Aka Migrations and Diaspora

The Aka people are a nomadic forest dwelling people primarily from  southwestern Central African Republic and the Brazzaville Region of the Republic of the Congo.  Although they have never been pushed out of their homelands, they are nomadic so they have tendencies to pick up and move whole small villages to more suitable lands and environments throughout the different seasons.  During the 1930's under French rule, the Aka were moved into forest side villages, but this was seen as a fail, as many villagers went back into the forest for they convenience of living where they need to.  This is the closest instance I could find of Aka being pushed out of their territories.  Another instances of migrating throughout the immediate area is inter-tribal marriages, where a Aka man or woman will be married to someone from another tribe.  In most cases Aka woman who marry into other tribes will live with their husbands family, and majority of the time Aka males will stay in their own homes with their new spouse.  The newly married couples will live under the same roof of the parents for several years, up to 5, until they move out into their own home/hut.  The Aka have tended to stay in the forest for the simple lifestyle suits them.  Many people have tried to move them out, but up until recently it was very hard to find any use for the lands of the Aka, so most people left them alone.