Man in Africa

by Colin M. Turnbull

( Penguin 1976, Paperback. ) In this fascinating work of cross-cultural anthropology, Turnball examines the wide variety of African human experience.

Genres: Africa, Travel

260 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Colin Macmillan Turnbull (November 23, 1924 – July 28, 1994) was a British-American anthropologist who came to public attention with the popular books The Forest People (on the Mbuti Pygmies of Zaire) and The Mountain People (on the Ik people of Uganda), and one of the first anthropologists to work in the field of ethnomusicology.