Monday, May 5, 2014

Aka and Their Neighbors

The Aka tend to be generally peaceful people who live a egalitarian like life.  They tend to be pushed and shoved around by many of their neighbors.  This makes most of their neighbors use the Aka for their own benefit.  In one instance of a neighboring tribe, the Ngandu believe that they own the Aka.  These Ngandu rejoice when Aka have children cause it often means cheap labor in the near future.  The Aka have very limited social interactions within the neghboring communities.  They practice their own lifestyles and customs, but they often interact during the harvest season.  They mainly trade honey for other goods in markets near their villages.  Because they practice no ownership over any other tribesman, they do not buy many things because they are forced to share with the whole tribe.  This is leading to a decline in farming and trading among the Aka with their neighbors. 
Other neighbors of the Aka do not understand the "forest lifestyle" that they live, usually consisting of hunting and gathering during the day, and then dancing and socializing throughout the night.

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