Colin Turnbull led one of the most distinguished, unconventional, and controversial lives in the past century of anthropology. He effortlessly ingratiated himself to African foragers and Florida death row inmates—and just as easily infuriated professional colleagues.
Mbuti children gather around Colin Turnbull during his 1953 fieldwork.
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