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- [Narrator] People who have wandered

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Central Africa for centuries.

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Today they live in the humid rainforest

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of southeastern Cameroon.

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This ancient place is[br]immensely rich in wildlife.

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But for all its biological riches,

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it is a difficult[br]environment in which to live.

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(speaking foreign language)

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Few people have the knowledge

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and ingenuity to survive here.

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Only the Baka have developed the skills

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to exploit its wealth.

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A wealth that yields[br]medicines from leaves.

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- [Narrator] And compounds[br]from bark and seeds

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to make poisons for arrows.

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- [Narrator] The Baka[br]have this extraordinary

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knowledge of the forest,[br]but it's their personality

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enriched by the forest itself

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that makes the Baka even more remarkable.

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(gentle music)

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- [Narrator] These are the Baka,

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The people of the forest.

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This is their story.

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(dramatic music)

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- [Announcer] To better[br]understand our world.

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Ourselves.

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by the people of Chevron.

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by the Corporation for[br]Public Broadcasting.

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(singing in foreign language)[br](gentle music)

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- [Narrator] The heart of Africa.

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Below the clouds lie the[br]rainforests of southeast Cameroon.

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This is the home of the Baka.

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The Baka left camp this morning.

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For the last three months they have been

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on a journey through the[br]forest hunting and gathering.

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Traveling with the group[br]is Laykano and his family.

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(speaking foreign language)

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His son Yaya is eight years old.

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- [Narrator] Ali is four.

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At 40, Kaykano is the second[br]oldest of all the men.

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- [Narrator] His wife[br]Deni is in her early 20s,

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and she's expecting their next child.

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- [Narrator] Their three month journey

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through the forest has been tiring.

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Today's camp will be the last[br]before the Baka reach home.

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(gentle music)

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Within an hour or so the[br]frameworks are ready for roofing.

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- [Narrator] The shelters will only

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be used for a night or two,

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but they're strong enough to[br]keep out the heaviest storm.

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It's always like this.

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The women establish camp[br]after a few hour's walk,

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while the men look for food.

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Close by, Laykano and the other men

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are breaking open a termite mound.

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They're after winged termites

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that have gathered in[br]the top of the mound.

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(speaking foreign language)

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The smoke stops the termites[br]from retreating underground.

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(speaking foreign language)

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They're not all edible.

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The bites of the defending[br]termites are painful.

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Thing winged termites are plump[br]and full of fat and protein.

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They taste like raw egg.

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(speaking foreign language)

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These temporary camps[br]are always established

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within easy reach of rivers.

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(speaking foreign language)

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Many of the trees and vines[br]of the forest contain poisons.

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The Baka have an intimate knowledge

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of these plants and how to use them.

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(speaking foreign language)

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The chemicals in these[br]vines are called rotenones.

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To release them the creepers[br]have to be beaten into a pulp.

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(speaking foreign language)

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By rinsing the pulp in[br]the fast-flowing water,

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the chemicals are[br]dispersed into the river.

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The river flows into a[br]small patch of savanna.

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It's too wet for rainforest to grow here,

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so these open areas[br]are dominated by palms.

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The chemicals that have dissolved

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in the river are not poisonous.

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Instead they deprive the fish of oxygen.

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Unable to breathe, they[br]float to the surface.

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- [Narrator] At the camp the women

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are setting off to gather fruits.

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Only during the rainy season do the Baka

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travel this far into the forest.

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They have come in search[br]of the feki fruit.

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The seeds are rich in oil.

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Every rainy season for hundreds of years

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the Baka have come to collect[br]the fruit in this way.

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(speaking foreign language)

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It's almost the end of the rainy season

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and much of the feki fruit[br]has already been gathered.

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Those fruit still left on the trees

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are a rich source of food for gorillas.

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To get at them, they will climb

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100 feet or more into the canopy.

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Adults like these may weigh 400 pounds,

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and these are the animals the[br]Baka fear most in the forest.

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Elephants also roam the forest here.

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Many fruits like feki must[br]through an elephant's stomach

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to have a better chance of germinating.

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Large mammals and large birds[br]like these giant horn bills

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give the rainforest here[br]its special character.

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They too are essential.

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Dispersing the seeds that will become

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the next generation of the forest.

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In the camp, the women are already

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preparing the feki fruits.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Narrator] The seeds are crushed

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to provide a precious oily paste.

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This will be used for cooking[br]in the months to come.

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(speaking foreign language)

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For centuries the Baka have been

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called pygmies by the outside world.

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It's a name they dislike[br]and feel is derogatory.

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Most of the people here[br]are under five feet tall,

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but in the forest, and to the Baka,

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their size is irrelevant.

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(gentle music)

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(singing in foreign language)

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- [Narrator] Such tales[br]told only deep in the forest

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are important for the[br]children's education.

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(speaking foreign language)

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(thunder crashing)

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Narrator] The dry season in beginning.

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Ahead like 10 hours of hard[br]walking before reaching home.

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(gentle music)

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- [Narrator] Laykano was[br]told this by his father.

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All stories are handed down in this way.

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- [Narrator] Home is a permanent village.

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Still deep in the forest and 10 miles

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from the nearest dirt road.

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Deni and Laykano spend[br]most of the year here,

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and share this village[br]with 20 or so members

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of their extended family.

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Local villages of the Konabembe tribe

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bring metal goods and clothes[br]from the outside world.

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These are traded with the[br]Baka for meat from the forest,

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and for occasional work they do

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on the nearby Konabembe plantations.

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Although they speak different languages,

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they can easily understand each other.

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(speaking foreign language)

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The Baka have never been truly isolated,

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and have always relied[br]on these local villagers

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for material goods.

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The Konabembe also come[br]to the Baka for medicines.

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Usa is well known for[br]her cure for infertility.

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This Konabembe woman has[br]been unable to conceive

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and has come for treatment.

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- [Narrator] Usa has[br]successfully treated friends

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of this woman in the past.

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(speaking foreign language)

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The medicine is from a[br]small plant called njaya.

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Elsewhere in Africa it is[br]used to treat gonorrhea.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Narrator] Deni is preparing medicine

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from the heartwood of the ingeli tree.

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It's to make Ali grow up big and strong.

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Sand is used as an abrasive[br]to create a red paste.

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- [Narrator] Soap comes[br]naturally from certain leaves.

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- [Narrator] Washing is important

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before applying the medicine.

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- [Narrator] It's important to look after

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children in the forest.

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Illness and death can strike suddenly.

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Many a child is lost in infancy.

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(speaking foreign language)

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Occasionally the Baka will[br]go into the forest at night.

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This is often the best[br]time to look for honey.

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Honeybees are active at[br]the nest well before dawn.

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The earliest foragers lead[br]by the light of the full moon

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in search of flowers high in the canopy.

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The first bee has arrived.

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Below, Laykano and Babu have been

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waiting for the flowers to talk.

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A tree talking is a[br]tree humming with bees.

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By listening to the sound[br]of the returning bees,

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they can discover the[br]direction of the nest.

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- [Narrator] The light of dawn

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reveals the site of the[br]nest, high in the canopy.

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Two more men arrive from the village.

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Mewunga is Lakano's[br]brother-in-law and he is to climb.

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The nest is 140 feet[br]above the forest floor.

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Very few Baka would[br]attempt a climb like this.

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- [Narrator] Mewunga is using a strong

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pliable vine to help him climb.

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By cutting tiny foot holes he will

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slowly inch his way up the tree.

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The climb will take several hours.

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Not far from the village,

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a golden cat has killed an antelope.

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The cat is elusive and[br]seldom seen by the Baka.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Narrator] The women left the village

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at dawn to come dam fishing.

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It's only the women who fish in this way.

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(speaking foreign language)

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Below the damn, the remaining water

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is scooped further downstream.

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Dams must be constantly reinforced.

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Deni is nine months pregnant,

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but that doesn't stop her from working

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as hard as the other women.

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As the water recedes, the[br]fish retreat under rocks.

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- [Narrator] During the dry season

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other fish lie dormant deep in the mud

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below the banks of the river[br]and have to be dug out.

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- [Narrator] The cat poses[br]no real danger to the women,

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but it's a relief when it's gone.

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- [Narrator] They're off to[br]find out how the climb is going.

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- [Narrator] Mewunga is already

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some 70 feet above the forest floor.

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(gentle music)

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(speaking foreign language)

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In the nest, tens of[br]thousands of stinging bees

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pose a serious threat to Mewunga's life.

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Before he climbs any higher,

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he must have the protection[br]of a bundle of smoking leaves.

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- [Narrator] At this height[br]a single slip means death.

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Two men were killed last year[br]climbing trees for honey.

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(gentle music)

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(speaking foreign language)

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(bees buzzing)

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Mewunga stuffs bark scrapings containing

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cyanide compound into the nest.

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Followed by smoking leaves.

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This stuns the bees, which in their panic,

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gorge themselves on honey[br]and become lethargic.

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Mewunga is not stung once.

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- [Narrator] The nest[br]has to be hacked open

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to get at the comb inside.

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- [Narrator] Mewunga[br]is completely confident

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working at this height.

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The honey basket has to be[br]hauled up 140 feet to his perch.

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- [Narrator] 30 pounds of honey

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are lowered to the crowd below.

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(speaking foreign language)

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Honeyguides feed on beeswax,

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and are never far away[br]when there's honey around.

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- [Narrator] Honey is the[br]ultimate gift of the forest,

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and very little of it will[br]return to the village.

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(speaking foreign language)

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(gentle music)[br](singing in foreign language)

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The bees descend immediately to the

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scattered combs tossed aside by the Baka.

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All available honey is taken back

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to the shattered remnants of the nest.

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Forest bees are often reluctant[br]to desert a raided nest.

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In time, this one will[br]be completely rebuilt.

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(gentle music)

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Other animals also take advantage

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of the spoils of the honey climb.

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A honey badger is quick to[br]seize such an opportunity.

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Although it's quite capable of tackling

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a bee's nest with his massive claws,

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it readily scavenges on[br]these combs left by the Baka.

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(speaking foreign language)

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Unexpectedly Deni has felt[br]her baby change position.

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- [Narrator] This medicine,

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which contains plant estrogens,[br]is always used during labor.

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- [Narrator] Ali blesses the medicine.

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(speaking foreign language)

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Her hands are no larger than a thumbnail.

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Her shoulders from tip to tip,[br]the size of a little finger.

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(speaking foreign language)

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Ali is distraught.

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The baby has taken his place beside Deni.

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- [Narrator] Ali's sister, born[br]into the world of the Baka.

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The first sounds she hears[br]are those of her people.

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Her village.

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Her forest.

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Her people are the[br]people of the rainforest.

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(gentle music)

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(singing in foreign language)

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Several weeks later and Ali is adjusting

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to his new place in the family.

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(singing in foreign language)

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(both humming)

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(speaking foreign language)

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(singing in foreign language)[br](gentle music)

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- [Announcer] WonderWorks presents

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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Next the season open of Frontline

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looks at the career of President Reagan

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and assesses the legacy[br]of his administration.

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Frontline is next on[br]KCPT, public television.

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(gentle music)

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- [Narrator] 18 months have now passed

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since Kamila was born.

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- [Narrator] During this[br]time Laykano and Deni

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have been teaching her about the forest.

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(gentle music)

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- [Narrator] For all[br]children growing up here,

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the last 18 months have been a mixture

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of fun and gradual adjustment

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to the responsibilities of Baka life.

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(children babbling)

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- [Narrator] Takala has asked[br]to have his teeth sharpened.

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Not everyone has it[br]done, for those that do,

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it reinforces their sense of being Baka.

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- [Narrator] For some[br]boys life after today

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will never be quite the same.

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Six boys have been confined to this hut

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for the last few days.

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They are approaching puberty,

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and are preparing to[br]be initiated by Jengi,

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the forest spirit.

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Jengi was summoned to[br]the village by Ikundum.

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As the oldest man, he alone has the power.

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Jengi is constantly guarded in[br]his lair beyond the village.

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- [Narrator] Torches for[br]Jengi's nightly dances

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are prepared from tree resin.

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- [Narrator] The tooth sharpening

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has proved to much for Takala.

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(children laughing)

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- [Narrator] The ripe banana[br]skin warmed by the fire

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acts as a poultice.

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- [Announcer] We will[br]return to Baka Growing Up

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on the Discovery Channel.

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- [Narrator] Children[br]learn from the earliest age

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how to find and prepare[br]medicines from the forest.

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(speaking foreign language)

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The bark of the mayimba tree is used

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to treat coughs and colds.

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This medicinal knowledge is easily

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acquired through shared experience.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Narrator] The children have been

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left to their own devices while Deni

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and the other mothers[br]have gone dam fishing.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Narrator] Jengi, the most[br]important forest spirit,

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arrived at the village some weeks ago.

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His presence is called[br]upon every few years

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when enough boys are ready[br]for initiation into manhood.

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He has decided to initiate[br]the boys this afternoon.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Narrator] The news is relayed

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to the initiates waiting in the hut.

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Jengi will be coming for them.

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- [Narrator] Ali and his friends

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are too young to be initiated

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and have little interest in Jengi.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Announcer] We will[br]return to Baka Growing Up.

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(rhythmic music)[br](singing in foreign language)

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- [Narrator] The boys are nervous.

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As they're led across the courtyard,

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they must run the gauntlet of Jengi

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who is threatening to kill them.

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(speaking foreign language)

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The boys are taken towards Jengi's lair

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where they are to be initiated.

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They have no idea what lies in store

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for them beyond the gate.

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(rhythmic music)[br](villagers cheering)

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(singing in foreign language)

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The initiates are finally carried

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through the gate into Jengi's lair.

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Jengi is now at his most dangerous.

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He storms after them, slashing[br]the gate to the ground.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Narrator] No flies[br]must land on the blood

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before Jengi's found and persuaded

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to bring the boys back to life.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Narrator] Now the initiates

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take their place in the barrier of men.

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Playing their new role in[br]protecting the women from Jengi.

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(singing in foreign language)[br](rhythmic music)

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Jengi leaves the village[br]for the last time.

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His presence has again reinforced

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their spiritual link with the forest.

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(speaking foreign language)

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(singing in foreign language)

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- [Narrator] In a few[br]years Jengi will return

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to initiate Ali into manhood.

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(gentle music)[br](singing in foreign language)

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- [Announcer] Life in the[br]rainforest is difficult,

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but growing up in many African[br]cities isn't much easier.

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Children there must also[br]struggle for food and a home.

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That's true of the[br]members of Bernard's gang.

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Their story is next.

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- [Announcer] The Falklands[br]War, The Untold Story--