Bakola-Bagyeli Pygmy hut
1. Bakola hut
in a forest camp.

Camps and Huts

(Bakola Pygmies / Bagyeli Pygmies of Cameroon)
Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin
Soundscape: tropical rainforest sounds (Central Africa).
Bakola pygmy village along a rainforest river
2. Huts of a village along a river.
Mooring in a rainforest river
3. River mooring near a forest camp.
Go to the page: African rainforest rivers
Interior of a Pygmy hut
4. Interior of a Bakola mud hut,
with fireplace, shelf for firewood
and meat smoking, oil lamp
and woven plant fiber pannier
to transport food and materials
from the rainforest.
Go to the page: Food preparation
and material culture
Pygmy huts
5. Mud hut (left) and leaves hut (right).
Bagyeli Pygmies house
6. Reed structure of a Bakola mud house.
7. Path leading to a forest camp.
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The time in the tropical rainforests of the Western Congo Basin, when you
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