Ota Benga in the Post
Ann Hornaday authored an interesting piece in this morning's Washington Post about Ota Benga, the Congolese Pygmy who was displayed for a time in a cage in the Bronx Zoo. It turns out that Ms. Hornaday's great-great-great-uncle, William Temple Hornday, was the one who put Ota Benga there.
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