Uganda - Batwa Tribe - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

The people of Mukuno village who are traditional Batwa tribes people from the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. They were indigenous forest nomads before they were evicted from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in 1992 when it was made a World Heritage site to protect the mountain gorillas. With the help of the Batwa Development Program they have re-created a village in the forest on land they now own.

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The people of Mukuno village who are traditional Batwa tribes people from the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. They were indigenous forest nomads before they were evicted from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in 1992 when it was made a World Heritage site to protect the mountain gorillas. With the help of the Batwa Development Program they have re-created a village in the forest on land they now own.