Barry Hewlett, PhD, professor of anthropology at Washington State University and I sit down to talk about his time spent with the Akas in Central Africa.
We discussed:

-How Barry’s career in anthropology evolved and how he came to spend time with the Akas (a nomadic foraging society he lived with off and on for over 40 years)
-Among other things, Barry talks about the high amount of touch provided for infants, who are often held by various members of their extended family throughout the day
-Egalitarian and autonomous values within the Aka society
-Ideas (or lack thereof) about “personal space” with the Akas
-The Aka fathers and their heavy involvement in child rearing - what about their lifestyles allows their fathers to be so present with their offspring?
-Lessons Barry learned from the Akas

Check out Barry’s book about the Aka fathers here: www.amzn.com/0472082035

Find out more about his work here: https://anthro.vancouver.wsu.edu/people/hewlett/

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