Louis Sarno
Louis Sarno | |
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| Born | July 3, 1954 Newark, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | April 1, 2017 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | American and Central African |
Louis Sarno (July 3, 1954 – April 1, 2017) was an American-Central African adventurer, recorder of folk music and author. In the mid-1980s until about 2016 he made field recordings of the music of a Bayaka (BaAka) pygmy forest people while living among them in the Central African Republic. Sarno lived in the CAR for more than 30 years, and held dual citizenship there and in the United States.