1. Bakoya woman painted in red for a ritual.

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Portraits

Bakoya Women

(BaKoya Pygmies of Gabon)

Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin

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Soundscape: voices in a rainforest village, during
a public ceremony (Bakoya Pygmies and Bakota of Gabon).

2. Bakoya woman singing during an itinerant dance. Music and dances

3. Bakoya woman with painted face.

4. Elderly Bakoya woman with an eye affected by cataract.

5. Young Bakoya girl with painted face and an arm in a sling.

6. Bakoya woman singing a song. Music and dances

7. - 8. Elderly Bakoya women with painted face.

Thematic links and insights:

Portraits of Baka women (Baka Pygmies)
Portraits of Bakola men, women and children (Bakola Pygmies)
Portraits of Bedzan men and women (Bedzan Pygmies)
Portraits of Aka men and women (Aka Pygmies)
Portrait galleries (Baka, Bakola, Bedzan, Bakoya and Aka)


	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 Photo potraits (Bakoya Pygmy people), with soundscape and descriptive notes (BaKoya Pygmies of Gabon). Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin. Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/bakoya/portraits.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 BaKoya Pygmy people live, is 00:17. 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.