Seven Baka pygmies, who form the musical group Baka Gbine (pronounced “bee-nay”), have arrived in the UK to bring awareness to the plight of their rainforest in Cameroon. They will be giving live performances of their album Gati Bongo, recorded under a giant tree on a mobile solar-powered studio and due to be released today.
While there is some doubt whether Baka Gbine are doing this tour to save their forest or if they are simply earning some outside money to bring back to their families and the village of Banana (see this piece in The Guardian for the full story), the fact that they are here in the UK will certainly be raising awareness of the Cameroonian rainforest.
Find out the dates of their performances, being held during April and May all over the country from their website. Or sample the sounds of the rainforest by listening to Baka Gbine’s latest album Rhythm Tree online. And listen-out for them on BBC Radio 3, they are in session with Andy Kershaw on Saturday evening.
Via: The Guardian
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Tags: ecostreet, world+music, conservation, rainforest