Nngo-1883, u-Ota Benga wayengumbhoshongo waseCongo owaboniswa eBronx Zoo eNew York ngo-1906. U-Ota wabanjwa kulandela ukuhlaselwa komuzi wakhe. Kulesi sigameko kushone unkosikazi nezingane zakhe ezimbili. UBenga wafika eMelika nenkontileka ye-Universal Exhibition yango-1904 ngenxa kasomabhizinisi kanye nesithunywa sevangeli uSamuel Phillips Verner. UVerner uxoxisane ngokukhishwa kukaBenga nabadayisi bezigqila. UBenga ukwazile ukuzungeza indawo yakhe ebiyelwe ngokukhululeka futhi waxhumana namakhasimende. Kwabe sekukhonjiswa njengesilwane e-zoo "Monkey House" njengengxenye yombukiso owenzelwe ukuthuthukisa imiqondo yokuziphendukela kwabantu. Imibhikisho yomphakathi yagcina iholele ekutheni uBenga asuswe e-zoo futhi wabekwa ezandleni zabefundisi base-Afrika baseMelika. Wahlala ekhaya lezintandane lendawo waze wadluliselwa eLynchburg, eVirginia ngo-1910. Wafundiswa indlela yokuphila yaseMelika. Wayegqoke isitayela sasentshonalanga futhi wafunda amabanga aphansi. Lapho kuqala iMpi Yezwe I, wabona ukuthi ukubuyela kwakhe eCongo akunakwenzeka. Wacindezeleka. Ngo-1916, wazibulala ngevolovolo ayelintshontshile.
I-pygmy yaseCongo idalulwe endaweni yezilwane yaseMelika: Esinyathelweni sika-Ota Benga
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