colin turnbull

Colin turnbull was a british antropologist, he was known by the forest people. He was born in london he went to a goood school named westminster school and then he went to magdalen college located in oxford, he was well educated that's why he became antropologist. after all his diplomas and degrees he could achive he went to the democratic republic of congo with newton beal a good friend that he met on india. those two started studying the BaMbuti pygmies.during all the time they were but that was not the goal of the trip. An odd job Turnbull picked up while in Africa at this time was working for the Hollywood producer Sam Spiegel. Spiegel hired Turnbull to assist in the construction and transportation of a boat needed for his film.The name of the boat was the african queen and the boat was used in the movie named the african queen.Then returning to Oxford in 1954, he began specializing in the anthropology of Africa. Turnbull remained in Oxford for two years before another field trip to Africa, finally focusing on the then-Belgian Congo and Uganda. After years of fieldwork, he finally achieved his anthropology doctorate from Oxford in 1964.