| Other Works and ActivitiesMaterial culture, making of tools and huts, toys, medicines(Baka Pygmies of Cameroon, Gabon and Congo)Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis DevinSoundscape: voices in a Baka camp. In the background, insects and birds of the surrounding rainforest (Baka Pygmies of Cameroon). | 2. Sowing game, similar to a Mancala game. 3. Wooden toy-car, with steering wheel.
| | | |
| | | | | 7. Making the wooden handle of an ax. | | | |
| | | | Thematic links and insights:
| |
|
| | | | | | 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.comwww.facebook.com/LuisDevin | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | HOME SECTION INDEX BACKBaka Pygmy works and activities, with photos and ethnographic notes (Baka Pygmies of Cameroon, Gabon and Congo).Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin. Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/baka/other-works.phpPhotos, 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 Baka Pygmy people live, is 21:21. Every minute, at least 25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF). Go to the Baka Pygmies section indexCopyright © 1998-2024 Luis Devin. All rights reserved. | | | | | | | |
| |