Mr. Leo Shows Solidarity With The Baka(Pigmies) People On The 4Th Edition Of The Baka Cultural Festival.

Yesterday, the 30th of March 2019, we attended the 4th edition of the Baka Cultural Festival. 

Mr. Leo and Wax Dey put up a thrilling performance which brought a smile on the faces of the Baka people.

The Baka community is a local indigenous forest community located in the Mintom, Dja Et Lobo Division-Southern Region of Cameroon. 

”Baka” originates from the pigmy clan who mainly live in the forest and use it

as their main source of livelihood (Food, shelter, medicine, worship, etc.). 

The forest is sacred to them and is one of the best traditional healers in African context who uses just herbs from forest to heal people. 

Baka festival has been running for over four years now and gives the opportunity for this forest community to showcase the beauty of their culture to the external world.

The 4th Edition of Baka cultural festival “BAKA DREAM DAYS” has as theme “DECENTRALIZATION

AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY IN THE CONGO BASIN: THE PLACE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES”.

This edition was particularly significant because it is marked by the promotion of well-being and materialization for the

effective operationalization of the first-ever living museum dedicated to the Baka indigenous peoples of the sub-region, thus

offering them a place of choice in the current context of decentralization and climate change. And promote the community slogan “My Forest. My Life”.

In addition, this year’s festival is one for the books as it was attended by arguably Cameroon’s finest musician, Mr. Leo, Wax Dey, Nsang Dilong,

Miss Gina Promotes, SDO of Mintom village, parliamentarians, and so many diverse

stakeholders who traveled via road for 15 hours to show solidarity with the people of Baka against land grabbing. 

Furthermore, people of Baka(pygmies) were excited to see Mr. Leo, Wax Dey, Nsang Dilong and everyone who was present at the event.

Mr. Leo took part in building huts, learning their culture and many other activities.

Also, it portrays the theme of love, courage, and survival. When we asked a good number of the Baka(pygmies)

people what are the things they needed, they said: 5000 hectares of land to stay and 55, 000 hectares to exploit for livelihood.

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Conclusively, Baka festival was a great opportunity for us to continue spreading the message against land grabbing.