Forest People
Colin M. Turnbull, Colin Turnbull, Collin Turnbull, Colin M. Turnbull · 1983
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About the book
This study of the BaMbuti Pygmies of the Congo has become a classic work in the finest tradition of literate anthropology. Turnbull lived among the BaMbuti for three years, not as a clinical observer, but as a friend, learning their customs and sharing their daily life. Turnbull describes their hunting parties and nomadic camps, their love affairs and ancient ceremonies--the molimo, in which the Pygmies praise the forest as provider, protector, and deity; the elima, in which the young girls come of age; and the nkumbi circumcision rites, in which the villagers of the surrounding non-Pygmy tribes attempt to assert their authority over the Pygmies, whose forest home they dare not enter.
Book details
- Year
- 1983
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Touchstone Books
- Editions
- 23
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9780671201531
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