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Synopsis
An anthropologist describes, in text and photographs, the day-to-day lives of the hunter-gatherer Pygmies in the forests of Central Africa, and how they are adjusting to a changing world.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-- This title has weaknesses that others in the series, e.g., The Maori of New Zealand (Rourke, 1989), do not have. The main problem here is repetitiveness. Certain facts and observations are repeated numerous times, for example, that the Pygmies have no domestic animals other than dogs and chickens, that they trade with their neighbors outside the forest for agricultural and other goods, etc. The discussions of traditional hunting techniques, home building, and religious and social practices are good, but child life is barely mentioned, nor are traditional medical practices or uses of special forest products (beyond game and vegetable foods) given. The format is the same as for others in the series, with equally good illustrations, but the text is the weakest in the series thus far because it leaves too many questions unasked and unanswered. The book does end with a discussion of the Pygmies' integration into the larger Central African society, and it does offer hard-to-find information on a culture about which little is known. --Rosanne Cerny, Queens Borough Public Library, N.Y.
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- PublisherRourke Pub Group
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0866252681
- ISBN 13 9780866252683
- BindingLibrary Binding
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages48
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