The African Pygmy Chief From New Jersey

Every now and then people say they heard a song that "changed their life". Maybe some of them really mean it. But has a song ever changed your life so much that you uprooted your entire livelihood, decamped to one of the poorest and most unstable countries on Earth, and tried to integrate yourself into a village of 4'11" hunter-gatherers? That's what happened to Louis Sarno in the 1980s.

What else should Sarno have gotten for the Ba-Benjellé?
Pygmy goats -   / tor.in.oregon  
Diplomas from the University of Phoenix - https://x.com/parsons_tor
A Shen Yun billboard -   / mrsluds  
A plastic durian -   / membership  

Song from the Forest documentary: http://songfromtheforest.com
Playlist of Ba-Benjellé music used in this episode:    • Song from the Forest (Original Soundt...