[FA Worldmusic] Congolese Music Festival - "zoo-like" living conditions for the artists - literally

[Steve Hochman]

sheesh... this reminds me of the stories about Ota Benga, the pygmy  
brought over for the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 and then later  
housed at the Bronx Zoo as an exhibit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Benga

you'd like to think we've progressed since then....




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On Jul 13, 2007, at 3:24 PM, Ali Sachedina wrote:

> This is a bit outrageous
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6898241.stm
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