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Colin M. Turnbull

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

November 23, 1924

Died

July 28, 1994

Genre

Anthropology, Nonfiction

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Colin Macmillan Turnbull (November 23, 1924 – July 28, 1994) was a British-American anthropologist who came to public attention with the popular books The Forest People (on the Mbuti Pygmies of Zaire) and The Mountain People (on the Ik people of Uganda), and one of the first anthropologists to work in the field of ethnomusicology.

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Average rating: 3.92 · 3,370 ratings · 288 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Forest People by Colin M. Turnbull, Harry L. Shapiro (Foreword) 3.96 avg rating — 2,505 ratings — published 1961 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mountain People 3.80 avg rating — 679 ratings — published 1972 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lonely African 4.07 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1962 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Cycle 3.62 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mbuti Pygmies: Change and Adaptation 3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man in Africa really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wayward Servants: The Two Worlds of the African Pygmies 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peoples of Africa 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1962 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Africa and Change by Colin M. Turnbull (Editor), A.J.B. Hughes, Abner Cohen it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1973	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tradition and Change in African Tribal Life really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1966 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“to the Pygmy it is one of the most important differences between the people of the forest and the people of the village that the latter do not know “how to walk”. Walking, to the Pygmy, means being able to run swiftly and silently, without slipping, tripping, or falling. Every day he depends for his food on his ability to “walk,” and more than once his life will be saved by the same ability, when he has to run from a charging buffalo or creep away unnoticed from a sleeping leopard.”
― Colin Turnbull

tags: forest-people, pygmies, rainforest

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“The forest is a father and a mother to us," he said, "and like a father or mother it gives us everything we need — food, clothing, shelter, warmth … and affection.”
― Colin Turnbull

tags: bambuti, ituri-rainforest, pygmies

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