vintagecongo: From the documentary Forest Of The Dancing…



















vintagecongo:

From the documentary Forest Of The Dancing Spirits [watch trailer here]

The Aka (BaAka) are one of the indigenous people of Congo. An Aka elder tells the story of how Toli, the first woman discovered men

*Within the context of the DRC: Indigenous Peoples is the term accepted by the government and civil society organisations when referring to the P*gmy people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).They are found in ten of the country’s eleven provinces and are divided into four main groups: the Bambuti (Mbuti), the Bacwa (Baka), the Batwa (Twa) of the west and the Batwa (Twa) of the east.*

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