Bakola-Bagyeli Pygmy with rainforest porcupine
1. Bakola boy coming from a hunting
trip with an African brush-tailed
porcupine (Atherurus africanus).
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Hunting Activities

Hunters and hunted animals

(Bakola Pygmies / Bagyeli Pygmies of Cameroon)
Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin
Soundscape: Greater Spot-nosed Monkey vocalizations
(Cercopithecus nictitans). In the background, African rainforest sounds.
Bakola-Bagyeli Pygmy hunter
2. Bakola net hunter
with a spear, seated
on a hunting net,
waiting for the beginning
of an antelope hunt.
Elderly Bakola-Bagyeli pygmy healer
3. Old Bakola healer
with a spear, inside
a wooden hut.
Go to the page: Camps and huts
Rainforest hyrax
4. A young Bakola hunter
with a Southern Tree Hyrax
(Dendrohyrax arboreus).
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rainforest mammals
Rainforest rat
5. Rainforest giant rat
(Cricetomys emini)
laid down on a leaf
beside a fireplace.
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Rainforest antelope
6. Blue Duiker (Cephalophus monticola).
Go to the page: Rainforest buffalos and antelopes
Rainforest porcupine
7. African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus).
Basenji dog for the hunt
8. Basenji hunting dog,
helping Bakola/Bagyeli
Pygmies with the hunt.
Luis Devin with Bakola Pygmy hunters
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9. Luis Devin with Bakola net hunters,
with a spear and hunting nets.
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