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The Baka Pygmies of Cameroon

Baka Pygmies
Cameroon

A race of hunters and gatherers, Baka Pygmies, found in Cameroon live together with the various ethnic groups of Bantu farmers, with whom they exchange goods.
With an average height of 1.5 meters, the Baka are, strictly speaking, pygmoids rather than pygmies. However, in everyday usage, the term "dwarf" is used.
The exact number is difficult to determine, in a semi-nomadic group, who roam the tropical rainforest setting their temporary stay in certain areas that offers rich games and natural resources, but estimates ranging between 5,000 and 28,000 people.
Occupy forest ecology and use the gifts of nature or the ecosystem. Over the years important exchange relations have developed among hunter-gatherer Baka and the neighboring Bantu farmers. However, this relationship has been one of tolerance and is characterized by hostility. The situation has been caused by the condescending attitude and derogatory comments that describe the Bantu pygmies neighbors, watching the Baka as property belonging to them, are victims of racism and exploitation in plantations as cheap labor.
One of the most important differences among the Baka pygmies and Bantu partners is the fact that owe their whole existence of natural resources that nature has endowed its habitat, the rainforest.
Like other pygmies the Baka are culturally, linguistically and physically different from their Bantu neighbors.
They live in huts they call mongulu which are single-family homes made of branches and leaves and usually built by women. After a very flexible framework, thin branches is prepared, recently gathered leaves are fit in the structure. After work is complete, other plant material is sometimes added to the dome so that the structure more compact and waterproof. In addition to the Baka also mongulus rectangular huts constructed of leaves or bark like other ethnic groups not only that the use of clay and wood.

The Baka, meet the variety of foods from the forests, animals and specific stations where such products can be found easily. The different stations that these people pygmy the experience of each year, three months long period of heavy rainfall is the most important. During this period when the forest is found in abundance the Baka leave their permanent villages on the depth of the forest and meeting travel for several months food. The men do the work of the highest prestige, but certainly more dangerous meat supplies for the group through the hunt. The women carry baskets of goods and follow their husbands.
Hunting in the jungle are conducted with bows, poisoned arrows, crossbows, spears and traps. Contrary to what happens in other cultures Pygmies, Baka not know the use of hunting nets. Dead animals are a forest several species of primates, artiodactyls, rodents, etc, which are hunted at night. Traps placed near watercourses to hunt crocodiles, usually killed by spears.
In search of food in the forest is one of the most important for the survival of the group, gathering yams, fruit, mushrooms, but in some seasons, it is possible for them to find small animals such as termites and caterpillars.
Carried in baskets by women, the products come to camp and are shared by all families.
Hunting is one of the most important, not only for the supply of food but by the symbolic meaning and prestige traditionally ascribed. The hunters are very skilled respected and taken into great consideration, especially if they specialize in gambling activity more rewarding and meaningful: The Great Elephant Hunt.
Massive deforestation these days deprives the pygmies of the natural resources essential for their biological and cultural survival. Unfortunately, due to the decrease in the number of dams and less frequent expeditions in the woods today, hunting does not provide the Baka an adequate supply of proteins from animal that causes serious nutritional problems, especially in children.
With poor diet and health problems, many live a quiet life keeping an identity strong cultural and marking the boundaries between their form of culture and other ethnic groups in the forest.
Of all the aspects of nature that surrounds the Baka pygmies, who perceive the rainforest more valuable as the force with which they interact.
The Baka pygmies typical not to leave their home in the forests, even in exchange for a palace ultra modern city.
They have a deep knowledge and understanding of forests and their products, including the healing power of plants and indeed, the guardians of a pharmacy huge natural. Thus, his whole life is occupied with the welfare of their forests.

"We were born and raised in the forest, we make everything in the forest, harvesting, hunting and fishing. Now, where do you want us to make life? "
Mbeh: Baka guitarist

Baka Beyond / Baka Gbine
Music has a central role in the life of the Baka. From an early age have a keen sense of rhythm, as soon as the baby is able to applaud are encouraged to participate in the entire music community. There is music for ritualistic purposes, music for the transmission of knowledge, stories and history of the Baka people, and music for pure enjoyment. This music community constant decision helps strengthen the links between individuals in groups.
Baka Music is perhaps best described as bursts of harmonic yodeling, intertwined in a dynamic, rhythmic. It is mesmerizing and the environmental setting of forests makes the overall effect fascinating.
Inspired by the rhythms and melodies Baka magic, British musicians Martin Cradick and Baka Beyond Hart's foundation in 1993 after visiting the tribals.
Recorded a album "Forest Spirit" under the name Baka Beyond which pushed them into the worldwide recognition. The band has since evolved into a show multicultural, dynamic live stage with album sales of more than a quarter million copies.
They have played at WOMAD in the UK U.S. and the Czech Republic and the Jazz stage at Glastonbury Music Mondial in Sao Paulo, Brazil and many more festivals in the UK, USA, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, as well as headlining the Vancouver Folk Roots Festival. His themes have been heard on soundtracks for television, particularly in the nature programs on the BBC and have been nominated for BBC listeners Radio 3 World Music awards.
Your Hart said: "It was amazing singing bird that first attracted me, women will gather before dawn to sing, enchant the animals of the forest and ensure that the hunting of men will be successful. Song and dance is used by the Baka for healing, for rituals, for keeping the community and also for pure fun! "
With the help of course Martin and Su, who were then being invited to play at local parties, weddings and funerals in Cameroon. After recording their album "Gati Bongo" in 2000, chose the name of "Baka Gbine" ("help" means Gbine translated).
The band includes guitarists Pelembir, Mbeh and Zow, percussionist Masekou, two women – Ybunga and Lekeweh, who bring great singing to the concerts, and traditional music.

Turn Baka
Baka Gbine is one of the few groups who ensure that to get back in the culture removed. Royalties from the sale of the albums are channeled back to the Baka pygmies across the UK charity Global Music Exchange – or as they call the Baka, "One Heart."
This ongoing relationship with the Baka community has helped them win land rights and recognition as citizens of Cameroon, as well as finance its own medical center and a House of Music. These steps help protect the Baka's culture, environment forest and the only way to hunter-gatherer life.

Roger Harrabin-reports
The biggest threat comes from a road in the jungle that has been raised by the Cameroon government to European Union funds.
The World Bank and African Development Bank refused to finance the renovation.
They said it would speed up logging and hunting of endangered species. However, the EU gave the money without any environmental assessment.
Steve Gartland, the World Wide Fund for Nature of the man from Cameroon, says the inevitable is happening now.
"The road construction programs tend to bring development in the areas forest. As soon as you get the open forest areas to get the poachers come, leading to a depletion of wildlife and deforestation, " said.
Sixty percent of Cameroon's forests are already being exploited.
Some companies in the forest wreck by bribing their way around laws allowing only a few trees to be cut. Others seem to play by the book – felling only the occasional large tree.
Jean Francois Forester Pagot admits that the most valuable species are being depleted, and they are not being replanted.
He says. "The main reason is the long life of trees Some take two or three hundred years to fully mature – and without a license so long hardwood -. so the diversity of the rainforest is being eroded "
The Baka are finding it more difficult to get another type of meat from poachers began using the road to the EU to sell their catch from the forest reserve.
One of the Baka, said: "They killed elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, leopards, buffalo, deer – all in the reserve."
The European Union (EU), taxpayers are financing the conservation of wildlife in this reserve, as well as payment for the way that makes life easier for poachers.
The EU funds now poaching education projects. But hunting wildlife is very profitable for some to resist. Conservationists say it is a typical problem caused by the agenda of EU aid. They say that aid from Brussels is often poorly managed and hurt people on the edge – like the Baka.

Donations and help for the Pygmies Baka can be found at the following website:
http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/s-Donate% 20Online
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/africa/where/cameroon/jengi_project/help/index.cfm

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“We are born and grew up in the forest; we do everything in the forest, gathering, hunting and fishing. Now where do they want us to make our lives? “

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