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Batwa: see Pygmy Pygmy or Pigmy , a racial designation of dark-skinned people who live in equatorial rain forests and average less than 59 in. (150 cm) in height.
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No references found			The Maasai pastoralists found in Kenya and Tanzania, and the Batwa and Bagyeli people--otherwise referred to disdainfully as the "Pygmies"--found in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Brazzaville and parts of Central African Republic, are the "indigenous" peoples of these regions. Ancestral land-grab by Kabukuru, Wanjohi / New African 102) The brutal expulsion in the 1970's of the Batwa Pygmies during the creation of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (PNKB) highlighted how ineffective land laws have been for protecting the interests of indigenous peoples. Global Sustainable Development 'from above' and local injustice ... by Wan, Ken / Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal They have forgotten that the majority comes from me, the voter,' said Batwa. Townships condemn feuding ANC by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			Battle-ax Cultures battledore battlefield recovery Battleford battlement Battleship batture Battus Battus Arcadian Batu Batu Khan Batum Batumi Batumi Botanical Garden Batumi Seaport Batumi Strike and Demonstration of 1902 Batur-Khuntaidzhi Baturin Baturin, Nikolai Baturin, Nikolai Nikolaevich Baturin, Pafnutii Baturin, Pafnutii Sergeevich Baturin, Vladimir Baturin, Vladimir Petrovich Baturino Batwa Baty, Gaston Batyr Batyrai Batyrmurzaev, Nukhai Batyrmurzaev, Zeinalabidin Batyrmurzaev, Zeinalabidin Nukhaevich Batyrsha Aliev bauble Bauchan Bauchi Baucis baud baud barf baud rate Baudelaire Baudelaire, Charles Baudot Baudot code Baudot, Émile Baudot, Jean Maurice Emile Baudot, Jean Maurice Émile Baudotbetical order Baudouin Baudouin de Courtenay, Ivan Aleksandrovich Baudouin I			BATUK Batule Batum Batum Batumi Batumi Batumi Botanical Garden Batumi Botanical Gardens Batumi Seaport Batumi Strike and Demonstration of 1902 BATUN Batuque (religion) Batuque (religion) Batur-Khuntaidzhi Baturin Baturin, Nikolai Baturin, Nikolai Nikolaevich Baturin, Pafnutii Baturin, Pafnutii Sergeevich Baturin, Vladimir Baturin, Vladimir Petrovich Baturino Baturyn BATUS Batutsi Batutsi BATV BATW Batwa Batwa people Batwa people Batwa people batwing Batwing coral tree Batwing Distribution batwing sleeve Batwoman Batwomen BATY Baty, Gaston Batya batyl alcohol Batyr Batyrai Batyrmurzaev, Nukhai Batyrmurzaev, Zeinalabidin Batyrmurzaev, Zeinalabidin Nukhaevich Batyrsha Aliev Batz Batz Bau Bau Bildungs Zentrum Bau- und Nutzungsordnung Bau-, Werbe- und Anlagenverwaltungs GesmbH Bau-Bildungs-Zentrum Halberstadt Bau-Biology Environmental Inspector

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