The Forest People (Classic Reprint)

from BBcummings

Although written by an anthropologist, Colin Turnbull described the life of the Mbuti pygmies with such color, exuberance, detail and a healthy dash of humor that you cannot help but be entranced by this book. It reads like a novel, not a diary or journal. The author lived for three years with th...

from berthirsch

This is a classic for the times. Written by a scholar and adventurer it tells the story of a small Pygmy tribe living in the Congo in the 1950's. It is a heartwarming tale with great insight and suspense.

from Ruecking

The life of the MaMbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Forest (Congo) as described by a young anthrologist who lived among the young men for 3 years during the 1950's. This book delightfully challenges the truths we may have found about families, nature and theology.

from wickenden

African pygmys, attested in ancient Egyptian and Greek texts as being nearly mythical inhabitants of central Africa, are described here in an Anthropological tome. I must re-read as I remember little from it.

from BBcummings

Although written by an anthropologist, Colin Turnbull described the life of the Mbuti pygmies with such color, exuberance, detail and a healthy dash of humor that you cannot help but be entranced by this book. It reads like a novel, not a diary or journal. The author lived for three years with th...