Photo gallery with soundscapes from Luis Devin's field research

FANG DRUMS (FANG OF NORTHWESTERN GABON)

Photo Diary of the fieldwork in Central Africa


Fang drums, from Luis Devin's fieldwork in Central Africa (Fang of Northwestern Gabon)
Study of the rhythmic patterns played by Fang slit drums
to accompany the dance (Fang of Northwestern Gabon).

Soundscape: fragment of a Fang dance
from a small village in northern Gabon.




Photo gallery of Luis Devin's field research, with soundscapes from the camps and African rainforest.
Section: Other Peoples and Places of Central Africa.

      Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/fieldwork/photo-diary.php?photo=42       Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin.
The time in the tropical rainforests of the Western Congo Basin, where the Baka and the other Pygmy peoples live, is 07:26.
Every minute, at least 25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF).