Four Baka pygmies on 9 feets? Please count the feets.....
Photo taken July 1986 in south of Cameroun in the Réserve du Dja. The women is holding an
albino child. The Baka Pygmee still live deep in the jungle of Cameroun, Sierra Leone and Congo,
The rainforest is their living room.
The Baka, also known as Bebayaka, Bebayaga, Bibaya, or Babinga, are
anethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rain forests of Cameroon,
northern Congo (Brazzaville), northern Gabon, and southwestern Central
African Republic. Likewise, the name "Baka" is sometimes
mistakenly applied to other area peoples who, like the Baka and Twa,
have been historically called pygmies (the term is no longer
considered respectful). The Baka's exact numbers are difficult to
determine, but estimates range from 5,000 to 28,000 individuals.
Unlike most other Central African pygmy groups, the Baka maintain a
unique language, also called Baka.
De Pygmeeën zijn een volk dat verspreid over het westen en midden van Afrika, van Sierra Leone en Kameroen tot in de Congo leeft. Van de Baka's leven er waarschijnlijk nog tussen de 5,000 en 28,000. Het woord "pygmee" is afgeleid van het Griekse "pygmaios", "zo groot als een vuist". De oudste vermeldingen van Pygmeeën komen voor bij de Egyptenaren rond 2500 v.Chr. Ze waren er bekend om hun dansen.
Photo taken in Cameroun - July 1986 - Minolta X-700 SLR camera
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AH in Pgh 21 months ago | reply
Ben, when I first looked at this shot I thought "those children are malnourished." I thought of kwashiorkor and looked up some info about it. Not certain, of course, but those rounded protruding bellies don't look normal, nor does the reddish hair color. Though the mother has the same hair color she may have been undernourished since childhood herself.
Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet.
Kwashiorkor is most common in areas where there is:
Famine
Limited food supply
Low levels of education (when people do not understand how to eat a proper diet)
This disease is more common in very poor countries. It often occurs during a drought or other natural disaster, or during political unrest. These conditions are responsible for a lack of food, which leads to malnutrition.
Symptoms
Changes in skin pigment
Decreased muscle mass
Diarrhea
Failure to gain weight and grow
Fatigue
Hair changes (change in color or texture)
Increased and more severe infections due to damaged immune system
Irritability
Large belly that sticks out (protrudes)
Lethargy or apathy
Loss of muscle mass
Rash (dermatitis)
Shock (late stage)
Swelling (edema)
Frizztext 14 months ago | reply
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DianaChuang 7 months ago | reply
Super nice !