Cameroon's rainforests inhabited by Pygmies have been rapidly depleting but the 5000-year-old tribal community refuse to give up on its ancient lifestyle.
Small-scale Pygmy communities also exist in countries such as Rwanda, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Gabon and Angola.
There are currently around 120,000 Pygmies in the world, with most of them living in Cameroon's forest region close to the Atlantic Ocean. The Cameroon government has failed to successfully implement its integration policies aimed at settling Pygmies into a sedentary lifestyle. These people often change location in a bid to find animals for hunting, and they are armed with wooden or stone arrows, spears and machetes to kill monkeys, antelopes, gazelles and elephants.
Since they are not acknowledged as citizens, the Pygmies do not have access to social services, particularly health. Instead, they use leaves, tree barks or wild plants for treatment. As for the treatment of bone and joint pain, they heat the bark of the Azobe tree and apply it by massaging the treatment area.
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