 (Cameroon, Gabon and Congo) (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea) (Cameroon) (Gabon) (Central African Rep.) Audio-Photo Gallery Audio-Photo Diary Story of an Initiation the Pygmies.org Website * In the native languages of other peoples in Central Africa, as well as in the anthropological literature, the BaKola-BaGyeli are sometimes referred to as Bakoya Pygmies (name variants: Koya, Kola, Likoya and Bakuele) or as Gyeli Pygmies (name variants: Gyele, Bagyele, Giele, Bagiele, Bogyel, Bogyeli, Bondjiel, Jele, Bajele, Jeli, Bajeli, Gieli and Bagieli), or as Bako or Bekoe Pygmies, or, more generally, as Mbenga Pygmies (name variants: Bambenga, Babenga, Babinga, Binga, Mbinga, Babingas, Bingas, Ba-Binga and Yadinga). With regard to the meaning, origin and use of the word "Pygmy", see this note on terminology. | ||
