Who are the Baka and in what ways is their culture threatened?

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Research Question: Who are the Baka and in what ways is their culture threatened?

Thesis: The Baka are a (1)tribe who used to live in the forest but now have been forced out of the forest by (2)loggers who cut down trees on their land and, (3) the country of Cameroon forcing them to live in small village.

• Topic Sentence #1: The Baka (1) are a tribe that live in the forest, (2) are hunter gatherers and (3) water drum when they are having fun.

• Topic Sentence #2: .The Baka are threatened (1) by loggers who chop down trees and (2) keep them for themselves which is (3) forcing the Baka to get ownership of their own land.

• Topic Sentence #3:  The Baka are (1) being forced out of the rainforest (2) by the Cameroonian government, and (3)  many Baka have forgotten the old ways of living in the rainforest

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