ABSTRACT
This essay laces together two musical narratives set in Centrafrique (Central African Republic) in the early 1990s. The introductory narrative focuses on an urban dance music based in the capital, Bangui. The second description, by contrast, addresses the performative, political, and social circumstances within which BaAka pygmies-who live mostly in the rain forest area in the southwest of the country-are negotiating their daily lives.
