Bakola Pygmy man making a pannier
1. Making of a woven pannier
with plant fibers derived
from liana plants.

Other Daily Activities

(basket and mat weaving, gathering
and preparation of food, etc.)

(Bakola Pygmies / Bagyeli Pygmies of Cameroon)
Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin
Soundscape: edible seed comminution on a wooden
chopping board (Bakola Pygmies of Cameroon).
Bakola-bagyeli Pygmy child preparing food
Lithic chopping board and round stone
2. Bakola child with wooden
chopping board, inside a hut.
3. Pygmy stone chopping board with pebble
to crumble seeds and other vegetables.
Pannier of leaves and other materials
4. Gathering of leaves,
giant land snails,
firewood and other
forest materials.
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plants and animals
Boiled caterpillars in a pot
Fresh water shrimps
5. Caterpillar soup, in a pot on the fire.
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6. Freshly caught river shrimps in a basket.
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Bakola-Bagyeli Pygmy child gathering wild fruits
7. Gathering of wild fruits
and other edible vegetables
along a path near the camp.
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8. Moving on a pirogue along a river
in the Cameroonian rainforest.
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