We've barely entered the national park when our guide stops suddenly and holds up a hand to call for silence. His eyes gaze deep into the forest and he crouches. We do the same. Our hearts beat fast.

Sabiti Mufupi, 50, is proud he is an indigenous Batwa pygmy, although some people look down on him and his clansmen because they are short and in most cases small in size. Mufupi, who lives in Kasese ...

Today, it is a common belief among some sections of the public that Bakiga are brave people. But to the Batwa (pygmies), fighting the Bakiga was not as hard or dangerous as hunting a buffalo or lion.

Down the foothills of Bwindi and Mugahinga impenetrable forests lives a small community of the Batwa Pygmies. The pygmies are a minority ethnic group belonging to the bushman family who formerly lived ...

Nairobi — Hagumimana Kanyabichingi epitomises the once proud and independent Batwa Pygmies (also known as the Twa or forest people) who following evictions from the Lake Region forests of western ...

In Uganda, gorilla tourism is an economic engine. It benefits not only the mountain gorillas that the tourists track, but also the human communities in and around the forests in which the animals live ...

Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Batwa, an ethnic group which represents about 2% of population in Burundi, is a community still strongly discriminated against in a country that was torn apart by a ...

Marsha Conn plans to help Batwa pygmies make art for profit. The Batwa need the income because their old ways of making a living have been denied them. Worse, they have to reshape their culture to fit ...

KISORO, UGANDA — 20 years ago Uganda's Batwa, or pygmies, were evicted from the forest to make way for a national park. But now the impoverished Batwa are being allowed back as tour guides, showing ...

Makara the silverback was clearly having a bad day. As soon as he saw us, he rushed forwards with a piercing scream, waving his fist in the air. Our guide somehow stood his ground and raised his ...