Editing Pygmy peoples (section)

=== Culture ===
{{Main|Pygmy music}}
[[File:Baka dancers June 2006.jpg|thumb|[[Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon)|Baka]] pygmy dancers in the [[East Region (Cameroon)|East Region]] of [[Cameroon]]]]
The African Pygmies are particularly known for their usually vocal music, usually characterised by dense contrapuntal communal improvisation. [[Simha Arom]] says that the level of polyphonic complexity of pygmy music was reached in Europe in the 14th century, yet Pygmy culture is unwritten and ancient.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=African Rhythms |date=2003 |others=Music by [[Aka (Pygmy tribe)|Aka]] Pygmies, performed by Aka Pygmies, [[György Ligeti]] and [[Steve Reich]], performed by [[Pierre-Laurent Aimard]] |publisher=Teldec Classics |id=8573 86584-2 |type=Liner notes |last1=Aimard |first1=Pierre-Laurent |last2=Ligeti |first2=György |last3=Reich |first3=Steve |last4=Arom |first4=Simha |last5=Schomann |first5=Stefan}}</ref> Music permeates daily life and there are songs for entertainment as well as specific events and activities.