Robert Siegel interviews filmmaker Lavinia Currier about the music used in her film Oka!, which depicts the journey of Louis Sarno, who traveled... Music Of Bayaka Pygmies Featured In New Film AUDIE ...

Hindewhu, whistle solo -- Song of rejoicing after returning from a hunt (rhythm djoboko) -- Nbu, lament -- Kongo asséka, music for dancing at a wake -- Song of rejoicing after returning from a hunt ...

African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...

Introduction / Barry Hewlett -- Cultural diversity of African Pygmies / Serge Bahuchet -- Population genetics of Central African Pygmies and non-Pygmies / Paul Verdu -- On Late Holocene population ...

THE difference between savages and civilized men is not so marked as is the likeness between them. I propose to consider a race of men possessing characteristics which seem to make them an exception ...