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
Twa
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The Twa, often referred to as Batwa or Mutwa, Barhwa or Murhwa, are indigenous hunter-gatherer peoples of the Great Lakes Region in Central Africa, recognized as some of the earliest inhabitants of th
Pygmy peoples
…trait, it remains the primary term associated with the African Pygmies, the hunter-gatherers of the Congo Basin (comprising the Bambenga, Bambuti and Batwa). The terms "Asiatic pygmies" and "Oceanic pygmies" have also been used to describe the Negrito populations of Southeast Asia and Australo-Melanesian…
Dancing Batwa in Uganda
Twa dancers performing in Rwanda