The African Pygmies (or Congo Pygmies, variously also Central African foragers, "African rainforest hunter-gatherers" (RHG) or "Forest People of Central...

with the African Pygmies, the hunter-gatherers of the Congo Basin (comprising the Bambenga, Bambuti and Batwa). The terms "Asiatic pygmies" and "Oceanic...

historically called pygmies, a term that is now considered derogatory. Baka people are all hunter-gatherers, formerly referred to as pygmies, located in the...

The African pygmy hedgehog is either of two closely related hedgehogs: Domesticated hedgehog Four-toed hedgehog This page is an index of articles on animal...

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of the two living species of African elephant. It is native to humid tropical forests in West Africa...

: 355 : 40  It may also be known as the Pygmy or African Pygmy. It is quite different and separate from the British Pygmy breed. Between about 1930 and 1960...

uconn.edu African Pygmies Hunter-Gatherers of Central Africa, with photos and soundscapes Stephanie McCrummen, "Lured Toward Modern Life, Pygmy Families...

Pygmy music refers to the sub-Saharan African music traditions of the Central African foragers (or "Pygmies"), predominantly in the Congo, the Central...

The African pygmy mouse (Mus minutoides) is one of the smallest rodents. It is widespread within sub-Saharan Africa, and is kept as a pet in other parts...

the Forest: Music of the Central African Pygmies (Ellipsis Arts, 1995), BOYOBI: Ritual Music of the Rainforest Pygmies (Louis Sarno, 2000), and Bayaka:...

The African pygmy goose (Nettapus auritus) is a perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa. It is the smallest of Africa's waterfowl, and one of the smallest...

West African hunter-gatherers, West African foragers, or West African pygmies dwelled in western Central Africa earlier than 32,000 BP and dwelled in West...

The Twa Pygmies: Rwanda's Ignored People. London: Dept. of Anthropology, University College London. p. 2. Lewis, Jerome (2006). The Twa Pygmies: Rwanda's...

The African pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)—or simply pygmy falcon—is a diminutive raptor native to eastern and southern Africa. It is the sole...

The African pygmy squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Myosciurus. It is found...

speaking group native to the African Great Lakes region on the border of Central and East Africa. As an indigenous pygmy people, the Twa are generally...

The term Congo Pygmies (African Pygmies) refers to "forest people" who have, or recently had, a hunter-gatherer economy and a simple, non-hierarchical...

flight. The African pygmy kingfisher is distributed widely in Africa south of the Sahara, where it is a common resident and intra-African migrant. It...

complexion. (Historically, the label Negrito has also been used to refer to African pygmies.) The appropriateness of bundling peoples of different ethnicities...

Phillips Verner traveled to Africa, under contract from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to bring back an assortment of pygmies to be part of an exhibition...

the Efé (Bambuti) pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest. He wrote the 1964 autobiographical book, Congo Kitabu, the 1973 ethnologic book Pygmy Kitabu (a more detailed...

slate') was the operational name given to the genocide of the Bambuti pygmies by rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In 2002...

"Children of the Forest: Africa’s Mbuti Pygmies", page 120, by Kevin Duffy African Pygmies Culture and mythology of Pygmies, with photos and ethnographic...

media related to Central Africa. Afrique Centrale.org Africa Interactive Map from the United States Army Africa African Pygmies—Among the earliest inhabitants...

also participated in a study on the adaptive evolution of Western African Pygmies and three neighboring Bantu-speaking agricultural populations with...

society in the various African countries that they live in and are seen as untouchables. Racially-motivated attacks occur on Pygmies including rape and cannibalization...

semi-nomadic pygmies to continue living in the protected Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Ituri Forest. The Efe are one of three groups of pygmies, collectively...

Genetically, African pygmies have some key differences between them and Bantu peoples. Evidence suggests that, when compared to other Sub-Saharan African populations...

short-statured, black skinned hominids. Some depictions resemble stereotypical African pygmies, while others resemble monstruous, hairy beasts. They are often naked...

species, though comparable in size to the pygmy hippopotamus, are considered dwarf hippopotamuses, rather than pygmies. They are likely descended from a full-sized...