The music of Guinea-Bissau is most widely associated with the polyrhythmic genre of gumbe, the country's primary musical export. Tina and tinga are other popular genres.
Senegal is a multilingual country: Ethnologue lists 36 languages, Wolof being the most widely spoken language.
The Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau is the highest division in football in Guinea-Bissau. The league was formed in 1975.
Clube de Futebol Os Balantas is a Guinea-Bissauan football club based in Mansôa. They play in the top division in Guinean football, the Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau. The club is named after the Balanta people, the club location where the people inhabit. Mansoa is the main city of the Balantas in Guinea-Bissau. It is being the most popular club of the Oio Region.
Ángelo Jasiel Balanta is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a striker for National League South club Hornchurch.
The Balanta are an ethnic group found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Senegal, Cape Verde and The Gambia. They are the largest ethnic group of Guinea-Bissau, representing more than one-quarter of the population. Despite their numbers, they have remained outside the colonial and postcolonial state because of their social organisation. The Balanta can be divided into six clans: Nhacra, Ganja (Mane), Naga, Patch, Sofar and Kentohe. The largest of which are the Balanta Kentohe.
Balanta is a group of two closely related Bak languages of West Africa spoken by the Balanta people.
Éder Fabián Álvarez Balanta is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for América de Cali and the Colombia national team. River Plate former coach Ramón Díaz has compared Álvarez Balanta's talents to that of 1970s legend Daniel Passarella.
Bissau-Guinean Americans are Americans of Bissau-Guinean descent. As was the case with almost all current West African coastal countries, the first people in the United States from present-day Guinea-Bissau were imported as slaves. Thus, in the 21st century, there are many African Americans who have discovered, through DNA analysis, they descend mainly or at least partly, from Bissau-Guinean enslaved people.
Deivy Alexander Balanta Abonía is a Colombian footballer who plays as a central defender for Liga Nacional club Honduras Progreso.
Leyvin Jhojane Balanta Fory is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Categoría Primera A club Deportes Tolima.
The 2006 First Division season was the 27th season for the amateur competition, of the first-tier football in Guinea-Bissau. The tournament was organized by the Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau, with the season beginning on 14 January and ending on 14 July. Balantas won their twelfth title and finished with 50 points and for financial reasons did not qualify and competed in the 2007 CAF Champions League the following season. Portos de Bissau won the 2006 Guinea-Bissau Cup, instead, the cup finalist Benfica Bissau participated in the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup the following season.
The 2017–18 Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau season is the 41st edition of the top level of football competition in Guinea-Bissau. It began on 25 November 2017 and ended on 18 June 2018.
The 2019 Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League, also known as SWM Motors 2019 Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League for sponsorship reasons, formerly known as Chinese Football Association Bing League (中国足球协会丙级联赛) and Chinese Football Association Amateur League (中国足球协会业余联赛) (2006–2017), is the fourth-tier football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association.
The 2018–19 Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau is the 42nd season of the Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau, the top-tier football league in Guinea-Bissau. The season started on 22 December 2018. Several clubs play home games at the 20,000-capacity Estádio 24 de Setembro.
Andrés Felipe Balanta Cifuentes was a Colombian professional footballer who played as defensive midfielder for Deportivo Cali and Atlético Tucumán. He represented his nation at the youth level. In June 2022, he joined Atlético Tucumán on loan from Deportivo Cali until June 2023 with a purchase option at the express request of the technical director Lucas Pusineri, this being his first international experience.
Francisco Balanta is a Colombian judoka. He won the silver medal in the –90 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.
Juan Andrés Balanta Palacios is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for Liga Portugal 2 club Torreense.
