Baka Pygmies in Cameroon
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This thesis explores the socio-cultural aspects of hunting and wildlife crisis through data collected during 14 months of fieldwork in two Baka villages of southeastern Cameroon. The Baka "Pygmies" live in a context polarized by... more
Ethnographers of Congo Basin hunter-gatherers have emphasised ritual as a levelling mechanism that strengthens community spirit and mediates power evenly between individuals and subgroups. Pursuant to recent research with a Baka community... more
Pygmy populations occupy a vast territory extending west-to-east along the central African belt from the Congo Basin to Lake Victoria. However, their numbers and actual distribution is not known precisely. Here, we undertake this task by... more
For long, the importance of fishing for forest societies has been hiding behind the term “hunter-gatherers”. Whereas the importance of hunting is commonly recognized among such societies, some research has also highlighted that fishing is... more
This article introduces the concept of motility, the capacity to be mobile, as an in-depth way to account for changes in forager mobility and social organization. Motility adds to the understanding of diversified mobilities by focusing... more
Pygmy populations occupy a vast territory extending west-to-east along the central African belt from the Congo Basin to Lake Victoria. However, their numbers and actual distribution is not known precisely. Here, we undertake this task by... more
Les forêts du bassin du Congo sont un des lieux emblématiques de la confrontation entre deux visions de la « nature » et de la forêt : la vision de ceux qui souhaitent la protéger et la vision de ceux qui souhaitent continuer à y vivre.... more
Attempting to effectively address the situation of Indigenous peoples across the globe in a single inclusive document, Dr. Kelly NGYAH presents this unique and innovative literary manual that brings national and global politics on... more
Pygmy populations occupy a vast territory extending west-to-east along the central African belt from the Congo Basin to Lake Victoria. However, their numbers and actual distribution is not known precisely. Here, we undertake this task by... more
Pygmy populations occupy a vast territory extending west-to-east along the central African belt from the Congo Basin to Lake Victoria. However, their numbers and actual distribution is not known precisely. Here, we undertake this task by... more
Pygmy populations occupy a vast territory extending west-to-east along the central African belt from the Congo Basin to Lake Victoria. However, their numbers and actual distribution is not known precisely. Here, we undertake this task by... more
The African pygmy phenotype stems from genetic foundations and is considered to be the product of a disturbance in the growth hormone–insulin-like growth factor (GH–IGF) axis. However, when and how the pygmy phenotype is acquired during... more