Nestled in the misty foothills of southwestern Uganda, where the Virunga volcanoes pierce the sky, lies a forest steeped in stories, spirit, and survival. This is Mgahinga Gorilla National Park — a lush sanctuary home not only to endangered mountain gorillas but also to one of Africa’s most ancient Indigenous peoples: the Batwa. Known as […]

Batwa People or Twa are believed to be one of the best-known indigenous group of pygmies scattered across equatorial Africa. They are also referred to as people of mixed ancestry probably descendants of the originally inhabitants of equatorial rainforest. They live in high mountains and plains around lake kivu, in congo, Rwanda, Burundi and in […]

Dian Fossey, January 16,1932 –December 26,1985 was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking a detailed study of mountain gorillas’ groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She could study them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, actually encouraged to work there by paleoanthropologist louis Leakey. Gorillas in the mist, a book […]