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Baka Beyond is a world music group formed in 1992 with members from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures, fusing celtic and other western music styles with traditional Baka music from Cameroon.
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This link is the gateway to the band Baka Beyond, "the original African Celtic crossover band". Want to know where on tour they are? Want to read their biography? Want to see their Press Releases? This site has it!
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One of the most comprehensive on-line sites about the Baka Pygmy can be found here. Kindly note the copyright notice on the site.Photo: Pygmy house provided by scottrwelch via flickr. Pygmies
Pygmies (singular: Pygmy) refers to a member of any human group whose adult males grow to less than 150 cm (4 feet 11 inches) in average heightEncyclopedia Britannica: Pygmy or less than 155 cm.http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10283306 Darwin's Children A member of a slightly taller group is termed pygmoid. The best known pygmies are the Aka, Efe and Mbuti of central Africa. There are also pygmies in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Brazil and Bolivia. The Negritos were the earliest inhabitants of Southeast Asia.Negritos, Australian Aborigines, and the proto-sundadont dental pattern: The basic populations in East Asia, V The remains of at least 25 miniature humans, who lived between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago, were found on the islands of Palau in Micronesia.Pygmy human remains found on rock islands, Science | The Guardian.
The term "Pygmy" is often considered degrading. However, there is no single term to replace it that covers all African Pygmies.Hewlett, Barry S. "Cultural diversity among African pygmies." In: Cultural Diversity Among Twentieth-Century Foragers. Susan Kent, ed. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Many so called pygmies prefer instead to be referred to by the name of their various ethnic groups, or names for various interrelated groups such as the Aka (Mbenga), Baka, Mbuti, and Twa.Forest peoples in the central African and South American rain forest: focus on the pygmies The term Bayaka, the plural form of the Aka/Yaka, is sometimes used in the Central African Republic to refer to all local Pygmies. Likewise, the Kongo word Bambenga is used in Congo.
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- CBC Radio 2 Blog - Baka Beyond
- CBC Radio 2 is Canada's national music network. Delivering the best recordings and performances from Canada's concert halls, clubs, studios and festival stages to your car, office and living room 24 hours a day.
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- Thirteen years ago Martin Cradick and Su Hart visited and played music with the Baka Pygmies in the rainforest of Cameroon. The resulting group, Baka Beyond pioneered the Afro-Celt groove and 5 albums later are still miles ahead. The latest album, 'East to West' brings together musicians from 6 countries...
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- Martin Cradick & Baka Beyond: Music worth eating caterpillars for Martin Cradick never dreamed his music career would lead to eating caterpillars.
But when a musician submerges himself in a culture the way Cradick has with the Bangombi, a Baka pygmy tribe of southeast Cameroon, one adapts to the...CLICK THE LINK FOR THE WHOLE INTERVIEW!
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