Bakola-Bagyeli Pygmy men, sitting in front of a mud hut
1. Bakola men
outside a mud hut.

Introduction

The Bakola / Bagyeli Pygmies

(Rainforest of Cameroon)
Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin
Soundscape: Bakola dance with accompaniment of
single skin drum and claps. In the background,,
rainforest sounds (Bakola Pygmies of Cameroon).
Bakola Pygmy hunter with hunting nets
2. Bakola net hunter
leaving for an
antelope hunt.
Go to the page: Hunting activities
Rainforest huts in a Bakola-Bagyeli Pygmy camp
Wood transportation by pygmy pirogues
3. Bakola huts in a camp in
the rainforest of Cameroon.
Go to the page: Camps and huts
4. Firewood transportation
by pirogue on a river.
Bakola-Bagyeli Pygmy child
5. Bakola child sitting
at the entrance
of a mud hut.
Go to the page: Portraits of Bakola
men, women and children
Caterpillar and terrestrial turtle
6. - 7. Edible caterpillar and tortoise.
Go to the page: Food gathering and food preparation
Lithic chopping board and pebble for seed crumbling
8. - 9. Pannier for food and forest material
gathering; stone chopping board
and pebble to crumble seeds.
Go to the page: Basket weaving and other daily activities
Pygmy pirogue on a river
10. Big pirogue dug out
of the trunk of a tree.
Go to the page: African rainforest rivers
Bakola-Bagyeli Pygmies in a camp
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11. Some members of a Bakola family
in a rainforest camp.
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25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF).

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