Colin Macmillan Turnbull Bücher

This Remarkable Account Of Tibet Where History, Religion And Everyday Life Are Interwomen As Nowhere Else Is The Joint Work Of The Elder Brother Of The Present Dalai Lama And A Distinguished European Anthropologist.

This edition has been revised and updated to bring the story of Singapore's history up to the 1988 elections. It describes the period after 1975, a time of consolidation and steady progress, during which the Republic was one of the most stable and prosperous countries in Asia.

This 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 the BaMbuti whose existence centers on their intense love for their forest world, which, in return for their affection and trust, provides their every need. We witness their hunting parties and nomadic camps; their love affairs and ancient ceremonies -- the molimo, in which they 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 impose their culture on the Pygmies, whose forest home they dare not enter.

The book explores the Mbuti pygmy hunter-gatherers of Zaire, delving into their social structures and how these relate to the Huri Forest environment. It provides historical context, examining the impact of the Zimba revolution and the subsequent independence on the Mbuti people's way of life. Through this study, it highlights the interplay between ecology and social organization, offering insights into the cultural adaptations of the Mbuti in response to changing circumstances.

A timely introduction to the basic tribal cultures of Africa permits Western students a glimpse of this vast and intriguing continent. The author, curator of American Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, has lived among these tribes and his writing reflects this firsthand knowledge. Beginning with the hunters,- the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert and the BaMbuti Pygmies of the rain forests in the Congo this describes customs and beliefs, cultural variations and economic structure. The next general group under surveillance is composed of the herdsmen- the Shilluk, Nuer, Masai and Watusi tribes whose livelihood depends on the cattle they raise. The farmers, members of more intricate societies -- the Kikuyu of Kenya, the Ashanti of Ghana -- live more complicated lives. Wherever possible, historical derivations are highlighted and specific anecdotes recounted. Richard Powers has illustrated this informative introduction to Africa, and for many students, to the whole subject of cultural anthropology.

In this brilliant book, the author, Colin Turnbull, former Curator of African Ehtnology at the American Museum of Natural History believes there is a power unity tht binds all African cultures, one that may link them to black Americans.