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A family from a Ba Aka pygmy village. The term pygmy, as used to refer to diminutive people, comes via Latin pygmaeus from Greek πυγμαῖος pygmaîos, derived from πυγμή pygmḗ, meaning "short cubit", or a measure of length corresponding to the distance from the elbow to the first knuckle of the middle finger, meant to express pygmies' diminutive stature.
Dembner (1996) reported a universal "disdain for the term 'pygmy '" among the Pygmy peoples of Central Africa: the term is considered a pejorative, and people prefer to be referred to by the name of their respective ethnic or tribal groups, such as Bayaka, Mbuti and Twa. [2]
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Due to their pygmy ancestry, they continue to suffer ethnic prejudice, discrimination, violence, and general exclusion from society. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Batwa men struggle with alcoholism, known to occur in communities facing cultural collapse as men can no longer carry out traditional roles and provide for families. [ 10 ]
Pygmy Nilo-Saharan: 47 2 59 0 34 0 4 0 0 0 Wood 2005 [1] Pygmy [nb 15] Niger-Congo: 60 5 53.3 28.3 0 0 3.3 0 Berniell 2009 [4] São Tomé and Príncipe: Indo-European: 150 1.3 0 0 84.0 0 0 8.7 0 Gonçalves 2008 [15] Sandawe: Sandawe (Isolate) 68 4 14 43 34 Tishkoff 2007 [6] Senegalese: Niger-Congo: 139 0 0 5.0 81.3 6.5 2.9 0 0 0 Hassan 2008 [2 ...
The men grow to an average height of 142 cm (4 ft. 8 in.), and women tend to be about 5 cm (2 in.) shorter. Dr. Jean-Pierre Hallet was very involved with the Efé, from raising awareness to the plight of the tribe, to the introduction of new foods and methods previously unknown (such as a legume called the "winged bean" of New Guinea ).
In some instances, women may hunt using a net more often than men. The women and the children herd the animals to the net, while the men guard the net. Everyone engages in foraging, and women and men both take care of the children. Women are in charge of cooking, cleaning and repairing the hut, and obtaining water.
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