The Forest People Author:Colin M. Turnbull The Forest People, a study of the BaMbuti Pygmies of the Congo, has become a classic work in the finest tradition of literate anthropology. Its author is a young anthropologist-presently Assistant Curator of African Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History-who lived among the BaMbuti for three years, not as a clinical observer from th... more »e outside world, but as a friend, learning their customs and sharing their daily life. In this celebrated account, he 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.« less