Tyler, Stephen A.Marcus, George E.2009-06-042009-06-041996Davies, Evan Tyler. "Guardians of the embers: A cultural geography of land use and land tenure among the BaAka Pygmies of Central Africa." (1996) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16907">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16907</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16907A general geographical and cultural survey of BaAka Pygmy exploitation of the tropical rain forest environment in the Dzanga-Ndoki national park of Central African Republic, and adjacent areas of Cameroon and the Congo is presented. The fabric of BaAka society as it pertains to practices and perceptions of land use, land tenure and relationship to the environment is specifically investigated. The data obtained during the fieldwork stage of this investigation are presented herein as an original narrative ethnography with inclusions of tabular and graphic data. A collection of some contemporary experimental genres used in contemporary ethnographic writings are discussed prior to presentation of the ethnography.178 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Cultural anthropologyThesisTHESIS ANTH. 1996 DAVIES