Santeria references abound, with a delicate C Major Prelude accompanied by Afro-Cuban bata drums used to call upon deities.

As my people would say: "When the bata drum begins to sound sweeter than usual, it is a sign that it is about to burst."

Instead of that, she went to Bata Tasik to see Mrs Holland.

Czech footwear brand Bata has no problem on the product side.

Ghana and Ivory Coast contest the final in Bata on Sunday.

But none of which have stepped into the online world as confidently as Bata.

And he said unto her, I am Bata.

Reuters archive footage from 1971 shows a Polish delegation touring a thriving Bata shoe plant in Lagos.

December, 2007 - Armed raiders in speedboats stormed two banks in Bata, grabbing cash and shooting passers-by.

Like Bata, again, he mutilates himself, and is transformed into a pine instead of a persea tree.

The BBC's Alex Capstick reports from Bata, where Equatorial Guinea will face Libya in the opening match.

MEMORIES Bata, once a household name in Nigeria, closed its factory in the country around 20 years ago.

The two victorious semi-finalists Ivory Coast and Democratic Republic of Congo contest the final in Bata on Sunday.

Bata, which has operated in Bangladesh since the mid-1950s, now has access into a new tranche of future consumers.

Just at that moment, the mayor of Bata and governor of the state turned up for another official dinner.

He did so, the lawyer said, after reconciling with the Bata'a family, which annulled two years of his sentence.