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Hunter-gatherers of the Congo Basin :

Hunter-gatherers of the Congo Basin : cultures, histories and biology of African Pygmies / Barry S. Hewlett, editor. - xxix, 353 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Introduction / Cultural diversity of African Pygmies / Population genetics of Central African Pygmies and non-Pygmies / On Late Holocene population interactions in the northwestern Congo Basin : when, how and why does the ethnographic pattern begin? / Do 'Pygmies' have a history? : the autochthonous tradition in the history of equatorial Africa / Human biology and the health of African rainforest inhabitants / The foraging lifestyle in the African tropical rainforest / Pygmy musics : a family portrait / Pygmy hunter-gatherer egalitarian social organization : the case of the Mbendjele Bayaka / Hunter-gatherer childhoods in the Congo Basin / Multiangular identities among Congo River Basin forest peoples / Inter-ethnic relations between forest foragers and farmers : dialectic symbiosis and diversity / Forest conservation and indigenous peoples in the Congo Basin : new trends toward reconciliation between global issues and local interest / Barry Hewlett -- Serge Bahuchet -- Paul Verdu -- Karen Lupo, A. Jean-Paul Ndanga, and Christopher Kiahtipes -- Robert Moïse -- Alain Froment -- Hiroaki Sato -- Susanne Fürniss -- Jerome Lewis -- Barry Hewlett -- Stephanie Rupp -- Kiyoshi Takeuchi -- Mitsuo Ichikawa.

9781412853613

2013035960


Pygmies--History.--Congo River Watershed
Pygmies--Social life and customs.--Congo River Watershed
Hunting and gathering societies--Congo River Watershed.
Ethnology--Congo River Watershed.
Human biology--Congo River Watershed.


Congo River Watershed--Ethnic relations.
Congo River Watershed--Social life and customs.

DT650.P94 / .H66 2014

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