The genealogy and fraternity of the Baká people is deeply rooted in the Baká creation mythos which advanced a set of recurrent beliefs and fairy tales about the creation of the first Baká  man by Lomo (God), whom God named Mái-yána (Mái-I am, yána – here), which means that I am here. God then gave to Mái-yána one of the seraphim ladies whom God named Mîîlumaa (Mîîlu – I like or love it, maa – myself), which means I like or love it myself or by myself".

 

E. E. Evans-Pritchard, referred to the Baká people of South Sudan as the Central Sudanic group (not the Baká Pygmies of Congo and elsewhere) who are linguistically akin to the Morokodo, Bongo, Nyamusa and ‘Beli of Southern Sudan. The Baká people of South Sudan who are of the Central Sudanic group are therefore genealogical linked to the Bongo–Bagirmi or Sara–Bongo–Bagirmi.