0:00:05 > 0:00:07BIRDSONG
0:00:07 > 0:00:08MAN SINGING
0:00:36 > 0:00:38PANPIPE MUSIC
0:00:41 > 0:00:43The heart of Africa.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50Below the clouds lie the rainforests of south-east Cameroon,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52home of the Baka.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20MAN CONTINUES HUMMING
0:01:34 > 0:01:37The Baka left camp this morning.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41For the last three months, they have been on a journey through the forest,
0:01:41 > 0:01:42hunting and gathering.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Travelling with the group is a family.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58This story is about their life in the rainforest.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08THEY TALK IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE
0:02:13 > 0:02:14BIRDSONG
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Likano is Ali's father.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Ali is four years old.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33His brother, Yeye, is eight.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Their mother, Deni, is in her early 20s.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Likano has been married before.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Now, at 40, he's the second oldest of all the men.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Not far away, the rest of Likano's village have settled
0:03:21 > 0:03:24and are thinking of setting up camp for the night.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30The three-month journey through the forest has been tiring.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Today's camp will be the last before the Baka reach home.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Within an hour or so, the frameworks are ready for roofing.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17The shelters will only be used for a night or two,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20but they're strong enough to keep out the heaviest storm.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46It's always like this.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49The women establish camp after a few hours' walk,
0:06:49 > 0:06:50while the men look for food.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55THEY GRUNT WITH EXERTION
0:06:57 > 0:07:02Close by, Likano and the other men are breaking open a termite mound.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04They're after winged termites,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07which are gathered in the top of the mound.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34The smoke is stopping the termites retreating underground.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48They're not all edible.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51The bites of the defending termites are painful.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57The winged termites are plump and full of protein,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59with a taste like raw egg.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Camps are always established within easy reach of rivers.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37LAUGHTER
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Many of the trees and vines of the forest contain poisons.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52The Baka have an intimate knowledge of these plants
0:08:52 > 0:08:53and how to use them.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04The chemicals in these vines are Rotenones.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08To release them, the creepers have to be beaten into a pulp.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20SHOUTING
0:09:34 > 0:09:37By rinsing the pulp into the fast-flowing water,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40the chemicals are dispersed into the river.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01The river flows into a small patch of savannah.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04It's too wet for rainforest to grow here
0:10:04 > 0:10:07and so these open areas are dominated by palms.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16The chemicals which have dissolved into the river are not poisonous.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Instead, they deprive the fish of oxygen.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Unable to breathe, they float to the surface.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44SHE SHRIEKS
0:10:54 > 0:10:56SHE SHRIEKS
0:11:55 > 0:11:59At the camp, the women are setting off to gather fruits.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04It is only during the rainy season that the Baka come this far into the forest.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07They've come in search of feki fruit.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Its seeds are rich in oil.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Every rainy season for thousands of years,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21the Baka have come to collect fruit in this way.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38It's almost the end of the rainy season
0:12:38 > 0:12:41and much of the feki fruit has already been gathered.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Those fruits still left on the trees
0:12:44 > 0:12:47are a rich source of food for gorillas.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51To get at them, they will climb 30 metres or more into the canopy.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Adults like these can weigh 200 kilos.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17These are the animals the Baka fear most in the forest.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Elephants also roam the forest here.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Many fruits like feki must pass through an elephant's stomach
0:13:54 > 0:13:56to have a better chance of germinating.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Large mammals and large birds, like this giant hornbills,
0:14:03 > 0:14:07give the rainforest here its special character.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11They too are essential, dispersing the seeds which will become
0:14:11 > 0:14:13the next generation of the forest.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Back at the camp, the women are already preparing the fruits.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55THEY CHAT AMONGST THEMSELVES
0:15:25 > 0:15:29The seeds are crushed to provide a precious oily paste.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33This will be used for cooking in the months to come.
0:15:55 > 0:16:02For centuries, the Baka have been called pygmies by the outside world.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04It's a name they dislike.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Most of the people here are well under five feet fall
0:16:07 > 0:16:11but in the forest, and to the Baka, their size is irrelevant.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44MAMMAL CALLS OUT
0:16:57 > 0:17:01The calls piercing the darkness are those of the tree hyrax.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30A giant pangolin visits the same termite mound
0:17:30 > 0:17:33that the Baka raided earlier in the day.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25HE SINGS
0:18:29 > 0:18:31CHILDREN BEGIN TO SING
0:18:34 > 0:18:35RHYTHMIC CLAPPING
0:18:52 > 0:18:54GROUP SINGING CONTINUES
0:19:37 > 0:19:39HE HUMS PERCUSSIVELY
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Such tales are only told deep in the forest.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44They are important for the children's education.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49THUNDER CLAPS
0:24:44 > 0:24:46SHE LAUGHS
0:25:18 > 0:25:20The dry season is beginning.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Ahead lie ten hours of walking before reaching home.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49MAN MIMICS GORILLA SOUND
0:26:31 > 0:26:35This was told to Likano by his father.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Knowledge of the forest is often handed down in this way.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09HE REPEATS HIS FATHER
0:27:17 > 0:27:19HE REPEATS HIS FATHER'S WORDS
0:27:35 > 0:27:36HE MIMICS CHIMP
0:27:54 > 0:27:55LAUGHTER
0:28:04 > 0:28:06THEY SHRIEK AND LAUGH
0:28:14 > 0:28:16LAUGHTER
0:28:38 > 0:28:40LAUGHTER
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Home is a permanent village still deep in the forest
0:28:49 > 0:28:52and ten miles from the nearest mud road.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57Deni and Likano share this village with 20 or so members of their extended family.
0:28:57 > 0:29:04Here the local Konabembe villagers bring metal goods and clothes from the outside world.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10These are traded with the Baka for meat from the forest,
0:29:10 > 0:29:14and for occasional work on nearby Konabembe plantations.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Although they speak different languages,
0:29:20 > 0:29:23they can easily understand each other.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29The Baka have never been truly isolated
0:29:29 > 0:29:33and have always relied on local villagers for non-forest goods.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37But visits from the outside world are just a diversion
0:29:37 > 0:29:39from a daily life still focussed on the forest.
0:29:39 > 0:29:45As the dry season progresses, the Baka are becoming increasingly interested
0:29:45 > 0:29:47in the activity of the honey bee.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Guards protect the entrance.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Returning bees are bringing information back
0:30:05 > 0:30:08about the first flowers of the dry season.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10In the darkness of the nest,
0:30:10 > 0:30:12the dance of the arriving bee tells the others
0:30:12 > 0:30:14exactly where to find the flowers.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32From the interior of the nest, bees fly far across the canopy,
0:30:32 > 0:30:35straight to the flowers.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57Honey bees are the most important pollinators here.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00From every corner of the forest,
0:31:00 > 0:31:02nectar and pollen are carried back to the nest.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Here, pollen is stored.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Red from the feki fruit, yellow from the njaya.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21The combs reflect the flowers in the forest.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Incoming nectar is given to house bees...
0:31:26 > 0:31:28..who transform it into honey.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42It is this honey that the Baka are now looking for.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46To find the nest, Likano turns to the forest for help.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18The honey prayer will sharpen his ability to see and hear the bees.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51The forehead is the centre of luck.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14BABY CRIES
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Future hunters also need the help of the forest.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Deni is preparing a medicine from the heartwood of the ngele tree.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Sand is used as an abrasive to create a red paste.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48It's to make Ali grow up big and strong.
0:33:57 > 0:33:58ALI CRIES
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Soap comes naturally from certain leaves.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Washing is important before applying the medicine.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31It's important to look after children in the forest.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Illness and death can strike suddenly.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Many a child is lost in infancy.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52DISTANT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Yusa has been treating this ulcerous sore on Batanga's leg
0:36:11 > 0:36:12for a few days now.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Batanga is her grandson...
0:36:23 > 0:36:27..and Babu, her son.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Yusa is renowned for her knowledge of forest medicines.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36Likano often tells of how he married Deni.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39His first wife left him but before she went, she chose Deni,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42then a young girl, as her replacement.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Night can be a good time to look for honey.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Honey bees are active at the nest well before dawn.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20The earliest foragers leave by the light of the full moon
0:38:20 > 0:38:23in search of flowers high in the canopy.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27The first bee has arrived.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35Below, Likano and Babu have been waiting for the flowers to talk.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40A tree talking is a tree humming with bees.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43By listening to the sound of the retuning bees,
0:38:43 > 0:38:46they can discover the direction of the nest.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14The light of dawn reveals the site of the nest,
0:39:14 > 0:39:16high in the canopy.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Two more men arrive from the village.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28Mewunga is Likano's brother-in-law and he is to climb.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32The nest is 40 metres above the forest floor.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Very few Baka would attempt a climb like this.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48Mewunga is using a special vine to help him climb.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02By cutting tiny foot-holds, he will slowly inch his way up the tree.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05The climb will take several hours.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36Not far from the village, a Golden Cat has killed an antelope.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39The cat is elusive and seldom seen by the Baka.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17The women left the village at dawn to come dam fishing.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31LAUGHTER
0:41:38 > 0:41:41It is only the women who fish in this way.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51INDISTINCT CHATTERING
0:41:55 > 0:42:00Below the dam, the remaining water is scooped further downstream.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Dams must be constantly reinforced.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Deni is several months pregnant
0:42:30 > 0:42:34but it doesn't stop her working as hard as the other women.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37As the water recedes, the fish retreat under rocks.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06Many fish lie dormant during the dry season and have to be dug out
0:43:06 > 0:43:09from deep in the mud below the banks of the river.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Hunger has driven the cat back to its kill.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46Deni is teasing Malenge, her step-daughter,
0:43:46 > 0:43:50about Babu, who wants to take her as his second wife.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49The cat poses no real danger to the women,
0:44:49 > 0:44:51but it's a relief when it's gone.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55LAUGHTER
0:45:19 > 0:45:22They are off to find out how the climb for honey is going.
0:45:23 > 0:45:27BANGS ECHO
0:45:39 > 0:45:43Mewunga is already some 30 metres above the forest floor.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16In the nest, thousands of stinging bees
0:47:16 > 0:47:19pose a serious threat to Mewunga's life.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24Before he climbs any higher, he must have the protection
0:47:24 > 0:47:26of a smoking bundle of leaves.
0:48:07 > 0:48:11At this height, a single slip means death.
0:48:11 > 0:48:15Last year, two men were killed climbing trees for honey.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41BUZZING
0:48:51 > 0:48:55Mewunga stuffs bark scrapings containing cyanide compounds
0:48:55 > 0:48:59- into the nest... - BUZZING
0:48:59 > 0:49:02..followed by the smoking leaves.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04This stuns the bees,
0:49:04 > 0:49:07who in their panic, gorge themselves on honey
0:49:07 > 0:49:08and become lethargic.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23Mewunga is not stung once.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48The nest has to be hacked open to get at the comb inside.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12Mewunga is completely confident working at this height.
0:50:14 > 0:50:18The honey basket has to be hauled over 40 metres.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10SHOUTING
0:52:07 > 0:52:1115 kilos of honey is lowered to the crowd below.
0:52:22 > 0:52:25Honeyguides feed on beeswax and are never far away
0:52:25 > 0:52:27when there's honey around.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59Honey is the ultimate gift of the forest
0:52:59 > 0:53:03and very little of it will return to the village.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17HUMMING
0:53:59 > 0:54:04EXCITED SHOUTING
0:54:14 > 0:54:17The children have found a colony of roosting bats.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35Malenge is Likano's daughter.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14In the village, there's a row developing
0:55:14 > 0:55:17between Likano, Malenge's father, and Babu,
0:55:17 > 0:55:19who wants to take her as his second wife.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09In the forest, the children have returned to their play village.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03The children often catch mice as well as bats.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06These are important extra sources of protein for them.
0:57:18 > 0:57:23Likano is not well and will not let the matter rest.
0:57:57 > 0:58:02As an elder of the village, Mode's feelings are respected.
0:58:56 > 0:58:58LAUGHTER
0:59:20 > 0:59:23SINGING
1:00:09 > 1:00:11Honeybees have descended on
1:00:11 > 1:00:14the scattered combs left from the honey climb.
1:00:17 > 1:00:20BUZZING
1:00:34 > 1:00:38All available honey is taken back to the shattered remnants of the nest.
1:00:40 > 1:00:44Forest bees are often reluctant to desert a raided nest.
1:00:44 > 1:00:48In time, this one will be completely rebuilt.
1:01:05 > 1:01:09Other animals also take advantage of the spoils of the honey climb.
1:01:24 > 1:01:28A honey badger is quick to seize such an opportunity.
1:01:31 > 1:01:33Although it's quite capable of
1:01:33 > 1:01:36tackling a bees' nest with its massive claws,
1:01:36 > 1:01:41the honey badger readily scavenges on these combs left by the Baka.
1:01:58 > 1:02:02DRUMMING
1:02:05 > 1:02:08CHANTING
1:02:15 > 1:02:17The fire dance.
1:02:19 > 1:02:22Likano has now been feeling ill for some time.
1:02:24 > 1:02:27The village is uniting in an effort to heal him.
1:02:35 > 1:02:37SINGING
1:02:49 > 1:02:51A machete is heated in the fire.
1:02:58 > 1:03:02As the diviner rubs his foot on the red-hot machete,
1:03:02 > 1:03:04there is a strong smell of burning flesh.
1:03:11 > 1:03:14The healing heat is transferred to Likano's body.
1:03:20 > 1:03:24SINGING
1:03:59 > 1:04:01Even during the most serious ceremonies,
1:04:01 > 1:04:04there is an undercurrent of irreverence.
1:04:04 > 1:04:10SINGING AND DRUMMING
1:04:20 > 1:04:21Away from the dance,
1:04:21 > 1:04:25seeds from a struthanthus vine are being prepared.
1:04:25 > 1:04:28They contain strong cardiac alkaloids.
1:04:28 > 1:04:32Babu is preparing arrow poison from them.
1:04:35 > 1:04:39Babu wants nothing to do with Likano and his illness.
1:04:41 > 1:04:44BABU TALKS QUIETLY
1:04:44 > 1:04:48Scrapings from this vine contain steroids.
1:04:52 > 1:04:57Despite the problems with Likano, his wife Nabo remains loyal.
1:05:13 > 1:05:16The shell of a giant snail is used to hold water which is
1:05:16 > 1:05:21filtered through the scrapings of the vine on to the crushed seeds.
1:05:29 > 1:05:32Sticky latex from a third plant binds it all together.
1:05:34 > 1:05:38SINGING AND DRUMMING
1:06:37 > 1:06:40SINGING AND DRUMMING
1:06:57 > 1:07:02An elder continues to work on Likano with the hot machete.
1:07:02 > 1:07:04SINGING AND DRUMMING
1:07:15 > 1:07:21BABU TALKS QUIETLY
1:07:29 > 1:07:32Flights for the arrows are made from dried leaves.
1:07:56 > 1:07:59The quiver has been made from the skin of an antelope.
1:08:08 > 1:08:11Babu will leave before dawn for the hunt.
1:08:15 > 1:08:20BIRDS CHIRP
1:08:27 > 1:08:33MONKEY CALLS
1:08:36 > 1:08:40BIRD SINGS
1:09:18 > 1:09:22HE WHISTLES
1:09:22 > 1:09:24Babu is imitating the call of a crowned eagle
1:09:24 > 1:09:27which preys on monkeys.
1:09:28 > 1:09:32MONKEY CALLS
1:09:50 > 1:09:54To protect his group, the male comes closer to investigate.
1:10:07 > 1:10:09MONKEY CALLS
1:10:23 > 1:10:27BIRD CALLS
1:10:29 > 1:10:34MONKEY CALLS
1:10:49 > 1:10:53BIRD CALLS
1:11:28 > 1:11:32Babu's mother Yusa is well known for her cure for infertility.
1:11:34 > 1:11:37This Konabembe woman has been unable to conceive
1:11:37 > 1:11:38and has come for treatment.
1:11:51 > 1:11:57Yusa has successfully treated friends of this woman in the past.
1:11:57 > 1:12:00The medicine is from small plant called njaya.
1:12:00 > 1:12:05Elsewhere in Africa, it is used to counter gonorrhoea.
1:13:35 > 1:13:38The affair is getting out of hand.
1:13:38 > 1:13:41Babu has long since given up on Malenge,
1:13:41 > 1:13:43but Likano, irritable because of his health,
1:13:43 > 1:13:48has now become obsessed by the idea that Babu has put a spell on him.
1:14:37 > 1:14:39There is a strong fear of sorcery.
1:14:39 > 1:14:44Often, an unexplained illness is put down to witchcraft.
1:14:47 > 1:14:51Babu is going to take the truth drug to prove his innocence.
1:14:54 > 1:14:58It will only kill the guilty.
1:15:02 > 1:15:06Meanwhile, the women are working in Deni's plantation.
1:15:09 > 1:15:13It is unusual for the Baka to grow their own bananas,
1:15:13 > 1:15:16but it has given them more independence
1:15:16 > 1:15:20from the local villagers who have traditionally supplied them.
1:15:20 > 1:15:23Bananas have long been their staple source of starch.
1:15:25 > 1:15:28WOMAN SINGS
1:15:35 > 1:15:39Both Babu and the scandal are taken less seriously by Malenge.
1:16:02 > 1:16:07Meanwhile, Babu has found a large Nbanda tree.
1:16:07 > 1:16:09Its bark contains a number of poisons,
1:16:09 > 1:16:11the source of the truth drug.
1:19:05 > 1:19:09The Baka are convinced that if Babu is guilty,
1:19:09 > 1:19:11he will die after taking the drug.
1:19:30 > 1:19:34It will be some time before the effects of the drug are known.
1:19:44 > 1:19:47THUNDER
1:19:47 > 1:19:51Distant thunder signals the end of the dry season.
1:20:19 > 1:20:21ANIMALS CALL
1:21:25 > 1:21:30The storm has failed to push this old silverback gorilla out of the canopy.
1:21:43 > 1:21:47He was ousted from his group and now lives a solitary life.
1:22:27 > 1:22:30CHOPPING
1:22:30 > 1:22:32In the local cocoa plantation,
1:22:32 > 1:22:36the Baka men are working for the Konabembe women,
1:22:36 > 1:22:40repaying the debt of the pots and pans.
1:22:43 > 1:22:46While the men work, Ali and Yeye raid a lemon tree.
1:25:03 > 1:25:06Jengi, the forest spirit, is coming.
1:25:06 > 1:25:10The boys are bringing his robes to the village.
1:25:10 > 1:25:12BOYS SING
1:25:43 > 1:25:46The poison has made Babu quite ill.
1:25:48 > 1:25:51It has taken him a long time to recover.
1:26:15 > 1:26:18BOYS SING
1:26:25 > 1:26:29The trauma of the scandal has deeply affected the Baka.
1:26:29 > 1:26:32For the first time in many years,
1:26:32 > 1:26:35Jengi, the most important of the forest spirits,
1:26:35 > 1:26:38is called upon to calm the troubled village.
1:26:38 > 1:26:41SINGING CONTINUES
1:26:58 > 1:27:01For the next few weeks, Dengbe will live here
1:27:01 > 1:27:02in his lair beyond the village,
1:27:02 > 1:27:06where only the men and older boys may go.
1:27:09 > 1:27:13Tonight, and every night for the next few weeks,
1:27:13 > 1:27:16he will come out to dance with the village.
1:27:25 > 1:27:28Deep in the forest, a woman is singing.
1:27:28 > 1:27:30WOMAN SINGS
1:27:42 > 1:27:45Her song casts a spell over the forest,
1:27:45 > 1:27:48making it receptive to the hunt.
1:27:53 > 1:27:54The hunt is for Dengbe -
1:27:54 > 1:27:57his appetite for meat has to be satisfied.
1:28:01 > 1:28:03BIRD CALLS
1:28:09 > 1:28:12They're on the trail of an antelope.
1:28:41 > 1:28:43MAN SHOUTS AND ANIMAL GROANS
1:28:43 > 1:28:46The men have killed, and far away the women sense it.
1:28:46 > 1:28:48WOMEN SING
1:29:18 > 1:29:20The response seems to be intuitive -
1:29:20 > 1:29:23they are too far away to have witnessed the kill.
1:29:39 > 1:29:41The sounds are of Dengbe demanding to be fed.
1:30:20 > 1:30:25Likano is still upset and cannot accept Babu's innocence.
1:31:57 > 1:32:00Yeye is trying to calm things.
1:32:00 > 1:32:03Her spitting blesses Likano.
1:32:10 > 1:32:13She insists that he takes this sedative
1:32:13 > 1:32:15made from the bark of a tree.
1:32:42 > 1:32:45Outside, Dengbe has left his lair.
1:32:46 > 1:32:48SCREAMING AND CHANTING
1:33:10 > 1:33:13Dengbe talks by blinking his eyelids.
1:33:13 > 1:33:16Babu interprets for the village.
1:33:40 > 1:33:43Dengbe is often ferocious, especially towards women.
1:33:48 > 1:33:50The men must protect them whenever he dances.
1:34:31 > 1:34:35From behind the safety of the barrier of men,
1:34:35 > 1:34:36the women taunt Dengbe.
1:35:23 > 1:35:26Dengbe's presence is also witness to another drama.
1:35:28 > 1:35:32Unexpectedly, Ali's mother felt her baby change position.
1:35:32 > 1:35:36Likano's worries are forgotten.
1:35:36 > 1:35:39She must be looked after.
1:35:49 > 1:35:54This medicine, always used during labour, contains plant oestrogens.
1:36:13 > 1:36:15Ali blesses the medicine.
1:37:09 > 1:37:14Dengbe returns to the forest, leaving the village calm.
1:38:04 > 1:38:07Her hands are no larger than a thumbnail.
1:38:08 > 1:38:14Her shoulders from tip to tip, the size of a little finger.
1:38:18 > 1:38:22Ali is distraught.
1:38:22 > 1:38:25The baby has taken his place beside his mother.
1:40:06 > 1:40:11Ali's sister, born into the world of the Baka.
1:40:12 > 1:40:16The first sounds she hears are those of her people...
1:40:16 > 1:40:18her village...
1:40:19 > 1:40:21..her forest.
1:40:24 > 1:40:28Her people are the people of the rainforest.
1:41:00 > 1:41:02SOOTHING STRING MUSIC
1:41:51 > 1:41:53HE SINGS
1:41:58 > 1:41:59Several weeks later,
1:41:59 > 1:42:03and Ali is adjusting to his new place in the family.
1:42:36 > 1:42:38THEY HUM TOGETHER
1:43:05 > 1:43:07HE SINGS
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