Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga

Pamela Newkirk with Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

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nonfiction biography history race reflective slow-paced
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In 1904, Ota Benga, a young Congolese "pygmy" - a person of petite stature - arrived from central Africa and was featured in an anthropology exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair. Two years later, the New York Zoological Gardens displayed him in i...

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