Inside UGANDA’S FORGOTTEN BATWA TRIBE 🇺🇬 (They Live In Forest).

Added: 2026-05-11

[00:00:00]These are the forgotten forest people of Uganda known as the Bata, one of the oldest indigenous communities in Africa.

[00:00:07]They are also refers to as the py means because of their traditional shorter average height and forest lifestyle. In the early 1990s when Uganda created national parks to protect mountain gorillas, the bata were evicted from their ancestral forest which they called home and many bata lost their land and livelihoods. Today they live in extreme poverty in villages around southwestern Uganda. I travel and visited the community to understand more about the batwa present life today.

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[00:00:53][clears throat] What's up, my beautiful people? Welcome to Cabal, southwestern part of uh Uganda. And we're coming live here. and the Caval runabout actually is the biggest roundabout over here and it connects uh uh this uh region to Rwanda. So you can see this road over here goes to Rwanda and that one uh takes you back to Campala or Mara city and this one takes you to Kiseroni. So we're here man. I can't believe this region is the coldest, man. I've been traveling Uganda, but this is the coldest region ever, man. You can see I'm putting on my jacket. And hey, if you want to visit this place, make sure you come with everything, man. You come with your jacket, with your sweater so that uh you don't suffer or freeze over here. It's very cold. Extremely cold cuz uh the altitude here is a very very high. This is going to be our tour guide for today.

[00:02:15]>> What's up, bro?

[00:02:16]>> I'm from Uganda.

[00:02:17]>> Yeah.

[00:02:17]>> How is Kabal?

[00:02:18]>> Kab is good.

[00:02:19]>> Hey, that we always feel coldness.

[00:02:23]>> Hey, it's too much cold here.

[00:02:24]>> Too much coldness.

[00:02:26]>> And why why are you not putting on jacket? I'm born from here.

[00:02:31]>> Yeah. I I I I used to hear people in Kal don't get affected by malaria. Is that true? [clears throat] >> Yeah. For us we have friendly mosquitoes.

[00:02:40]>> Yes.

[00:02:40]>> So what the mosquito here cannot bite.

[00:02:43]>> They bite but you don't get malaria.

[00:02:45]>> You don't get malaria.

[00:02:46]>> I'm telling you that is the friendly.

[00:02:49]>> Hey man that's really nice man. MALARIA CANNOT BE AH THIS IS GOOD. So today we're going to explore uh the BA tribe here in Kabali actually as the pygm of Uganda the sortest people here in Uganda and we're going to go deep into the village and explore see their lifestyle what uh do they do uh they stay like in a forest and we're going to see you will be wondering this is a 21st century And you'll be asking yourself outside there, why are people still staying in the forest? So, we're going to go deep into the uh the village and find out what is happening. And we're ready to go. Let's do this. But hey, have you subscribed to my YouTube channel yet? If not, please do so. I can say it's my force to subscribe to this YouTube channel because I've been coming uh we've been traveling overnight all the way from Campala up to this place just to get for you the content that you will love to watch. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel, like the video and don't forget to share to your friends.

[00:04:06]Welcome to Kabal, the southwestern part of Uganda.

[00:04:13]Okay. So guys, over here we bought uh some uh maze floor uh for the BA tribe and uh we're going to take to the village man. We got it from this store over here and uh two of them at uh >> 112 12.

[00:04:35]>> Yeah. 25 kg.

[00:04:37]>> 25 kg.

[00:04:38]>> Yeah. 25.

[00:04:42]>> Okay. Yeah. Okay.

[00:04:43]>> So, I've been reading online that the Bach tribe uh they live in extremely poverty.

[00:04:52]>> Yes.

[00:04:52]>> Yeah.

[00:04:53]>> Yeah. But when they get this fl of course they get happy because they enjoy this food for sure.

[00:04:59]>> Okay.

[00:05:00]>> Yeah.

[00:05:00]>> Wow. That's good.

[00:05:01]>> Cuz most of them remember they was infected from the forest.

[00:05:05]>> So they don't have enough land where to plant from. So when they get this donation really they will get they will get happy.

[00:05:13]>> Let's go. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay.

[00:05:16]>> This is the beautiful lady who sold us.

[00:05:19]How much? Good. What's your name?

[00:05:21]>> Gloria.

[00:05:21]>> Gloria. Nice to meet you. Okay.

[00:05:26]Wow.

[00:05:29]We're failing.

[00:05:35]You're saying how much?

[00:05:38]>> 120,000.

[00:05:44]>> Okay. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 >> 20.

[00:05:58]Yeah.

[00:06:01]Yeah.

[00:06:02]Okay. So guys, we'll be for failing over here. Uh I don't know how many liters is this 20 >> 20 lit 22 L for 120,000 Uganda sailings. That's quite good. One liter is uh >> 5,300.

[00:06:26]Thank you. Okay, JICO.

[00:06:31][laughter] So everything is ready now and is set.

[00:06:36]So the journey starts now.

[00:06:42]Beautiful roads of uh Kavali.

[00:06:49]How many how many hours are we going to reach to the village?

[00:06:54]>> Uh going to use like uh 1 and half hour.

[00:06:59]>> 1 and 1/2 hour.

[00:07:00]>> Yes. How many kilometers?

[00:07:03]>> Uh they are like 54 >> 54 km from >> Yeah. From Kabali town.

[00:07:11]>> Kabali town.

[00:07:12]>> Yes.

[00:07:13]>> Okay. Wow. That's nice.

[00:07:18]You got a nice car, man. Thank you.

[00:07:29]>> [music] [music] >> I'm sorry I didn't put on my seat belt.

[00:07:54]Hey Wow.

[00:07:58]At least like this we're good to go.

[00:08:03][music] [music] [music] Wow. So, our driver just stopped us here and uh this is our first stop uh over here and uh you can see the beautiful scenaries over there. See the mountains and uh lake >> some of the plantations you are seeing.

[00:08:45]>> Yeah, those are the like those are onions. Onion plantation.

[00:08:50]>> Okay. These ones. Yeah.

[00:08:51]>> Yes. onion plantation plus a potatoes.

[00:08:55]>> Wow. So what what language do these people speak here?

[00:08:58]>> They speak Lucha.

[00:08:59]>> Luchiga.

[00:09:00]>> Luchiga.

[00:09:01]>> So you speak Lucha?

[00:09:02]>> You're from Luchiga?

[00:09:04]>> Yes.

[00:09:04]>> Hey >> in region we speak Lucha.

[00:09:08]>> Rucha.

[00:09:09]>> Yes.

[00:09:10]>> Ah.

[00:09:10]>> Yes.

[00:09:11]>> Nice. And they do a lot of uh crops.

[00:09:14]They grow a lot of crops over here. And look at the lake. Very beautiful man.

[00:09:25]>> Lake Bono.

[00:09:26]>> Lake Boni.

[00:09:28]>> Wow. Boni.

[00:09:29]>> Yes.

[00:09:30]>> Okay.

[00:09:30]>> Uh the word bon means little birds.

[00:09:36]>> So uh when you go to bon of course you see some bad species.

[00:09:41]>> So you say the lake bon the word bon means a little but yes.

[00:09:47]>> Wow.

[00:09:48]>> Nice.

[00:09:51]That's the lake Boni over there. And you see the community here. They grow a lot of uh crops. And you see onion plantation over there. And wow, look at this man.

[00:10:08]There is a big lorry over here. I think this one goes to Congo. He's going to Congo. That is overload.

[00:10:27]Congo. Congo.

[00:10:31]I I tell you guys, they're going to Congo. Ah, that's good.

[00:10:40]>> [music] [music] >> Finally we have come and here is the BA community. Hello. Hello.

[00:11:10]>> Hello. How are you? Ah, fine. How are you? Good. Fine.

[00:11:14]>> Yeah, you're fine. Wow. They they speak English. Good English. How are you? Wow.

[00:11:19]Good.

[00:11:21]>> Wow. Oh, nice. Nice. Nice. How are you?

[00:11:24]Good. Good. Yeah. [laughter] What is your name?

[00:11:30]>> Nameh.

[00:11:38]Okay. William and you.

[00:11:43]>> Wow. Nice. Where are they going now?

[00:11:49]>> Okay. Wow. Nice. Nice. Wow. Guys, you can see they they are very short.

[00:11:55][laughter] Wow. Good. Nice to meet you. Tell them.

[00:12:00]I'm happy to meet them.

[00:12:10]Okay.

[00:12:13]What What does that mean?

[00:12:14]>> Thank you very much.

[00:12:15]>> Oh, nice.

[00:12:20][laughter] >> Okay. Okay. Wow.

[00:12:23]Nice. So, this is going to be uh our guide to take us around over here. What is your name? My name is Gad.

[00:12:36]>> Gad Gadi. Okay.

[00:12:38]>> Gad, not God.

[00:12:40]>> G A D.

[00:12:41]>> G A D.

[00:12:42]>> Yes.

[00:12:42]>> Okay. Wow. [laughter] Nice to meet you.

[00:12:44]>> Nice to meet you.

[00:12:45]>> Ah, hello.

[00:12:47]>> How are you?

[00:12:48]>> Wow. Nice.

[00:12:54]>> Peter, I want to ask you how how old are you?

[00:13:02]64 years.

[00:13:03]>> 64 years.

[00:13:05]>> Wow.

[00:13:06]>> Guys, you see 64 years?

[00:13:09]>> Yeah.

[00:13:09]>> And I'm so tall. [laughter] >> Wow. 64 years.

[00:13:17]>> Ah, nice. And tell him tell him tell him I am 28 years.

[00:13:21]>> Can he believe that?

[00:13:26][laughter] [gasps] He's saying what?

[00:13:30]>> He's wondering.

[00:13:31]>> He's wondering.

[00:13:33][laughter] [laughter] >> Wow. Nice. So, this is uh >> uh >> this one is bow and arrow.

[00:13:49]>> It's bow and arrow.

[00:13:50]>> Yes.

[00:13:50]>> Okay.

[00:13:51]>> And behind this one is called Samantosa.

[00:13:54]>> Samantosa.

[00:13:55]>> Like the bullets. No, Samantosa is the one that where we shall be getting >> fire.

[00:14:00]>> Firefl.

[00:14:01]>> Oh, you get fire. Okay.

[00:14:03]>> Okay. This is all all kind of trees or specific trees.

[00:14:06]>> This one is a specific tree called Samantosa tree.

[00:14:09]>> Okay.

[00:14:11]>> Okay.

[00:14:11]>> Yeah.

[00:14:12]>> Wow. I'm going to see. I will be excited to see how you make fire from it.

[00:14:16]>> Yes.

[00:14:17]>> Okay.

[00:14:18]>> Nice.

[00:14:18]>> Wow.

[00:14:21]>> So, tell us about the BA community. How uh their lifestyle over here?

[00:14:29]>> Yes. The lifestyle of the of wea community from Ichua.

[00:14:33]>> Yeah.

[00:14:33]>> Uh during the time when we were living in the forest uh everything was uh everything was really good.

[00:14:43]>> Yeah.

[00:14:43]>> Uh because uh the food was already planted.

[00:14:48]>> Yes.

[00:14:49]uh uh like vegetables like wilds and also the wild animal like for example the antropy the dika uh and what the pigs >> so those were also our our food that we used to eat in the forest but now since 1990s to 1992 the government of Uganda planned to remove us from the forest for the purpose of conservation and also uh making national parks.

[00:15:19]>> Yeah.

[00:15:20]>> And from that uh the batwa we were not compensated, we were not restored. So our life today we live on the mercies of NGOs's and the mercies of all wishes who came uh to see us the BWA community here in Uganda.

[00:15:39]>> Okay.

[00:15:40]>> And uh what challenges does the Batwa community face today?

[00:15:44]>> Uh the BWA we face many challenges. For example like uh we don't have land >> uh where we can cultivate >> which uh whose land is this?

[00:15:54]>> This land is is for nan batwa.

[00:15:57]>> Okay.

[00:15:57]>> Yes.

[00:15:58]>> Nan batwas.

[00:15:58]>> Nan batwas.

[00:15:59]>> Okay.

[00:16:00]>> But uh we do work for them and they give us the food.

[00:16:04]>> Okay.

[00:16:04]>> And the small land that NGOs's have have bought for us. Uh we don't have access to to that land. one we don't have land rights like titles to find that we are really we have free exercise on our on that land and the secondly is that uh uh the education our education is here is poor due to the fact that we don't have uh school fees to pay for our children and as those who try to complete a piece of primary 7 they normally face challenges of school fees so whereby also the can do like making affirmative action for free education for batwa in hor in country.

[00:16:50]>> Okay.

[00:16:51]>> Yeah.

[00:16:51]>> Wow. And what are the most tradition that is being practiced by the batwa community >> here? We do practice our our culture.

[00:17:02]>> Yes.

[00:17:02]>> The batwa traditional culture as you are going to see.

[00:17:05]>> Okay.

[00:17:05]>> Yeah. But in Batwa also they have their culture that they do represent.

[00:17:11]>> Okay.

[00:17:11]>> Yeah. But for us we do bakqua.

[00:17:13]>> Nice.

[00:17:15]>> Uh why do you give me this stick? This one is to help you by walking like now we are we shall be having like some >> where we believe we will be walking by using the >> Okay.

[00:17:29]>> Yeah. So this is very also important helping you to move faster.

[00:17:33]>> Oh nice. Yeah cuz I see it's muddy.

[00:17:37]>> It's very muddy.

[00:17:38]>> Yes. It's very muddy because of the heavy rain. Now we in season of rain.

[00:17:41]>> Yeah.

[00:17:42]>> Yeah.

[00:17:42]>> Okay.

[00:17:44]>> Wow. This is nice. Uh what is the economic activities of the batwa community?

[00:17:50]>> Actually our economic activities uh the batwa they do uh like handiccraft making.

[00:17:57]>> Yeah. uh they do like going to actually access the forest to get the medicine and also collecting fire and also grazing animal for nani batwa protecting the Irish garden for nani for naniwa >> the major crops grown here is Irish >> is Irish potato and also maze >> this is how we work here >> bro you have to be careful because when you fall you Find yourself in the valley.

[00:18:41]>> [laughter] >> You are not seriously.

[00:18:44]>> I have to be serious.

[00:18:46]>> Not seriously.

[00:18:47]>> Oh my god. And look at this.

[00:18:50][laughter] >> You have never experienced this.

[00:18:52]>> Yeah.

[00:18:53]>> It's my first time.

[00:18:54]>> Your first time?

[00:18:55]>> Yeah.

[00:18:55]>> We have to climb all this >> here. Really?

[00:18:59]>> I think I need to remove my >> Where we are from?

[00:19:01]>> Yeah. The tape through here.

[00:19:04]>> Yeah. Yeah. It's not good, >> guys. I'm just very tired here. Imagine the other people went already and uh I've been taking rest, man. It's not easy. Imagine we've been climbing all the way from down up to this ends over here, man. And you need to be very careful while doing this. If you don't hike, you can't do this. And yeah, we're still going up. You can see.

[00:19:36][snorts] Wow, it's really so beautiful, man. Look at the landscape man.

[00:19:46]This is great. Let's go.

[00:25:33]This is how the make the fire from the tree called Samtosa.

[00:25:37]>> Samantosa.

[00:25:38]>> Yeah.

[00:25:39]>> Okay. They don't use the matchbox.

[00:25:41]>> No, no, no, no.

[00:25:42]>> They don't have it here.

[00:25:42]>> In the forest there was no matchbox and even today here you know matchbox is to pay money.

[00:25:49]>> Yeah.

[00:25:49]>> So here there is no any payment.

[00:25:53]>> Okay.

[00:25:53]>> Okay. Yeah.

[00:25:55]>> Wow.

[00:26:10]I forgot what I can smell.

[00:26:27]Guys, >> wow. The fire is coming.

[00:26:36][crying] Oh.

[00:26:47]Oh.

[00:26:49]>> Wow.

[00:26:51]>> So they put the dry grass.

[00:26:53]>> This one is dry grass. We going to make the fire come up.

[00:26:58]Look at the kids.

[00:27:11]Done.

[00:27:28]I will sing.

[00:27:39]Wow.

[00:27:41]>> [snorts] >> Guys, you can see the smoke.

[00:27:44]Wow.

[00:27:49]Wow.

[00:27:51]We see the smoke already.

[00:27:54][music] >> Oh my gosh.

[00:28:00]>> What is your name?

[00:28:01]>> Nimbud.

[00:28:02]>> Nimbud. Can you ask her whether she has been in the city? Maybe.

[00:28:13]>> [laughter] >> What is the tradition here? Like if someone from here wants to marry her, h do you pay dor? Yeah. Yeah.

[00:28:36]No, no worry. No worry. Hey No worry. You can just take free. Just come and take. Okay.

[00:28:52]>> Yeah. So like for a Yes. Some years back they was like for paying they used to charge you like you bring 10 ships or 10 goats.

[00:29:02]>> Okay. Yes.

[00:29:03]>> So but >> sometimes it happening now.

[00:29:06]>> No now.

[00:29:07]>> Okay.

[00:29:08]>> Yes. And how many children is she having?

[00:29:13]>> Three children.

[00:29:14]>> Three.

[00:29:15]>> Okay. Wow. Wow. This one is a woman.

[00:29:29]>> [laughter] >> Guys, look at this beard. Can I touch ask her?

[00:29:41][laughter] I see that one of them. It's nice guys.

[00:29:53]This is the life over here. And this are the women of the battle community and they are so amazing. They welcomed us with the lots of dances, singing and we are so much happy.

[00:30:07]>> This is the house.

[00:30:08]>> Yeah.

[00:30:09]>> Where we used to cook the food. It is called the uh singing house.

[00:30:14]>> Singing house.

[00:30:14]>> Singing house. Yeah, singing house is a house for the father, mother and children. It is where they would do cooking and everything and also they do eating.

[00:30:26]>> Yeah.

[00:30:26]>> Yeah.

[00:30:29]>> What is it? She's cooking bash arba the vegetable.

[00:30:33]>> Okay. The vegetable. Yes.

[00:30:34]>> Wow.

[00:30:36]>> And also here I had the >> most of the vegetables are medicine.

[00:30:42]>> Yeah. Yeah. Most of the vegetables are medicine like bash ala like this one of dodo. So those are part of the medicine.

[00:30:52]>> Wow.

[00:30:52]>> Yeah. [snorts] >> And uh people sleep in the house.

[00:30:55]>> Yes. The people would sleep here.

[00:30:57]>> Yeah.

[00:30:57]>> After cooking, singing, the young ones would go to another house which is behind there.

[00:31:03]>> Yeah.

[00:31:03]>> Then after the old one would sleep here.

[00:31:06]>> Okay. I heard uh that the rate of HIV AIDS is too much here with the B our community or most especially the women.

[00:31:20]>> Yes. Uh yeah, it is here because of everything done the the women have no any job and it is the cheap sex. cheap sex they they sex they do pre sex with nan batwa who are not batwa because they don't have money they are looking for for survival when you give a m 5,000 to like 20k or 30k immediately you do because uh the bwa women survives on on those work labor they have no nothing so when someone give him immediately he will win.

[00:32:03]>> Wow.

[00:32:04]>> So the nan batwas they live here.

[00:32:06]>> Yeah. Nas they live together.

[00:32:09]>> Yes.

[00:32:09]>> Oh >> and when they go to the to the trading center >> the women >> the women is where they do sex to them.

[00:32:16]>> Wow.

[00:32:16]>> Because after also drinking like alcohol >> they do drink.

[00:32:21]>> They do drink alcohol. Then after drinking that alcohol because they don't have any any job any alternative. What they do? they do them.

[00:32:31]>> And as a community leader here in Bata, >> what do you think can be done to solve this? [laughter] >> This is this situation is to have community sensitization >> about the HIV >> and also it what to do done is to government to come in then start advocating on that uh on that issue.

[00:32:57]>> Okay. and also to teaching them how to prevent HIV that what you should do what she should do she should go for testing and also use condoms to prevent HIV.

[00:33:15]>> So are there these services done here like maybe distributing condoms over here?

[00:33:22]>> Yes. Uh the services are being done here but not much.

[00:33:25]>> Okay.

[00:33:26]>> Yeah. But we appreciate that >> however much we still advocate for this so that the B can access uh those services as much as in it needs.

[00:33:43]>> So tell me how have the basers lived before >> during the time when we were living in a forest.

[00:33:51]>> Yeah.

[00:33:52]>> We have many forests in Uganda. We have muginga and national parks. Those were our our custodian land. It is where our our parents are born from. Then from that the government planned to remove from remove us from the forest for the purpose of conservation and also for making national parks for for gorillas.

[00:34:17]>> Yes. [laughter] And also I find that this is the situation we are the we are living in is not good because removing us from the forest from our homeland. We were not restored. We were not given any alternative. There was no planning that was that was done and no consultation that was done by the government of Uganda.

[00:34:40]>> [laughter] >> It was 1990s.

[00:34:42]>> 1990s.

[00:34:43]>> 1990 to 1992.

[00:34:45]>> From that when >> during the 20th century now 21st century.

[00:34:48]>> Yeah.

[00:34:49]>> So the time when we are living in the forest uh we used to get food we used to get like bashila as you have seen and also the medicine was available for us. The meat was available for us. We used the lot to killing the the younger ones. we would kill the produce. So that's why I believe that we are the first conservationist of the nature. So there was no any harming or destroying or cutting the forest for us to live in the forest because in the forest we were able to get medicine we were able to get food as I told you and we are able to get this Franklin bodies. So but the old one but not the younger one.

[00:35:35]>> So do you think you are forgotten? Do you think the batwa community is forgotten in Uganda?

[00:35:41]>> Yes, our our communities we are forgotten because we don't access what we were supposed to access [laughter] and also when you find that this like gera the many people are coming to see then they pay a lot of money then the tourism then after paying that a lot of money but we are not benefiting on revenue sharing from the from from the tourism.

[00:36:07]Yeah.

[00:36:07]>> Yeah.

[00:36:08]>> So what can you what can be done here?

[00:36:11]>> Uh what can be done here is that the government to come up and then see how plan with us see how the government can uplift our community because we are living in in a terrible situation.

[00:36:24]>> One more question. How many people live here? The population of the people here.

[00:36:30]uh the population of the bwa in Uganda according to census of 2014 no 2014 it show that we were 300 uh uh six 6,800 >> but now we are living in a terrible situation where our people many are dying because of uh many diseases as I mentioned like HIV malaria and poverty Yeah, because we don't have what to eat.

[00:37:06]>> Wow.

[00:37:09]>> So, do you have schools here?

[00:37:12]>> Yes. The schools we have here, it is for government.

[00:37:15]>> Yeah.

[00:37:15]>> And uh the teachers doesn't teach well >> because they are paid by the government.

[00:37:23]uh however much that our children who complete like primary seven we don't have to refuse to pay for our children due to the fact that we don't have land where we can cultivate and get income.

[00:37:34]>> So wait this land that you're living in right now you're cultivating is not your original land. You mean all to say that >> uh this is a land where we are living is not our original land >> and also this land uh we don't have rights to uh to use it like an example uh when I when I want a loan >> uh I want money from the bank I cannot get a loan because I don't have land title land title being kept by n government organization and we don't have that right to to use that land so which mean that that land the battle we don't own the land. The land are being owned by nong government organization and also those people who come and buy the land but we don't have land rights.

[00:38:21]Yeah, >> this is it over here. And but I see the women are so happy. They are living their life with the children. And uh >> yeah, this is this is a situation that now we [clears throat] are familiar and you know when you don't have nothing when you don't have nothing, [laughter] you can be happy because this is a situation that our people are living in.

[00:38:46]>> Okay.

[00:38:48]Wow.

[00:38:48]>> So this is the food. Mhm.

[00:38:58]>> Hey, this baby is eating.

[00:39:02][laughter] >> So, this is what you you guys eat. Yeah.

[00:39:04]>> Yeah.

[00:39:06]>> It's nice guys. You can see these are the plates. And you see the little kid is eating [laughter] already.

[00:39:13]>> Wow.

[00:39:15]This is how you eat over here. Yeah.

[00:39:19]>> [laughter] >> So is it medic?

[00:39:25]>> Mhm.

[00:39:26]>> It cures what?

[00:39:29]>> What does it cur?

[00:39:32]>> The one with like been the one with like peas.

[00:39:36]>> Yeah.

[00:39:37]>> It it reduces pressure and diabetes.

[00:39:40]>> Okay.

[00:39:40]>> Okay. And the one that which bash Aruba >> Yeah.

[00:39:45]It gives you your energy, your body, and also your friction to walk a longer distance.

[00:39:51]>> Oh, yeah. Nice. I'm going to test this.

[00:39:55]>> I can eat.

[00:39:56]>> Yeah, you can eat.

[00:39:59]>> We're going to try the name.

[00:40:02]>> What is the name of this?

[00:40:02]>> This one is Bashira Alba.

[00:40:04]>> Bashira Alba. Yes. And what inside?

[00:40:06]>> Uh, it reduces it give your body a friction and also run faster hiking.

[00:40:13]>> Oh, nice. Yeah guys, actually I need to have this because I was suffering hiking. It was not easy, man.

[00:40:21]There is no salt. There is no salt. You don't cook with salt.

[00:40:25]>> It gives when you put this one eggplant, it gives you it give it the salt.

[00:40:33]>> Okay.

[00:40:43]This is the house where I would leave the children and also with a one person who is energetic uh who understand how to hunt and also when the animal is coming that person would be helping the children not animal to attack the the the family or the children who are in that house. And that one would work as also a security purposely for the children. And also the battle would not do jiggy jiggy or playing sex inside the house. They would come and and bring the children we they leave on one person.

[00:41:16]Then after they go and that person would want to help the what the children not to be attacked by the animal.

[00:41:22]>> So when they want to go and have sex they leave the children here.

[00:41:26]>> Yeah.

[00:41:27]>> And they go >> then they go >> to the in the to the bush.

[00:41:30]>> To the bush.

[00:41:30]>> Okay.

[00:41:30]>> To the bush. But not in the house.

[00:41:32]>> Oh not in a house.

[00:41:33]>> Not in the house.

[00:41:34]>> Why not in house? Why not in the house?

[00:41:36]Because there were many many people in the house. So what they would do?

[00:41:41]>> They would not do sex because they would they would not want children to understand what they are doing.

[00:41:46]>> Okay. So this is a tree house.

[00:41:49]>> This is a tree house.

[00:41:50]>> Oh okay.

[00:41:51]>> Wow. So all these crops >> Mhm.

[00:41:54]>> are for the BA community >> for Nani Batwa community.

[00:41:57]>> For nanibwa >> but they grow and where the bwa stay.

[00:42:02]>> Yes. Uh this one is not for this land is not for but for here.

[00:42:05]>> Okay.

[00:42:06]>> Yeah.

[00:42:06]>> Ah >> yeah.

[00:42:08]>> So >> the p land of the we have is where we built the house >> only that.

[00:42:13]>> Yeah.

[00:42:14]>> You were given land to just build a house.

[00:42:16]>> Yeah.

[00:42:16]>> Not to cultivate.

[00:42:17]>> No.

[00:42:18]>> Do the b practice polyamies marriage.

[00:42:23]M few few numbers they do uh practice or they do practice but they are very few because of the they don't have what to give like food.

[00:42:36]>> Okay.

[00:42:36]>> They would have done the pygmy but unfortunately they cannot do polygamy because they the food for people to eat not there.

[00:42:46]>> Okay.

[00:42:47]>> So basically because of poverty.

[00:42:50]>> Mhm. So there is extremely poverty over here in the about our community.

[00:43:01]What message would you like the world to know about the BA community?

[00:43:06]I guess the message that I would like to to tell everyone who would like to see the BA people is to welcome them to come and see access and come and uh really do supporting this community because our communities are in are in danger. I will find is that our communities are going to be distinct because of poverty and also lack of access on healthy and also uh education and also um without land where they can cultivate and having sustainable livelihood like agriculture.

[00:43:46]So really I would like everybody who would like to see the batwa please come and support our community and come and really engage with us. So that is action that I would love really everyone who would like to support please come to us really we are really people who can also give you our or information that is happening to our community and experienced.

[00:44:08]>> So how can tourism help your community?

[00:44:12]Yes, tourism can help our communities by supporting directly and uh also uh to market our products and marketing our courage experience and also one things they want to support like the they may be want to support like buying the land, supporting the children. Yeah, >> beautiful country Uganda and how to support the community directly since from the forest. Now the the part community have really interacted with the uh with many uh religious because we have Anglican people. We have the Muslim also. Uh we have also the Protestant.

[00:44:59]>> Okay.

[00:44:59]>> Yeah. But before the forest we are not having the the the religion.

[00:45:04]>> What is the highest percentage of the religion?

[00:45:08]>> Uh the Protestant.

[00:45:10]>> Protestant.

[00:45:11]>> Yes.

[00:45:11]>> Okay.

[00:45:12]>> So guys, we're coming to the end of the video and uh you know uh coming here and uh reading uh about the BA community or knowing about the Batwa community that the uh poverty is extremely high over here. We didn't came empty-handed. So, we bought maze fl over here and we're going to distribute to them.

[00:45:38]I don't know. This is what we bought.

[00:45:40]>> I don't know sir. Is it going to be enough for them?

[00:45:44]>> Yeah. Actually, this one we really appreciate for your support.

[00:45:49]>> But being that you are not understand how many people are you going to meet.

[00:45:53]So I really happy for you for this and I think if it is not going to be enough there is no problem but maybe in the future when you are coming but we are very very privileged happy for your support.

[00:46:08]>> Okay. Thank you so much for accepting our small gift for the community.

[00:46:14]>> Yeah. Thank you very much.

[00:46:16]>> Yeah. So these are the bags they they will distribute with.

[00:46:20]>> These are the one that we going to be using.

[00:46:22]>> Okay.

[00:46:22]>> Yeah. Ah, nice. Wow.

[00:46:24]>> At least at least per person can get like 2 kg of Okay. Yeah. Nice. Wow.

[00:46:30]Nice. Is I'm so much happy because uh we really did something to them so they can be happy.

[00:46:40]Yes. Ask them are they happy with this?

[00:46:46]Okay. They are very nice. Nice. Good.

[00:46:53]Come over here.

[00:47:12]So we're going to give to everyone here in the line.

[00:47:19]This is so good man. [crying] This is the life over here man.

[00:47:28]I'm so much happy that uh I did something for the people like this.

[00:47:42]when you come here I can't say it if you can't then you can do something like this also to the people and that is it though the ba lost their forest and their land but their sculpture and spirit remain strong and it reminds us that protecting the nature should also means protecting the people who have lived in it for generations.

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