Bakoya woman
1. Bakoya woman
painted in red
for a ritual.

Portraits

Bakoya Women

(Bakoya Pygmies of Gabon)
Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin
Soundscape: voices in a rainforest village, during
a public ceremony (Bakoya Pygmies and Bakota of Gabon).
Bakoya/Bakola pygmy singer
2. Bakoya woman
singing during an
itinerant dance.
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Bakoya pygmy woman
3. Bakoya woman
with painted face.
Elderly Bakoya Pygmy
4. Elderly Bakoya woman
with an eye affected
by cataract.
Young Bakoya pygmy girl
5. Young Bakoya girl
with painted face and
an arm in a sling.
Bakoya/Bakola pygmy woman
6. Bakoya woman
singing a song.
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Bakoya elderly women
7. - 8. Elderly Bakoya women with painted face.
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Photo potraits (Bakoya Pygmy people), with soundscape and descriptive notes
(Bakoya Pygmies of Gabon).
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