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Forests of Belonging examines the history and ongoing transformation of ethnic and social relationships among four distinct communities--Bangando, Baka, Bakwéle, and Mbomam--in the Lobéké forest region of southeastern Cameroon. By slotting forest communities into ecological categories such as "hunters" and "gatherers," previous analyses of social relationships in tropical forests have resulted in binary frameworks that render real-life relationships invisible and that have perpetuated correspondingly misleading labels, such as "pygmy." Through rich descriptive detail resulting from field work among the Bangando, Stephanie Rupp illustrates the complexity of social ties among groups and individuals, and their connections with the natural world. She demonstrates that social and ethno-ecological relations in equatorial African forests are nuanced, contested, and shifting, and that the intricacy of these links must be considered in the design and implementation of aid policies and strategies for conservation and development.

Ethnicity --- Stereotypes (Social psychology) --- Group identity --- Ethnic identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Mental stereotypes --- Stereotype (Psychology) --- Stereotyping (Social psychology) --- Social psychology --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Rigidity (Psychology) --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Collective memory --- Congo River Valley --- Cameroon --- Congo Valley --- Cameron --- Camerun --- Camerŵn --- Federal Republic of Cameroon --- Gweriniaeth Camerŵn --- Jumhūrīyah al-Kāmīrūn --- Kamailong --- Kameroen --- Kameron --- Kameroun --- Kamerun (Republic) --- Kamerunská republika --- Kāmīrūn --- Republic of Cameroon --- Republica de Camerún --- Rèpublica du Cameron --- Republiek van Kameroen --- Republik Kameroun --- Republik Kamerun --- Republika Kamerun --- République du Cameroun --- République fédérale du Cameroun --- République unie du Cameroun --- Rėspublika Kamerun --- State of Cameroon --- United Republic of Cameroon --- Рэспубліка Камерун --- Република Камерун --- Камерун (Republic) --- جمهورية الكاميرون --- كاميرون --- 喀麦隆 --- Cameroun --- Kamerun --- Ethnic relations.