In the Arms of Africa: The Life of Colin M. Turnbull

Grinker (anthropology and international affairs, George Washington U.) provides a sensitive and insightful biography of anthropologist Colin Turnbull, a renowned scholar of the African Pygmies, covering his military service, identity issues, his teaching posts and published works, and a tumultuous 30-year relationship with his partner which AIDS ended in 1988, followed by his own death from AIDS in 1994. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)