THE VANISHING TWA

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Traditionally the Twa were forest-dwellers. As farming and herding Hutu and Tutsi encroached on and cleared their ancestral forests, Twa were increasingly forced to abandon their traditional lifestyle and culture.

​By the 1970s agriculture and conservation schemes created ever-greater pressures on the Twa, rendering many landless – without consultation or compensation.