Cinéaste Anthropologue / Laboratoire Éco-Anthropologie - MNHN - CNRS Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Dept Homme et Environnement - Site du Musée de l'Homme
Thank you very much for uploading this! Listening to this song or call, I suppose to recognize a recording from the LP "Cameroon" (Unesco Collection) with music from the Baka, recorded by Simha Arom; the special track is called the "Water Drum". Do you know whether this melody has a special name or whether it is sung at special occasions? I'd be curious to learn more about this ...
Ningúna gente donde hay influencia francesa podrá superarse hay muchos ejemplos de países colonizados por ellos, estos buscan solo para su beneficio nada más yo no creo en los franceses ni el bendito
Mr Gilles nous a fait un cours au Master d'anthropologie biodemographie a Marrakech 2008. Maintenant je suis enseignant chercheur à l'université au Maroc. Je suis sur la même voie. Beaux souvenirs. Aussi à Dakar.
I felt very uncomfortable after watching the first ten minutes of this video. It feels extremely European-centric. The scientists featured in this film seem very disconnected from their hearts.
These researchers are conducting groundbreaking studies. They are scientists, not social workers. The Church began to document births so the Pygmies are not forgotten. Their knowledge will help us know about them and make concerted efforts to preserve their unique culture and God-given rights.
I totally feel you! I had to stop watching, and then had to continue.. Beautiful images of a sad story. To assume that all human beings on this earth must go through the same evolution towards the so called civilisation is absolutely ridiculous. It's our way of live with destroys ourselves and others - not theirs. Most sadness came to my heart when I heard them sing church songs which in their expression and complexity can never reach the traditional Baka music..
I wonder if they would really be better off after their forest has been cut down for money and their culture lost, whatever the outcome, there will be no option to go back to their original way of life.
Me sorprendió; el ingenio y que madera tan noble...... con herramientas que no aria...... cuando se quiere... ojala y reciba apoyo: saludos desde Mexico
This is no different from what CCP in China is doing to rural villagers. The French have their own underclass in France. The future exploitation of Baka's rainforest is why the French (with Cameroon's Government) are stopping their nomadic ways.
Vous déguisez la colonisation et l'exploitation en «changement» et «progrès». Quelle insulte! Sigan disfrazando la destrucción de la selva, del estilo de vida de los pigmeos y de sus tradiciones con esas idioteces de "progreso" y "modernidad". Lo único que suscitan estos "antropólogos" es vergüenza y lástima.
I find it interesting that the scientists interviewed talk about population grow and longevity of life and building roads, schools ect but doesn't touch upon the quality of life let alone learning how they teach there children and finding and integrative approach so more will want to go to school. The true reason why there is culture conflict and environmental deforestation is due to colonization and the Western concept of wealth and prosperity. As as Western/ European " developed " nations the truth of the matter is that the divisions between many African, indigenous, and Southern/ Central/ North "American " cultures is based upon the perceived notion of "evolution and prosperity " to feed this beast of capitalist prosperity. I'm not suggesting a dictatorship rather re introducing the real invisible hand without weapons. At the end of the day not one of these scientists investigated how ingenious knowledge and spreading much less investment in taking a grassroots approach to growing thier own food, indigenous medicine including integrative medicine via free education, non experimental research and treatment, giving them a direct voice at the UN round table and stopping the demands of natural resources is the real solution for a pandemic that has been happening since the industrial revolution. The discovery of the rubber tree capitalizes the building of said roads which has also spread destruction, deforestation, spread of disease, loss of biodiversity and the European concept of wealth. Believe it or not having human beings naturally breed in population at a slower rate rather then exploding would have prevented the destruction of this earth and humanity. We are not the Gods of the Earth "we" as humans in general are infants playing with fire.... this is the reason why we are sick and "burning up" , taking our surroundings with us. They are not a less evolved cultural society they are more evolved and teaching us we are devolving. The Earth as we can see now is balancing us out with covid... more is to come. No amount of money or modern concepts of wealth and out dated research protocol will solve the problem. Listen to them and take a grassroots approach rather then a top down "paternal " approach is the solution.
Mother nature shows the variety of life. We learn so much from so many. All man kind is susiptible to what can make him live in harmony with nature and himself. man feels good when when he has friends and when he is at peace with others. We all can live in paradise together when we share the values of understanding each other not controlling was h other. Love is stronger than hate and we see that in our children for it gives them comfort. There are those who would deny others the dignity they believe they deserve themselves. That is the shame of man abusing and exploiting others. God helps us all but we don't help each other. These peaceful people who are the oldest race of man show us they have endured because their simple footprint they have put upon this earth. If you cannot see the beauty of their simplicity then man is doomed by his own ignorance. Mankind should learn from them how exploited mother nature has become insuch a short period of time by man himself. As simple as these small people are others make their ways and lives happy and sad. They have a genetic history that could teach us all the simple balance of life yet if we don't listen we will never know the peace of the wind their forefathers heard for it has not changed just man has. Beautiful people who have been exploited by too many for no reason and reason. Very interesting and simple people.
Please translate to English. There are descendants of the African slave market in the US who are learning of their Baka ancestry and want to understand more about this background. Thank you.
Je ne sais quoi dire ou quoi faire pour apporter mon soutient à nos frères Baka et pourtant nous sommes tous autant camerounais. Et il n'ya pas plus camerounais qu'un autre. Cette espace que nous vivons et respirons ensemble avec le peuple BAKA leur appartient aussi (c'est difficile de rester tranquille et vivre ce que je vois de mes yeux) j'ai envie de crier de douleur et se poser la question,? pourquoi,? pourquoi,? pourquoi seigneur N' est ce pas pygmées et BANTU ont vécu la même histoire depuis le 14 èmes siècles et, comme on dit plus vulgairement chez moi dépuis la nuit des temps
Bantus and Bakas are ONE PEOPLE. But many don't know their ancestral history nor culture, nor anything even. Ignorance and lack of humility and discomfort within oneself makes people to see others as this or that rather than for what they are. Who told you that they even want to go to school or have hospitals (they have the whole forest to search remedies and solutions from. What kind of drug first of all is in a hospital if not poisons and slow but sure killers.just like alcohol and even worst in most cases) and dentists and churches (alienating people) and shops (in which I saw no single healthy item). If not of the vaccines and all the crap that was literally forced on them or deceitfully introduced their children would not be having such diseases in the first place.
oui, avec ce lien : maget.maget.free.fr/Filmo/Baka-Croissance/BAKA.net.htm La partie centrale est un peu "anthropologique", ne pas hésiter à poursuivre...
