Pygmy peoples
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In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature for populations in which adult me
Aka Pygmies in the Congo Basin in August 2014
A family from a Ba Aka pygmy village
African pygmies and a European visitor, c. 1921
Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest
Rwandan genocide
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The Rwandan genocide, also known as the Tutsi genocide, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well a
Pygmy peoples
…and there are songs for entertainment as well as specific events and activities. The pygmy population was a target of the Interahamwe during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Of the 30,000 Pygmies in Rwanda, an estimated 10,000 were killed and another 10,000 were displaced. They have been described as "forgotten victims…
Human skulls at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre
Rwandan genocide memorial in Geneva, Switzerland
Paul Kagame, commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front for most of the Civil War
Juvénal Habyarimana in 1980