Children of the Forest: Africa’s Mbuti PygmiesWaveland Press, 6 dic 1995 - 180 pagine 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 worlds smallest people, and invited to participate in the cycle of their lives from birth to death. |
Sommario
| 1 | |
Encounter With A Pharaoh
| 18 |
Hunting Gathering and The Molimo
| 37 |
The Efe and The Lese
| 60 |
Camp Tupi
| 86 |
The Monkey Hunter
| 104 |
Birth and Death
| 121 |
Elephant Hunt
| 142 |
The Meat Festival
| 163 |
Epilogue | 176 |
| 179 | |
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