Pygmies

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 (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a population) for populations in which adult men are on average less than 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) tall.The term is primarily associated with the African Pygmies, the hunter-gatherers of the Congo basin (comprising the Bambenga, Bambuti and Batwa).The terms "Asiatic Pygmies" and "Oceanian pygmies" have been used to describe the Negrito populations of Southeast Asia and Australo-Melanesian peoples of short stature. The …

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BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 Twana

note: Sung in Rutwa with handclapping. Notice harmony and canonic imitation. Performer's note: Batwa pygmies who visited the Rest house just as Obote was leaving. Nothing known about this group; they are now


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 French

groupe sont venus visiter la Deutsche Welle. The group Ndima presents the traditional music of the pygmies aka of the Congo-Brazzaville, a people whose traditional way of life in the forests is now threatened


National Museums of World Culture · 1 April 2014

Familjegrupp. 4 generationer. S.S. Dornan: Pygmies and Bushmen of the Kalahari. London 1925. Bild vid p. 152. Bildark: 11151. Neg. nr: 6571. 011151c


National Museums of World Culture · 1 April 2014

Man och hustru. S.S. Dornan: Pygmies and Bushmen of the Kalahari. London 1925. Bild vid p. 88. Bildark: 11151. Neg. nr: 6569. 011151


National Museums of World Culture · 1 April 2014 Swedish

Hydda av dubbeltyp. S.S. Dornan: Pygmies and Bushmen of the Kalahari. London 1925. Bild vid p. 48. Bildark: 11150. Neg. nr: 6568. 011150


National Museums of World Culture · 1 April 2014

Män med hustrur. S.S. Dornan: Pygmies and Bushmen of the Kalahari. London 1925. Bild vid p. 128. Bildark: 11151. Neg. nr: 6570. 011151b


Laws.Africa · 31 December 2009 French

D.1 of the Project. 2. Education Programs for Pygmies : Carrying out of a second phase of activities Original Project, to support education programs for pygmies, such second phase to consist of the following:


Kachifo Limited · 1 September 2007 English

Leopoldville, now Kinshasa: "I had hoped to find pygmies voting and interview them on the meaning of independence and Freedman were more concerned with finding pygmies to malign. Sadly, these were not aberrant exchanges


BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 6 November 2004

Why have the Batwa - the indigenous people of Rwanda - been so overlooked and what are their chances of survival?


Villon Films · 1996 English

Biography of the South African writer and politician, a South African author and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope.

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