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The Abatwa

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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Just posted yesterday, this week’s Indymedia Presents shows the second video in a series by one of our Pepperspray producers, Patricia Boiko. The first program examined the genocide in Rwanda, and how people heal from a horror like that.

This piece looks at the Abatwa people, better known in the US as the Pygmies. The Abatwa, who are the indigenous people of the region, have suffered unspeakably and unnoticed by all except themselves.

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