Bedzan Pygmy woman with pannier
1. Elderly woman with a large basket
composed of interwoven plant fibers.
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Introduction

The Bedzan Pygmies

(Rainforest of Cameroon)
Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin
Soundscape: female polyphony with rattle accompaniment
(Bedzan Pygmies of Cameroon).
Bedzan Pygmy hunter with bow and arrows
2. Bedzan hunter
with bow and arrows;
behind him, other men
of the group with a
single-skin drum.
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Bedzan Pygmy village
Family in front of a pygmy hut (Bedzan Pygmies)
3. View of a Bedzan semi-sedentary camp.
4. Bedzan family in front of a mud hut.
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Preparazione del cibo (Pigmei Bedzan)
5. Woman sitting on
a woven mat with her
child and manioc leaves
(Manihot esculenta).
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Elderly Pygmy with rattle and pipe
6. Elderly Bedzan woman
with a pipe, rattle and
basket for the transportation
of chickens and plantains.
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Go to the page: Portraits of Bedzan
men and women
Luis Devin with Bedzan Pygmies
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7. Luis Devin with a group of
Bedzan women in a camp.
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