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AKKA (TIKKI-TI%II) , a race of African pygmies first seen by the traveller G. A. Schweinfurth in 187o, when he was in the Mangbettu ccuntry, N.W. of Albert Nyanza. The home of the Akka is the dense forest zone of the Aruwimi district
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hair almost the same colour, woolly and tufted; they have very projecting jaws, flat noses and protruding lips, which give them an " ape-like " appearance . Marked physical features are an abdominal protuberance which makes all Akka look like pot-bellied children, and a remarkable hollowing of the spine into a curve like an S. Investigation has shown that these are not true racial characteristics, but tend to disappear, the abdominal enlargement subsiding after some weeks of regular and wholesome diet. The upper limbs are long, and the hands, according to Schweinfurth, are singularly delicate. The lower limbs are short, relatively to the trunk, and curve in somewhat, the feet being bent in too, which gives the Akka a topheavy, tottering gait. There is a tendency to steatopygia among the women. The Akka are nomads, living in the forests, where they hunt game with poisoned arrows, with pitfalls and springs set everywhere, and with traps built like huts, the roofs of which, hung by tendrils only, fall in on the animal. They collect ivory and honey, manufacture poison, and bring these to market to exchange for cereals, tobacco and iron weapons. They are courageous hunters, and do not hesitate to attack even elephants, both sexes joining in the chase. They are very agile, and are said by the neighbouring negroes to leap about in the high grass like grasshoppers. They are timid. as children before strangers, but are declared to be malevolent and treacherous fighters. In dress, weapons and utensils they are as the surrounding negroes. They build round huts of branches and leaves in the forestclearings. They seem in no way a degenerate race, but rather a people arrested in development by the forest environment. End of Article: AKKA (TIKKI-TI%II) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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