Controversy
Many people found Turnbull's description of the Ik disturbing. Turnbull was explicitly describing what happens to a society that is forced into hardship, and the fierce individualism that results. His graphic descriptions were placed into context by the careful interviews he did with older Ik to contrast the older society that existed prior to displacement to create a park. Bernd Heine exemplifies the strong reaction evoked by Turnbull's evaluation of the Ik in a 1985 article in Africa, The Mountain People: Some Notes on the Ik of North-Eastern Uganda.
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