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PYGMY TRIBES (Central Africa)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 330 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PYGMY, or PIGMY (Gr. avy,uavos, from avypij, a Greek measure of length corresponding to " the distance between the elbow and knuckles " of a man of average size)

PYGMY TRIBES (Central See also:
AFRICA
AFRICA, ROMAN
Africa) See also:

AKKA (TIKKI-TI%II)

Akka Ba-Mbute Ba-See also:

Bongo Ashango &c.Ba-N ai cg Ma-I{alanga, 3 including See also:

MASHONA

Mashona c Ba-Ronga E W Be-Chuana, 'includ- ingBa-Tlapin Ba-Rolong Ba-Ratlou Ba-Taung Ba-Rapulana Ba-Seleka Ba-Hurutsi Ba-Tlaru Ba-Mangwato Ba-Tauana Ba-Ngwaketse Ba-Kuena &c.Eastern Wa-Gunda Wa-Guru Wa-Galla Wa-Sambara Wa-Seguha Wa-Nguru Wa-Sagara Wa-Doe Wa-Khutu Wa-Saramo Wa-Hehe Wa-Bena Wa-Sanga Wa-See also:

SWAHILI (Wa-Swahili, i.e. coast people, from the Arabic sail, coast)

Swahili (with elements) Connected are—Wa-Kisi Wa-Mpoto Ba-See also:

TONGA, or FRIENDLY ISLANDS (so called by Captain Cook)

Tonga Ba-Tumbuka Wa-Nyika Wa-Nyamwanga A-Mambwe Wa-Fipa Wa-Rungu A-Wemba A-Chewa A-Maravi Ba-Senga Ba-Bisa A-Jawa (See also:

YAOS, or AJAWA

Yaos) Wa-Mwera Wa-Gindo Ma-Konde Ma-Wia Ma-Nganja Ma-Kua Ama-Zulu, including—Ama-Swazi Ama-Tonga See also:

MATABELE (" vanishing " or " hidden " people, so called from their appearance in battle, hidden behind enormous oxhide shields)

Matabele Angoni Ma-Gwangwara Ma-Huhu Ma-Viti Ma-Situ Ma-Henge &c. Ama-Xosa, including—Ama-Gcaleka Ama-Hahabe Ama-Ngqika Ama-See also:

TEMBU (Ama-Tembu)

Tembu Ama-See also:

PONDO

Pondo &c.

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