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The study situates Baka identity in the Southeast Cameroon rainforest, where God and ancestral spirits are linked to everyday hunting, gathering, and medicine. It analyzes three modernization pressures: forest shrinkage through logging, increased contact with surrounding ethnic groups and Bantu plantations, and missionary/aid influences that create both new opportunities and destructive dependency, emphasizing change rooted in internal cultural strengths.","THE BAKA:A PEOPLE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS  \nBY  \nYVES LEONARD  \nA Research Project Submitted to the Faculty of  \nPROVIDENCE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY  \nin Partial Fulfillment of theRequirements for the Degree of  \nMASTER OF GLOBAL CHRISTIAN STUDIES  \nThe author has granted a non-exclusive licence allowing theNational Library of Canada toreproduce,loan,distribute or sellcopies of this thesis in microform,paper or electronic formats.  \nThe author retains ownership of thecopyright in this thesis.Neither thethesis nor substantial extracts from itmay be printed or otherwisereproduced without the author'spermission.  \nNational Library  \nof Canada  \nAcquisitions andBibliographic Services  \n395 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the Baka…………………………………………………………………………………18  \nA Purification Ceremony………………………………………………………………………………………………………20  \nRitual and Symbol………………………………………………………………………………………………………………33  \nEnquete sur Panthropologie baka………………………………………………………………………………………48  \nLe rite nganga……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………59  \nHunters and Gatherers…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………66  \nCHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………………………………80  \nAPPENDIX A: CASE STUDY OF A DEATH CEREMONY……………………………………89  \nAPPENDIXB:PRE-INITIATION CONTACTS WITH JENGI………………………………102  \nBIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………108  \n# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\n\nThe analysis presented in this paper owes much to the invaluable help of a numberof people.The entire Baka community of Ndjibot has been extremely warm and patientwith me and provided much of my information.I'm particularly grateful for Papa Albert,aBaka elder,who,since my arrival,committed himself to help me and my family adjust tovillage life and learn the Baka language and culture.I also owe much to Miss KathHiggens and Daniel Boursier whose insightful research on many cultural and linguisticaspects made my own research possible.To all of these people,I would like to expressmy deep appreciation.  \n# CHAPTER 1\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nWho are the Baka?What transformations are taking place in their culture?Thesequestions are the focus of this paper.The Baka adapted long ago to the rain forest ofSoutheast Cameroon and find their identity and worldview solely within the context of theforest.Komba is known as the loving God who gave them the forest.Their ancestors'spirits live in the forest,and the Baka themselves are constantly involved in it,whether it isto hunt,gather food or find medicine.Every ritual and activity involves the forest.  \nHowever,in today's shrinking world,even those living in the deep tropical rainforest of Africa are affected by modernization.Three important change agents are at workamong the 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