The Baka people (Aka is the term used to designate themselves) are a seminomadic ethnic group inhabiting the Central African rainforests. The Baka have a deep relationship with their environment. For the Baka people, the forest is living and communicates with them. The foundation of the Baka is to live in harmony with nature. Location […]
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About 18,000 members make up the unknown Dowayo or Namchis people of Cameroon, who live around the city of Poli in the northern region of the country. The English anthropologist Nigel Barley put them on the map by describing their rites and customs in the novel ‘Innocent Anthropologist’ (1983). Economy and social organization of the […]
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In the heart of the African Sahel, thousands of nomadic Wodaabe Fulani from countries such as Niger, Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria gather each year for a major ceremonial assembly known as the Gerewol. This ceremony is a beauty contest in which young men compete to attract the most beautiful women of the tribe, even if […]
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