No pride and prejudice.(Batwa pygmies in Uganda)

From: Geographical | Date: November 1, 1999| Author: Foottit, Claire | Copyright information

The plight of the Batwa pygmies in Uganda is examined, focusing on their exclusion from Uganda society. Topics include the 50,000-year history of the people as hunters and forest people, foreigner visits with the people, and their forced removal from their customary land to make way for national parks to protect wildlife.

The Batwa of Uganda are a people whose existence and culture is intricately woven with the forest. Claire Foottit meets the pygmies who have been denied access t...

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