Batwa
Americannoun
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Batwas,
plural
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Batwa
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He said such threats would remain so long as the government failed to allocate the Batwa budget funds and land as promised in 2019.
From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2023
"They have no choice because they are poverty-stricken," said Josue Aruna, president of the province's environmental civil society group, who does community outreach with the Batwa.
From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2023
Yet the Batwa want a place to call home and recognition as an endangered indigenous people so they have better protection under international law.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2022
Mr Tumuhairwe tells us about Batwa traditions, including courtship at what used to be a square where young men and women used to socialise.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2022
The two groups are respectively called Batwa and Wambutti.
From A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients by Edward Tyson
The Batwas, seen and measured by Dr. Ludwig Wolfe in the middle Congo basin in 1886, were of an average height of four feet three inches.
From Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution by Charles Morris
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