. . .mainly because I haven't been around here much:P

Didn't know that about the name's origins. Unfortunately, the pygmies are also the hunted: if one news article I read is to be believed, there's a superstition going around parts of the Congo about the benefits of eating a pygmy.

Knew about the resource curse. That's one reason I asked the question I did--how many countries with said curse spend their wealth in places where the country's leaders DON'T live?