In the arms of Africa
Subtitle: the life of Colin M. Turnbull
By: Roy Richard Grinker.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Turnbull, Colin M; Gay anthropologists -- United States -- Biography; Gay anthropologists -- Africa -- Biography; Mbuti (African people); Ik (African people)
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Africa
Description: "Colin Turnbull was one of the most well-known anthropologists of the twentieth century." "Raised in the upper echelons of British society, Turnbull worked at various times as a gold miner, builder of the African Queen, and consultant to famed theater director Peter Brook. He lived through some of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century; fighting in World War II and dying of AIDS in 1994."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-345) and index.