Observations:
- The Pygmies love honey.
- The plantations brought danger to the Pygmies.
- The Pygmies tell the villagers about the evil spirits in the forest so they do not go and collect their honey.
- The Pygmies split up and some went deeper in the forest and wanted nothing to do with the villagers anymore.
- They built a new camp called Apa Toangbe (special kind of honey tree).
- Kenge and Turnbull made Lizabeti crutches since she was crippled. The kids in the camp were all playing with them.
Religion:
- The forest is good but once in the village they would be around in influence of witchcraft.
From a Functionalist Anthropology perspective the people all want to survive and in order to do so they have to figure out what type of lifestyle is best for them. Each person had to decide for themselves if they wanted to live in the village or in the forest. Many enjoyed the luxuries such as tobacco and trendy clothes found in the village. Others believed that the village was unpractical due to the water supply, the lack of shade, and the amount of disease there that they were not immune to. Each person had to decide what was best for them in order to survive.
In regards to religion the Pygmies want to avoid the influence of witchcraft in the villages. I do not know if they believe in it, I do think that they believe that evil does not exist in the forest but only in the village.
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