An evocation of the misfortune that support the Pygmies, seen through the prism of the author Cameroon. After development of the history and geography of this nation, Michel Tagne Foko tells stories and tales of the Pygmies, and to better understand family relationships, manners and customs. Through an interview, he explains the interest to the Pygmy culture in Cameroon: medicine, rituals, burial practices... but the slow decline of this culture facing modern civilization that continues to roll these modes life.