The Lost Tribe of Uganda (Trailer)

Expelled from their ancestral homes by the creation of the Mgahinga and Bwindi Impenetrable National Parks in southwestern Uganda, the Batwa pygmies have been reduced to a small community of around 1,000 individuals living in slums around Kisoro, a town where tourists stream each year to visit the parks and see its famed mountain gorillas. While conservation tourism booms, however, most Batwa live with as little as $25 a year, compared with a Ugandan average income of $420, and have a life expectancy of 28
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