Colin M. Turnbull
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Colin Turnbull was a British anthropologist who studied cultural groups of the Belgian Congo and Uganda in the 20th century.
Books
The mountain people
An anthropologist records the moral decline of African tribesmen struggling to survive after being forced from their hunting grounds.
Man in Africa
The essential unity of the various African societies is illustrated in an examination of religious beliefs and practices, social and political structures and functions, and cultural traditions.
The lonely African
Shows how the problems of transition reach down into the very depths of African society, into the souls of individuals creating conflict and loneliness in all.
The human cycle
The author examines the life cycle stages of childhood, adolescence, youth, adulthood, and old age in societies around the world.
The Mbuti Pygmies
"This case study provides a unique opportunity for readers to learn not only about a most interesting people, the Mbuti pygmies of the Ituri forest, but also about changes in a very significant part of Africa from the colonial era to the present. It is not often that a single book will cover so great a time span of such importance to the shape of the modern world. Nor is it often that we can receive the thoughtful analysis of a senior anthropologist who has done repeated field work in such an area over such a period of time in the format of case study."--Page v.