Abstract

The major goal of this study was to look at the impact of poverty reduction measures implemented by the government of Cameroon and other stakeholders in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 1–7 on the Pygmies’ livelihood.

In order to define the major concepts about this issue, an analytical evaluation of the primary literature on the topic was conducted, which included the description and identification of gaps.

This research was conducted in Lomie and Campo, respectively, in Baka and Bagyeli Pygmy settlements. Data was gathered using an ethnographic technique. The study was exploratory and qualitative in nature.

The findings revealed that development agents’ efforts to modernize the Pygmies had ramifications for their livelihood.

Pygmies have a weak concept of development, expectations, and integration methods, as well as difficulties with access to education, forest resources, property ownership, and treatment in contemporary healthcare facilities.

These conditions, together with the ‘Pygmies” poverty and poor health, leave them prone to illness (malnutrition, diarrhea, gastritis, malaria, typhoid, and intestinal infections).

In all initiatives involving indigenous tribes, cultural elements are either not taken into consideration or are only partially taken into account.

As a result, the Western concept of progress has become a process that threatens rather than improves the Pygmies’ life.

As a result, this study proposes that the state and policymakers should be concerned about the effective and proper integration of ‘Pygmies’ into society, taking into consideration their cultural characteristics and identity, as well as the reduction of inequities and improvement of their health.

The findings of this study will give scholars and other actors with current verified data to utilize in conversations about indigenous Pygmy people in particular and indigenous people in general.

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