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African glass catfish | African fish

African glass catfish is a species of fish in the Schilbeidae, the schilbid catfishes. Its common name is Pareutropius debauwi.…

Mongo Twa | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The 14,000 Twa (locally Cwa [tʃwa]) of the swamp forest north and west of Lake Tumba and between Tumba and…

Wochua people | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The Wochua (singular Achua) was the endonym of a pygmy people of the forests of the Democratic Republic of the…

Kango people | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The Kango (Bakango), also known as the Batchua and Mbuti-Sua, are an Mbuti pygmy people of the Ituri forest. They…

Efé people | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The Efé are a group of part-time hunter-gatherer people living in the Ituri Rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.…

Asoa people | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The Asua or Asoa, also known as the Aka, are an Mbuti pygmy people of the Ituri forest. They speak…

Mbuti people | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The Mbuti people, or Bambuti, are one of several indigenous pygmy groups in the Congo region of Africa. Their languages…

Kola People | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The Kola people, Bakola, also known as the Koya, Bakoya, are pygmies of the NE Gabon–Congo border area. They speak…

Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon) | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The Baka people, known in the Congo as Bayaka (Bebayaka, Bebayaga, Bibaya), are an ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rain…

Pygmy peoples | Ethnic group of Center Africa

In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe…