Next, I went to Africa to visit Esimba. And here he is.

Esimba, like Guiomar, lives in the tropical rainforest. But he lives in Congo, in Africa. He is ten years old and is a member of a tribal group called the Ba-aka (or 'Pygmy').

Esimba sleeps in a hut made of sapling trees.

These are cut, bent and tied to make a dome with big leaves outside to make it waterproof. Esimba and his friends use branches from trees for other things too...

...like this! What could they be doing?

They're playing a game. One of Esimba's friends is hiding under this bunch of branches, pretending to be a forest spirit. And they're off to frighten the girls!

Esimba and his friends have to learn a lot about how to live in the forest which is their home. This provides them with all their food and medicines. But it needs real skill to know which plants are good to eat and how to hunt wild pigs or fish. Like the Yanomami and the goldminers, the Ba-aka people are having problems with logging companies which have claimed almost all their forest. As the loggers build roads, cut trees and make noise, they frighten away all the animals and birds. The Ba-aka who depend on them for some of their food have to move to the quieter parts of the forest. But there aren't many left.

Here are some of the Ba-aka people coming back from a hunt.

Esimba wants to grow up to be a great hunter. So he's learning all sorts of new skills such as special signs which mean that hunters don't have to make any noise.

What does this sign mean?

Well I didn't have a clue! Esimba told me it meant 'bees' nest' - which of course means 'honey'.

to visit Anton and the Chukchee people in Siberia, Russia.