Summary 1000words (2 readings)
Describe how an ethos of egalitarianism is socially reproduced by the Mbendjele.
Lewis, J. 2008. Emila:blood, bodies, and egalitarian societies. In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 14:297-315.
Lewis, J. 2014. Egalitarian Social Organization: The Case of the Mbendjele BaYaka. In: Hewlett, B (ed.) Hunter-Gatherers of the Congo-Basin: Cultures, Histories, and Biology of African Pygmies, 219-244. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.