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

[Steve Hochman]

and more on Ota Benga, from a human rights organization established  
in his name:

http://www.otabenga.org/


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On Jul 13, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Steve Hochman wrote:

> 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:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Benga
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> 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:
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>> This is a bit outrageous
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6898241.stm
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