Ota Benga: The Pygmy in the Bronx Zoo

Ota Benga: The Pygmy in the Bronx Zoo

By Faydelin Stoddart-Smith | In the early twentieth century, a human was exhibited in the same cage as monkeys in the Bronx Zoo. The Monkey House, also known as the Primate House, was a popular location at the zoo. It once housed grey-handed night-monkeys and apes, including a famous orangutan named Dohong. However, due to […]

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