BaKola, Bedzan, BaKoya and BaAka Pygmies (Central Africa). Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/other-pygmy-peoples/ Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin. The time in the tropical rainforests of the Western Congo Basin, where the Baka, BaKola-BaGyeli, Bedzan, BaKoya, Aka Pygmy people live, is 20:12. Every minute, at least 25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF).