The masters of the forest : The ethnic identity of the Aka Pygmies and its significance to the Aka church / Paul Ohlin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Columbia, South Carolina : [Unknown], (c)2002.Edition: first editionDescription: 115 pages : illustrationsContent type:
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Contents:
Map of Central African Pygmy Groups -- Table: The Pygmy Groups of Central Africa.
The Aka Pygmies -- The Aka Church -- Problem Statement.
Ethnicity -- Hunter-gatherers -- The Bantu Expansion into the Rain Forest -- African Pygmies -- Mbuti and Efe Pygmies -- Twa Pygmies of Rwanda -- Aka Pygmies.
Location of Data -- Means of Obtaining the Data -- Data Analysis and the Presentation of Findings -- Data Limitations.
Group Origin and First Contact with the Bilo -- Group Membership: The Aka Conceptualization of Insiders -- Fables -- Symbolic Imagery -- Aka and Bilo Ethnic Boundaries -- Aka Ethnic Identity and Contemporary Socioeconomic Forces -- Development Applications in the Context of Aka Ethnic Distinctives -- Ethnic Identity and the Aka Church -- Conclusion.
B. Mokobango -- C. The Bilo Go Trapping -- D. The Blue Duiker and the Leopard -- E. Reasons the Aka are Disenfranchised -- F. Biographical Information on the Informants -- G. Toward an Indigenous Aka Church -- H. Toward an Indigenous Aka Church Questionnaire.
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List of Illustrations

Notes on the Orthography of YAKA

Chapter 1. Problem Statement

Chapter 2. Review of Precedent Research

Chapter 3. Research Methodology

Chapter 4: Presentation of Findings

Chapter 5. Appendix

Chapter 6. References Cited

Map of Research Area -- Map of Central African Pygmy Groups -- Table: The Pygmy Groups of Central Africa.

Introduction -- The Aka Pygmies -- The Aka Church -- Problem Statement.

Theoretical Framework of Ethnic Identity -- Ethnicity -- Hunter-gatherers -- The Bantu Expansion into the Rain Forest -- African Pygmies -- Mbuti and Efe Pygmies -- Twa Pygmies of Rwanda -- Aka Pygmies.

Data Collected -- Location of Data -- Means of Obtaining the Data -- Data Analysis and the Presentation of Findings -- Data Limitations.

Group Identity: The Masters of the Forest -- Group Origin and First Contact with the Bilo -- Group Membership: The Aka Conceptualization of Insiders -- Fables -- Symbolic Imagery -- Aka and Bilo Ethnic Boundaries -- Aka Ethnic Identity and Contemporary Socioeconomic Forces -- Development Applications in the Context of Aka Ethnic Distinctives -- Ethnic Identity and the Aka Church -- Conclusion.

A. The Chimp Releases Komba's Birds -- B. Mokobango -- C. The Bilo Go Trapping -- D. The Blue Duiker and the Leopard -- E. Reasons the Aka are Disenfranchised -- F. Biographical Information on the Informants -- G. Toward an Indigenous Aka Church -- H. Toward an Indigenous Aka Church Questionnaire.

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