RAINFOREST AND AFRICAN PYGMIESPhoto gallery with quotes from the book "The Forest Has You" and soundscapesPHOTO: A Baka woman returning from the forest with what she has gathered (Baka Pygmies, Cameroon). SOUNDSCAPE: voices in a Baka camp. In the background, insects and birds of the surrounding rainforest (Baka Pygmies of Cameroon) "Mysterious leaf parcels. Yawè lays them out on the ground and opens them slowly, a little at a time, to create an atmosphere of suspense... Her hands loosen the knots. The wrapped leaves open. Each leaf contains wonders that only a Baka could truly understand..." Luis Devin, The Forest Has You (La foresta ti ha - Castelvecchi/LIT Edizioni) |