2020.09.04

LIVING WITH THE FOREST

Pygmies thrived in the Congo Basin—until development coupled with conservation arrived

GWANJENJE, a BaYaka Pygmy, chooses a spot for her hut at a new campsite in northern Congo in 1997. The hunter-gatherers move seasonally through the forest, each woman carrying her entire household in one basket. / Photographs by Nico Lewis

GWANJENJE, a BaYaka Pygmy, chooses a spot for her hut at a new campsite in northern Congo in 1997. The hunter-gatherers move seasonally through the forest, each woman carrying her entire household in one basket. / Photographs by Nico Lewis

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