Paul Schebesta
Jesuit missionary
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anthropological work in Ituri Forest
- In Ituri Forest: Study and exploration
…the 1930s the Jesuit missionary Paul Schebesta undertook the first anthropological studies of the people of the Ituri. Since then, many aspects of the behaviour, ecology, and growth and demography of the Bambuti and their villager neighbours have been studied by anthropologists from the United States, Europe, and Japan.
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