The Mountain People

The Mountain People (1994) by Colin Turnbull – Pimlico Edition
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Brace yourself for one of anthropology’s most unsettling deep dives. In The Mountain People, Colin Turnbull chronicles his harrowing time with the Ik tribe of northern Uganda, portraying a community stripped to the bone by starvation, social collapse, and the breakdown of human empathy. First published in the 1970s and reissued here in 1994 by Pimlico, this controversial work raises timeless questions about survival, morality, and what it truly means to be human. Whether you see it as bold ethnography or a bleak morality tale, this book is unforgettable.

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