The Forest People

The Forest People (1961) is Colin Turnbull's ethnographic study of the Mbuti pygmies of the then-Belgian Congo (later Zaire and now Democratic Republic of Congo).

"The Forest People"

Author| Colin Turnbull
Language| English
Subject| Anthropology
Genre| Non-fiction
Set in| Africa
Publisher| Simon & Schuster

Publication date

| 1961
ISBN| 0671266500

In this book, the British-American anthropologist detailed his three years spent with the community in the late 1950s. The style is informal and accessible. Turnbull contrasts his forest-living subjects' lifestyle with that of nearby town-dwelling Africans and evaluates the interactions of the two groups.

The editor for the book was Michael Korda who attended Oxford University with Turnbull.[1]

## References

1. ↑ Korda, Michael (1999). Another life: a memoir of other people (1st ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 0679456597.

## External links

* Smithsonian listing of documentary footage of the area and communities described in the book
* BaMbuti Pygmies @ National Geographic Magazine National Geographic Feature in September 2005

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