In many ways, music and emotion almost seem interchangeable. Try listening to the Star Wars' Cantina Band song without smiling, or to the Psycho soundtrack without feeling a little tense. But what if ...

The hills of Britain and the jungles of Africa may have little in common, but don’t tell that to Baka Beyond, the rollicking musical group that attempts some serious cultural bridge-building with its ...

From Homer to Philostratus, Ancient Greek sources describe Pygmies as dwarves at the world’s edge, fighting cranes and living ...

Loosely based on the career of American ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno, Oka! includes real scenes of life among the fabled Bayaka pygmy people, plus scenery and wildlife from the Central African ...

They emerge from the stillness of the rainforest like a lost tribe of prehistoric warriors forgotten by time — a barefoot band of Mbuti Pygmies wielding iron-tipped spears. The men come first, cloaked ...

Pygmies in the world’s second largest rainforest are turning to modern technology to preserve their lands. While the world’s rainforests are a rich source of raw materials, they’re also home to many ...

If the Pygmies of Central Africa don’t survive the assortment of threats currently assailing them, says a leading anthropologist, the continent will lose an important part of its “genetic and cultural ...

Baka Pygmies in eastern Cameroon are protesting the destruction of their forest habitat by European and Chinese logging companies. The Pygmies say the logging companies reap huge profits and leave ...

In many ways, music and emotion almost seem interchangeable. But what if you had never heard Western music before. Would these songs still make you feel the same way? Scientists at McGill University ...

But what if you had never heard Western music before. Would these songs still make you feel the same way? Scientists at McGill University and the University of Montreal got the rare opportunity to ...