A century ago, a Belgian Congo pygmy named Ota Benga was displayed in the Bronx Zoo's monkey cage, an exhibition that outraged black Americans. Producer Joe Richman has this profile.

Basest Instinct. Case of the Zoo Pygmy Exhibited a Familiar Face of Human Nature ...

Ota Benga (ca. 1883-1916), a pygmy from the Congo who was brought to the U.S. for the 1904 World’s Fair. Unable to return to Africa in 1916, he became depressed and committed suicide in 1916.

Benga’s tour at the zoo came to an end in the fall of 1906, ... A full century after Ota Benga’s astounding, shameful saga, genuine racial progress remains as elusive as ever.

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Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga Pamela Newkirk. Harper/Amistad, $25.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-220100-3 ...

HOPE FOR OTA BENGA; IF LITTLE, HE'S NO FOOL; And Has Good Reason for Staying in the White Man's Land. WON'T BE AN ENTREE HERE But His Chief in Africa May Die Soon and the Custom Is to Have a ...

During the 19th century, U.S. fairs and museums featured exotic animals and human beings. One of the last humans to be exhibited was Ota Benga, a pygmy from the Belgian Congo. In the fall of 1906 ...