Forests of Belonging: Identities, Ethnicities, and Stereotypes in the Congo River BasinForests of Belonging examines the history and ongoing transformation of ethnic and social relationships among four distinct communities Bangando, Baka, Bakw le, and Mbomam in the Lob k forest region of southeastern Cameroon. By slotting forest communities into ecological categories such as "hunters" and "gatherers," previous analyses of social relationships in tropical forests have resulted in binary frameworks that render real life relationships