 (Cameroon, Gabon and Congo) (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea) (Cameroon) (Gabon) (Central African Rep.) Audio-Photo Gallery Audio-Photo Diary Story of an Initiation the Pygmies.org Website * In the native languages of other peoples in Central Africa, as well as in the anthropological literature, the Aka are sometimes referred to as Baaka Pygmies (name variants: Bayaka, Bayaga, Yaka, Biaka, Diaka, Akas, Moaka and Nyoyaka), or as Babenzele Pygmies (name variants: Bambenzele, Mbenzele, Ba-Benzele, Babenjele, Benjelle and Ba-Benjellé),or as Beka Pygmies, Pygmées de la Lobaye, Pygmées de Mongoumba or Pygmées de la Sangha, or, more generally, as Mbenga Pygmies (name variants: Bambenga, Babenga, Babinga, Binga, Mbinga, Babingas, Bingas, Ba-Binga and Yadinga). With regard to the meaning, origin and use of the word "Pygmy", see this note on terminology. | ||
