Batwa
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The Batwa are an Indigenous Central African forest-dwelling people, often referred to as Pygmies, known for their hunter-gatherer traditions and marginalization within the Great Lakes region.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
hunter-gatherer people ⓘ |
| advocacy | represented by Indigenous rights organizations ⓘ |
| associatedTerm | Pygmies ⓘ |
| collectiveRightsClaim | rights to ancestral forests and resources ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
forest-related spiritual rituals
ⓘ
music and dance ⓘ oral traditions ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Batwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heightCharacteristic | relatively short stature on average ⓘ |
| humanRightsIssue |
lack of political representation
ⓘ
land rights violations ⓘ limited access to education ⓘ limited access to health care ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
Central Sudanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubangian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationDistributionCountry |
Angola
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Indigenous peoples of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
African Great Lakes region
ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ |
| relationshipWithNeighboringGroups |
historical social exclusion
ⓘ
patron-client relations with farming populations ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
animist beliefs ⓘ syncretic practices ⓘ |
| selfIdentification | Indigenous forest peoples ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
discriminated minority
ⓘ
marginalized ⓘ |
| threat |
armed conflict in the Great Lakes region
ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ forced evictions from forests ⓘ loss of ancestral lands ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
gathering
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ small-scale trade with neighboring farmers ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle |
forest-dwelling
ⓘ
hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
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