Children of the Forest: Africa's Mbuti Pygmies

Type

Book

Authors

Kevin Duffy

ISBN 13

9780881338850

Tags

Africa, Cultural, Specialty Boutique, Anthropology

Description

This intimate study portrays the hunter-gatherer Mbuti pygmies of Zaire. Kevin Duffy describes how these forest nomads, who are as adapted to the forest as its wildlife, gratefully acknowledge their beloved home as the source of everything they need: food, clothing, shelter, and affection. Looking on the forest in deified terms, they sing and pray to it and call themselves its children. With his patience and knowledge of their ways, Duffy was accepted by these, the world’s smallest people, and invited to participate in the cycle of their lives from birth to death. - from Amzon

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