Complainte des gens de l'argile

Abstract

J. Kagabo & V. Mudandagizi — Ballad of the 'clay-people': the Batwa of Rwanda. Three case-stories demon-strating the subservient position of the Batwa pygmies in Rwanda: a chief's litter-bearer, a potter and buffoon, and a relatively successful peasant. The Batwa have never been accepted as full-fledged members of Society even after the 1959 revolution.