Many Americans always wonder what it would be like to live in the forest. What they don't know is that living in the forest isn't very easy as oppose to living in America. In America Americans don't face the problem with moving and building their homes themselfs. As for the Baka, the people of the Cameroon forest do not have to wake up and face the early morning traffic on the way to work.
The Baka live in interesting houses made of Tilipi leaves. They can be compared to little igloos. The women make these temporary homes. They make them with what seem to be flexible branches , because they bend the branches to form a dome shape. Then they split the Tilipi leaves, and weave them together to go over the branch dome shaped frame. As for most Americans they have their homes built out of brick and wood. The men are usually the ones that go out hunting for food. The Baka eat all different types of foods like berries, nuts fish, termites, and honey. On the other hand Americans have industries that process and package their foods, and can be purchased at a local grocery store. The Baka tribe do not really care to be with other tribes or villages. The only reason they would ever go to another tribe is to trade meats in exchange for fruits, vegetables, some clothing, and cooking supply. The American people have to learn to cooperate and live together to form a workable and livable environment as well as atmosphere. As I mentioned earlier in the previous paragraph the Baka do not have to wake up and face morning traffic to go to work, but they do have to work together to maintain a liveable lifestyle by hunting, building homes, and gathering food. As for most Americans they have a regular working and paying schedule that takes them to work and brings them back home at certain hours of the day. The Baka tribe also make their own medicines with products provided by their own atmosphere such as, certain leaves, trees or tree barks all found in the forest.
