Blurring the Lines. Ritual and Relationships between Babongo Pygmies and Their Neighbours (Gabon)

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ID20157653
AuthorsJulien Bonhomme (Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale), Magali De Ruyter (Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative), Guy-Max Moussavou (Université des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Bamako)
Year2012
Volume107
Issue2
Pages367-406
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0257-9774
PublisherNomos Verlag (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5771/0257-9774-2012-2-367
OpenAlexW2266263949
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited27

We take our revenge on our masters using fetishes, by making them drink our saliva in herbal infusions and other potions." 2 A Congolese Babongo Pygmy On the 30 th of June 1865, whilst exploring the mountain range in Gabon that now bears his name, Paul Du Chaillu visited an encampment of "Obongos", or "dwarfed wild negroes" (1867: 315). He was the first European to come into contact with Pygmies and to give a precise description of their way of life 3 . Although they were the first to have contact with Europeans, Gabonese Pygmies are the least well known of the Central African Pygmy groups, doubtless because they fail to conform to the stereotype of forest-dwelling huntergatherers

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