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    Category: Batwa “Pygmies”

    Trouble for Batwa “Pygmy” Communities: Successes & Failures

    Our Batwa friends from Rwamahano happily received six months of accumulated funds this week. They got UGX 2,130,000 (USD 570) that we had saved from…

    Owen 8 January 2023
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    Trouble for Batwa “Pygmy” Communities: Lake Bunyonyi

    We previously talked about Rwamahano, as an example of Batwa “Pygmy” groups we work with. These indigenous people originate from some of the oldest humans…

    Owen 24 November 2022
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    Trouble for Batwa “Pygmy” Communities: Echuya Forest

    This week we accompanied the last group of tourists into the wilderness of Echuya Forest and to the famed ritual tree of the Batwa “Pygmies”.…

    Owen 5 November 2022
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    SABA Episode #10 — How to Be Good Partners to Batwa ‘Pygmies’?

    For the tenth episode of SEE AFRICA BREATHE AFRICA (we are now in the double digits!) I was sent on a mission to visit the…

    Kahiri 30 January 2022
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    Is It Right to Come with Gifts for Children?

    No and yes and no. On the one hand, there is some serious danger that you will contribute to the culture of begging that can…

    Miha 16 November 2021
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    Tracking Time

    38mm, 1/250s, f/5,6, ISO400 The Batwa are in many ways the Gorilla Highlands region’s forgotten people. The original inhabitants of this part of Africa, the…

    Marcus 30 June 2021
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    Were Batwa Really Dangerous to Gorillas?

    The sad story of the Batwa “Pygmies” of the Gorilla Highlands reached its dramatic peak when they were kicked out of national parks. This was in line with the…

    Ian 7 June 2021
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    Batwa “Pygmies”: History and Present

    The Batwa “Pygmies” are one of the oldest peoples in Africa and their origin is unknown. They were hunter-gatherers, roaming the forests in bands foraging for honey, wild yams, fruit, stems…

    Ian 17 May 2021
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    Walk-In Theatre

    24mm, 30s, f/4, ISO2500 Back in early 2016 we spent a night camping with our Batwa friends at the outskirts of Echuya forest. The highlight…

    Marcus 5 May 2021
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