A Baka Pygmy boy, Sardine, is taking firewood into the field station for us. The drawing of water and collecting of firewood for our life in the field station are largely dependent on the Baka Pygmies, who are our neighbors. (December 1, 2002 at the field station: photo by Oishi)
Mr. Menata, a Baka Pygmy, who takes care to help many of the researchers conducting research in Ndongo with their research and daily life, brought a handmade piggy bank. The person sitting in the back is Mr. Daiji Kimura. (December 10, 2003 at the field station: photo by Oishi)
The people living in the Baka I village, where the field station is located, are full of curiosity. If someone finds a magazine or a picture book, others will come over to see it. By the way, the book with pictures that the standing boy is reading is a book of primates written in French, and the one which the other people are looking at is a Japanese magazine, Number, which featured the “2002 World Cup.” (October 21, 2002 at the field station: photo by Oishi)
When working on lexical analysis with a Bakwele informant, Mr. Ndumbe, a Baka Pygmy boy came from somewhere and started to take a nap. As he looked so comfortable, Mr. Ndumbe and I (Mr. Oishi) wrapped up the work earlier than planned. (December 13, 2003 at the field station: photo by Oishi)