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The Congolese Teen Exhibited in a US Zoo: Who was Ota Benga?
Ota Benga, a 23-year-old man from the Belgian Congo, was kidnapped by slave traders, sold to an American, and transported to ...
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Of Apes and Men: Baka and Bantu Attitudes to Wildlife and the Making of Eco-Goodies and Baddies
The ethnographic focus is on Baka (Pygmies) and their Bantu-speaking neighbours living side by side in the rainforest of the north-western Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Their current attitudes to ...
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Caged Congolese teen: Why a zoo took 114 years to apologise
Ota Benga was kidnapped from what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1904 and taken to ... in 1904 where he and others were exhibited as "pygmies" The account, of course, contradicted ...