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The Forest People -- Colin M. Turnbull's best-selling, classic work -- describes the author's experiences while living with the BaMbuti Pygmies, not as a clinical observer, but as their friend learning their customs and sharing their daily life. Turnbull conveys the lives and feelings of... read more

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IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER of the Belgian Congo, almost exactly in the middle of the map of Africa, ... lies the Ituri Forest, a vast expanse of dense, damp and inhospitable-looking darkness.

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  1. Colin M. Turnbull (Author)
  2. Collin Turnbull
 

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