1. Cameroonian rainforest trees and liana plants. Rainforest trees

African Pygmies > Other Pygmy Peoples > BaKola-BaGyeli

Natural Environment

of the Bakola-Bagyeli Pygmies

(Southern Cameroon)

Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin

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Introduction

Soundscape: flowing river in the African rainforest.

2. The Cameroonian rainforest at the outfall of the Lobé river.

3. Waterfalls of the Lobé river tumbling into the Atlantic Ocean. Waterfalls of the African rainforest rivers

4. Fern island in the middle of a rainforest river. Aquatic plants and river vegetation

5. - 6. Forest Elephant and De Brazza's Monkey. Elephants and Hippopotamus Rainforest primates

7. Bird on a riverside fallen tree. African rainforest birds

8. Reed thicket near a Balola village.

9. Atlantic Ocean seashore, sorrounded by the rainforest.

Thematic links and insights:

The African Rainforest
The Baka Pygmy forest
Rainforest big primates
Rainforest exploitation
Deforestation


	The author: Music anthropologist and writer, he has carried out field research in central Africa, where he lived with the Baka Pygmies and other forest peoples, whose music, rituals and survival strategies he has been studying for more than a decade. www.luisdevin.com www.facebook.com/LuisDevin


	HOME SECTION INDEX BACK The rain forest of the Bakola Pygmies, with photos and sounds (Southern Cameroon). Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin. Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/bakola-bagyeli/environment.php Photos, videos and sounds are available for licensing, both for multimedia use and paper publications. For the terms and conditions, contact the author from the Contact page. The time in the tropical rainforests of the Western Congo Basin, where the BaKola-BaGyeli Pygmy people live, is 20:59. Every minute, at least 25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF). Go to the Other Pygmy Peoples section index Copyright © 1998-2024 Luis Devin. All rights reserved.