http://otabenga.org/taxonomy/term/6 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://otabenga.org/node/6 <p align="center"><!--<img src="http://otabenga.org/files/mumiaoba-400.jpg" /><br /> (c) Mumia Abu Jamal <br />--><img src="http://otabenga.org/files/oba.gif"><br /><a href="http://otabenga.org/node/2">Find out more about Ota Benga</a></p> <p> Welcome! We are the Ota Benga Alliance for Peace, Healing and Dignity in the D.R. Congo and beyond, located in Berkeley, California and Kinshasa, D.R. Congo.</p> <p>Who was Ota Benga? A Congolese man, brought to the United States to be exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. He was an Mbuti (a pygmy), about 4 feet 8 inches tall, put on display at the Fair’s Hall of Man along with an exotic collection of indigenous peoples from all over the world. Ota Benga was exhibited next to a group of Native Americans that included Geronimo. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://otabenga.org/node/6">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> Ota Benga Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:35:52 -0600 otabenga1 6 at http://otabenga.org http://otabenga.org/node/54 <p>English translation coming soon. </p> <p>DECLARATION</p> <p>Un an après le centenaire en Octobre (1906-2006) rappelant l’exhibition d’Ota Benga au jardin Zoologique du Bronx à New York (dans la même cage que les singes), nous apprenons qu’un groupe de pygmées avait été « logé » dans une tente à l’intérieur du jardin Zoologique de Brazzaville, dans le cadre d’un festival pan-Africain de musique. A cent ans de distance, mais cette fois, en Afrique même, la déshumanisation de nos sœurs et frères pygmées continue, par des Africains. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://otabenga.org/node/54">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://otabenga.org/node/54#comments Ota Benga pygmy Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:31:33 -0600 otabenga1 54 at http://otabenga.org