Also Known As:
Aka, Nyoyaka, Beká, Pygmée de Mongoumba, Pygmée de la Lobaye, Pygmées de la Sanghas, Babinga, Bambenga, Binga, Beka, Mòáka
Dialects & Varieties
- Nzari
- Beka
- Bambenzele
- Basese
Cultural diversity among African pygmies
Barry Hewlett. 1996. "Cultural Diversity Among African Pygmies." In Cultural diversity among twentieth-century foragers: an African perspective, edited by Susan Kent. 215-244. Cambridge University Press.
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Ethnic or community population
30,000
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Location and Context
Countries
Congo
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Recent Resources
A trailer for the 2011 film Oka! about the Bayaka people and an ethnomusicologist.