exhibition at the New York Zoological Park, in Bronx, he rules monkey house by jungle dread.
	www.rae.org /otabenga.html (7541 words)

	benga: Afropop Style -- Kenya, East Africa
		In benga, the hi-hat sizzles, the bass leaps and voices cry out high-pitched harmonies, while two or three guitars chase each other in sprightly interplay.
		Born in 1940 in Shirati, Tanzania, the first lord of benga, Daniel Owino Misiani, formed his group Shirati Jazz in '67 and remained at or near the top through the 1980s.
		Meanwhile, neo-traditional groups, notably Kapere Jazz Band, formed in 1986, and nyatiti player Ogwang Lelo Okoth are reviving the Luo roots of benga by returning to the one-string orutu fiddle, the nyatiti lyre, as well as Fanta bottle and other percussion.
	www.afropop.org /explore/style_info/ID/4/Benga (464 words)

	Ota Benga: The Story of the Pygmy on Display in a Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ota Benga was spared from a massacre perpetuated by the Force Publique, a group of thugs working for Belgium government endeavoring to extract tribute (in other words, steal) including labor and raw materials from the native Africans in the Belgian Congo.
		After Benga left the zoo, he was able to find care at a succession of institutions and with several sympathetic individuals, but he was never able to shed his freak label history.
		Ota Benga, Pygmy tired of America; the strange little African finally ended life at Lynchburg, Va. Once at the Bronx Zoo; his American sponsor found him shrewd and courageous-wanted to be educated.
	www.creationresearch.org /crsq/articles/30/otabenga.html (7336 words)

	Benga music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In benga, the electric bass guitar is played in a style reminiscent of the nyatiti.
		In 1967, the first major benga band, Shirati Jazz, was formed by Daniel Owino Misiani.
		Another famous benga bend Migori Super Stars was formed in the mid 70s and was led by Musa Olwete which later split to form another popular benga band Migori Super Stars C with musicians such as Joseph Ochola (Kasongo Polo Menyo), Onyango Jamba, Ochieng' Denge denge and others.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benga_music (332 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Benga spent some of his time in the "Monkey House" exhibit, and the zoo encouraged him to hang his hammock there, and to shoot his bow and arrow at a target.
		Benga was then allowed to roam the grounds of the zoo as a sort of interactive exhibit.
		Toward the end of September 1906, Ota Benga again came under the guardianship of Gordon, who placed him in the Howard Colored Orphan Asylum (of which Gordon was the superintendent), a church-sponsored orphanage.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Ota_Benga (827 words)

	Kenyan benga pioneer, Daniel Misiani, dead at 66
		Pioneering Kenyan benga musician Daniel Owino Misiani was killed in a tragic car accident on May 17, 2006.
		Benga musician Daniel Owino Misiani believed that he was born to sing.
		And even as the younger benga musicians preferred upbeat and faster tunes, Misiani maintained his rather slow pace that appealed mainly to the older generation.
	afropop.org /news_flash.php?ID=384 (1099 words)

	The Story of Ota Benga
		I heard the story of Ota Benga on NPR last week and it really struck a chord with me. First, it repulsed me to think that there was a time in our (relatively recent) American history that we could be so ignorant and treat another human being so poorly.
		And, even though the story of Ota Benga happened more than 100 years ago, I don't believe that we are so advanced today that we are completely removed from the actions of the missionary and explorer, Samuel Verner.
		Benga was to be returned to Africa after the Fair but when he returned with Verner, he found his village had been pillaged and his family dead.
	blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com /travel/archives/106697.asp (492 words)

	Daily Nation On the Web
		What typifies a benga beat is its high-pitched guitar lines and upper-register falsetto chorus voices with fast, jumping bass lines.
		Benga is versatile and can turn into twist, rumba, and into any other music beats.
		The benga style - its rhythms - has a certain sweetness which comes from the bass and solo guitars.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/280299/Features/SE3.html (927 words)

	Ota Benga Caged (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One such situation is the story of Ota Benga - an African who was brought to America and caged in a zoo, and how Darwinism, the theory of natural selection, racism and the media rationalized and promoted the inhumane and derogatory treatment of the intelligent African man.
		Ota Benga was somebody's son; he was somebody's husband; a father; and he was a friend.
		Note that Ota is referred to as a "boy" (Ota Benga, at the time of his imprisonment in the zoo, was 23 years old).
	theearthcenter.com /ffarchivesotabenga.html (1327 words)

	Talented PPG scientist was highly respected - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Born in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, Dr. Benga was the son of John Benga of St. Louis and the late Yolanda (Gal) Benga.
		Benga was involved in committees with the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy.
		In addition to his wife, Carolyn R. (Murphy) Benga, and father, John, Dr. Benga is survived by two sons, Robert J. Chermely of Sharpsburg and Joseph F. "Joey" Benga of Indiana Township, one brother, John A. Benga of St. Louis, and a grandson, Jarrod Chermely of Sharpsburg.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_74517.html (408 words)

	Ota Benga: The Pygmy put on display in a zoo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ota Benga was spared from a massacre perpetuated by the Force Publique, a group of thugs working for the Belgium government endeavoring to extract tribute (in other words, steal labor and raw materials) from the native Africans in the Belgian Congo.
		Bradford and Blume, Ota Benga; The Pygmy in the Zoo, pp.
		Ward, Ota Benga: The Pygmy in the Zoo.
	www.answersingenesis.org /home/area/OneBlood/chapter10.asp (7356 words)

	The Case of Ota Benga
		Ota Benga was brought from the Belgian Congo in 1904 by noted African explorer Samuel Verner along with other pygmies and displayed in an exhibit in the 1904 St. Louis world's Fair.
		Ota Benga (or "Bi", which means "friend" in his language) was born in 1881, had a height of 4 ft. 11in.
		Under threat of legal action, Hornaday had Ota Benga leave his cage and circulate around the zoo in a white suit, but he returned to the monkey house to sleep.
	emporium.turnpike.net /C/cs/hsota.htm (531 words)

	Ota Benga (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Benga was given cage-mates to keep him company in his captivity—a parrot and an Orangutan named Dohong’.
		The factors motivating Verner to bring Ota Benga to the United States were complex, but he was evidently much influenced by the theory of Charles Darwin—which led to the division of humankind into contrived races.
		A contemporary account stated that Benga was ‘not much taller than the orangoutan [sic] … their heads are much alike, and both grin in the same way when pleased’.
	www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v16/i1/otabenga.asp (1682 words)

	African American Registry: Ota Benga commits suicide!
		Benga was brought to America from the Belgian Congo in 1904 by noted African explorer Samuel Verner along with other pygmies and displayed in an exhibit in the 1904 St. Louis world’s Fair.
		In 1906, the crowds thronged the monkey house exhibit at the Bronx Zoo (New York Zoological Park) to view Benga.
		Growing homesick, hostile, and despondent Ota Benga borrowed a revolver, and shot himself in the heart.
	www.aaregistry.com /detail.php3?id=1779 (123 words)

	Ota Benga: The Pygmy at the Fair, St. Louis, 1904
		The bond between Ota Benga and Harry--one that Harry could never have dreamed of making--turns out to be surprising in many ways; it is a friendship that comes to affirm the ability of people to change, and to change one another.
		Ota Benga and Harry quickly walked from the Anthropology Exhibit to the entrance of the Pike, where they waited in line with all the others for the fair to open, and then melted into the crowds of fairgoers strolling along the broad streets of the mile-long gallery of entertainments.
		Ota Benga laughed out loud, and, as if he'd forgotten every single thing Harry had told him, as if he had no idea why he shouldn't call attention to himself, he joined the parade, doing his own cartwheels and somersaults and walkovers in a humorous imitation of the gymnasts.
	www.noevalleyvoice.com /2002/November/Last.html (1345 words)

	How Pygmy Ota Benga ended up in Bronx zoo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The story of Ota Benga is a sad and maddening example of the kinds of blunders that occurred at a time when the theory of Darwinism was rationalizing the evolution of humanity.
		He also asked the museum to house Ota Benga, who was ill equipped to fend for himself in the U.S. Ota Benga lived at the museum for a few weeks, but he soon became restless and tried to leave.
		But the controversy didn't die down, and Ota Benga, then in his mid-20s, soon decided to leave the zoo, spending the next few years at orphanages for fl children in New York.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06037/651080.stm (878 words)

	Club Afrika Forums :: African Discussion Forums :: View topic - Information for Benga lovers ! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The current generation of benga musicians have picked up the tempo set by the veterans, which has seen the popularity of their music growing beyond the borders of Nyanza, where it has its origins, and spreading right across the country.
		Part of the popularity of benga arises from a lively rivalry between the splinter groups as they try to outdo each other in creating music that is as close as possible to what the original band used to play, while making it new enough to keep their fans happy.
		For a large section of benga fans, though, the sensational lyrics are a major source of attraction, and have played a great role in the growth of the music's popularity.
	www.clubafrika.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t=231 (1705 words)

	Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog » Ota Benga
		The next day, a sign was posted that gave Ota Benga’s height as 4 feet 11 inches, his weight as 103 pounds and his age as 23.
		We are also referred to the book: Ota Benga: The Pygmy in the Zoo, by Phillips Verner Bradford and Harvey Blume.
		The historical context that is stressed by connecting Ota Benga’s case with contemporary events like the african village made people expect tribal africans being put on display in huts.
	savageminds.org /2006/08/06/ota-benga (1123 words)

	Benga (Féral) — az: +
		The young Senegalese dancer Féral Benga, who is at present starring in the revue at the Folies-Bergère, was born in Dakar in 1906.
		With all due deference to paleface chauvinism, it is interesting to note that, at least in the domain of show-business, the deficiency of the white race stands confirmed.
		After Habib Benglia, of whom nobody today contests that he is one of our best actors, here is Féral Benga who has recently been revivifying our all but dead music-hall after the departure of the great fl troupe, the Black Birds, whose presence last summer, sadly too brief, disturbed our torpor.
	portal.architexturez.org /site/groups/glossolalia/BengaF_c3_a9ral (190 words)

	Trends in Kenyan Popular Music
		Benga refers specifically to the dominant style of Luo pop music that has reigned champion in the lands around Lake Victoria since the late 1960s.
		As benga caught on among the Luo people, musicians from other regions of Kenya borrowed elements of it to suit their own music.
		Although these regional groups share a number of common components in their instrumentation, rhythms, the beat of a throbbing kick drum, and aspects of the guitar work, these are all features which overlay unique traditional elements in melodic structure, harmony, and song composition.
	members.aol.com /dpaterson/trends.htm (2466 words)

	story of ota benga
		Ota Benga is a well-developed little man, with a good head, bright eyes and a pleasing countenance.
		According to one author, part of the concern was because the 'men of the cloth feared…that the Benga exhibition might be used to prove the Darwinian theory of evolution'.
		The human being happened to be a Bushman, one of a race that scientists do not rate high in the human scale, but to the average nonscientific person in the crowd of sightseers there was something about the display that was unpleasant....
	lofi.forum.physorg.com /story-of-ota-benga_8679.html (5182 words)

	Thinklings » Blog Archive » The Good Ole Days Weren’t So Good For Ota Benga
		But the controversy didn’t die down, and Ota Benga, then in his mid-20’s, soon decided to leave the zoo, spending the next few years at orphanges for fl children in New York.
		Hornaday’s enthusiasm for his new primate exhibit was reflected in an article that he wrote which begins as follows: On September 9, a genuine African Pygmy, belonging to the sub-race commonly miscalled ‘the dwarfs’.
		Ota Benga … is a normal specimen of his race or tribe, with a brain as much developed as are those of its other members.
	thinklings.org /?p=2906 (3128 words)

	Tolerance.org: BLACK HISTORY MONTH III: Why Wasn't I Taught That?
		Part III focuses on Ota Benga, an African man brought to the United States to be put on display at the St. Louis World's Fair, then housed in the monkey cages at the Bronx Zoo.
		Ota Benga was brought to America from the Belgian Congo in 1904 by African explorer Samuel Verner of South Carolina.
		Baartman and Benga were part of a larger movement, spanning 1870 through the early 1930s, of displaying so-called "exotic" people in Europe and, less often, America.
	www.tolerance.org /news/article_tol.jsp?id=946 (1140 words)

	Browse by Artist: BENGA
		"Benga and Skreem have been making waves in the new skool music scene since their emergence in the hey day of Big Apple Records, right at the beginning of the dubstep / FWD movement.
		With previous releases on his own Benga Beatz imprint and Big Apple Records, Benga is a man with a proven track record, and with forthcoming releases on Tempa and Planet Mu it looks like 2006 / 2007 is going to be something of a major comeback!!
		With previous releases on his own Benga Beatz imprint and Big Apple Records, Benga is a man with a proven track record, and with forthcoming releases on Tempa and Planet Mu, it looks like 2007 is going to be something of a major comeback!!
	www.forcedexposure.com /artists/benga.html (341 words)

	Ileana Benga
		15-16 June 2002, Benga, I. – “Valori patrimoniale în contextul satului tradiţional” (Patrimonial Values in the context of the traditional village) at the national symposium “Satul tradiţional de ieri, de azi şi de mâine.
		Benga, I., Benga, O. Ritual of Life, Ritual of Death (in Romanian).
		Benga, I., Benga, O. The Therapeutic Value of Funerary Ritual (in Romanian).
	www.euro.ubbcluj.ro /ica/ileana_benga1.htm (2053 words)

	MUSICAL KENYA COMPETITION
		From traditional taarab and benga beats to ground breaking African hip hop, the new album is a showcase of Kenyan talent perfect for an introduction to the music of the region.
		The album showcases some classics of benga music, fast guitar driven tunes that have been at the forefront of Kenyan pop since the late 1960s.
		Benga originated in Western Kenya, and some of the founding fathers appear on the new album, including D.O. Misiani and Shirati Jazz.
	www.magicalkenya.com /default.nsf/news1/B8C42905015E35F643256E8B00490AB1?opendocument&l=1 (324 words)

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