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Forests of Belonging: Identities, Ethnicities, and Stereotypes in the Congo River Basin

Forests of Belonging: Identities, Ethnicities, and Stereotypes in the Congo River Basin

Sivaramakrishnan, K.
Rupp, Stephanie Karin

Paperback

Series: Culture, Place, and Nature

African HistoryAnthropologyEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 0295991062
ISBN13: 9780295991061
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: Jul 21 2011
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Forests of Belonging examines the history and ongoing transformation of ethnic and social relationships among four distinct communities--Bangando, Baka, Bakwéle, and Mbomam--in the Lobéké forest region of southeastern Cameroon. By slotting forest communities into ecological categories such as hunters and gatherers, previous analyses of social relationships in tropical forests have resulted in binary frameworks that render real-life relationships invisible and that have perpetuated correspondingly misleading labels, such as pygmy. Through rich descriptive detail resulting from field work among the Bangando, Stephanie Rupp illustrates the complexity of social ties among groups and individuals, and their connections with the natural world. She demonstrates that social and ethno-ecological relations in equatorial African forests are nuanced, contested, and shifting, and that the intricacy of these links must be considered in the design and implementation of aid policies and strategies for conservation and development.

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