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Gbanga Tita
The Baka pygmies live in the rain forest of southern Cameroon. Lengé is the storyteller of his tribe. For seven minutes, the camera films the old man’s slightly swaying body and face from a perspective that seems weightless and maintains a respectful, involved distance. Lengé knows the stories about the world’s beginning, the monotonous songs about Tibala the white elephant, the legendary turtle, and the bird Fofolo, whom he saw chasing sunbeams. With his face and voice, Lengé conjures up the ancient god of the calabashes, Gbanga Tita. At the end of the film, we are told that Lengé died shortly after filming. He was the last storyteller in this part of the forest.