"We paddle away from the shore. Reflected in the water, the moon gazes up at us, then twists and blurs in the current. Until the pirogue slips under the tangle of branches overhanging the river and the moon disappears behind the trees."
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Congo Free StateDemocratic Republic of the CongoPygmy peoplesAfrican PygmiesHunter-gatherers of Africa
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BAKA PYGMIES - LEAF HUT (CAMEROON) African Rainforest & Pygmy Peoples Pirogue on a river in the African rainforest (Baka Pygmies, Gabon).
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