Cécile Bayiha
Encyclopedia
Cécile Bayiha is an actress from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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She is best known for playing the part of captive Pygmy Likola in the 2005 Franco
-British
-South Africa
n film Man to Man, in which two captured Pygmies are presented to a 19th century British public. Bayiha is not a Pygmy herself, but a short-statured person
or "proportionate dwarf
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
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She is best known for playing the part of captive Pygmy Likola in the 2005 Franco
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n film Man to Man, in which two captured Pygmies are presented to a 19th century British public. Bayiha is not a Pygmy herself, but a short-statured person
Midget
A midget is a short person with relatively average bodily proportions in comparison with other human beings. The term is often improperly used to describe a person with the medical condition dwarfism. The two terms are often used synonymously because both terms originate as words defining small...
or "proportionate dwarf
Dwarfism
Dwarfism is short stature resulting from a medical condition. It is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 4 feet 10 inches , although this definition is problematic because short stature in itself is not a disorder....
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