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The Mbuti PygmiesBook 1965 • Turnbull, Colin M.
Mbuti • Africa > Central Africa
Originally presented as a thesis in 1956, this publication was supplemented and revised as a result of Turnbull's 1957-58 field experience. In one major respect it is a valuable addition to Tu...Wayward servantsBook 1965 • Turnbull, Colin M.
Mbuti • Africa > Central Africa
On the basis of an extensive and close association with a band of the Epulu net-hunters, Colin Turnbull examines the cultural factors contributing to the cohesiveness of the Mbuti bands and th...The forest peopleBook 1962 • Turnbull, Colin M.
Mbuti • Africa > Central Africa
Colin Turnbull singles out a few events in order to present a general picture of the Epulu net-hunting band of Mbuti Pygmies. Extensive sections portray the band's reaction to the death of one...The Mbuti PygmiesBook 1983 • Turnbull, Colin M.
Mbuti • Africa > Central Africa
This work discusses some of the major aspects of Mbuti ethnography and the sanctuary furnished them by the Ituri forest. Turnbull describes Mbuti existence under colonialism, and their symbiot...