, ▁and ▁was ▁on ▁staff ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Soci ology ▁and ▁Anth rop ology , ▁Virginia ▁Commonwealth ▁University , ▁in ▁Richmond , ▁Virginia . ▁Other ▁professional ▁associations ▁included ▁corresponding ▁membership ▁of ▁Royal ▁Museum ▁for ▁Central ▁Africa ▁and ▁a ▁fellow ship ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁Royal ▁Anth rop ological ▁Institute . ▁He ▁first ▁gained ▁prom in ence ▁with ▁his ▁book ▁The ▁Forest ▁People ▁( 1 9 6 1 ), ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁M but i ▁people . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁having ▁been ▁commission ed ▁to ▁come ▁up ▁with ▁an ▁explanation ▁and ▁solution ▁to ▁the ▁difficulties ▁experienced ▁by ▁the ▁I k ▁people , ▁the ▁controvers ial ▁The ▁Mountain ▁People ▁was ▁published . ▁ ▁The ▁I k ▁were ▁a ▁h unter - g ather er ▁tribe ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁forced ▁to ▁stop ▁moving ▁around ▁ancest ral ▁lands , ▁through ▁the ▁seasons , ▁because ▁it ▁now ▁involved ▁the ▁three ▁national ▁borders ▁of ▁U g anda , ▁Ken ya ▁and ▁Sud an . ▁For ced ▁to ▁become ▁station ary ▁in ▁U g anda , ▁and ▁without ▁a ▁knowledge ▁base ▁and ▁culture ▁for ▁surv ival ▁under ▁such ▁conditions , ▁they ▁failed ▁to ▁th rive , ▁even ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁star v ation ▁and ▁death . ▁ ▁Turn b ull ▁later ▁worked ▁on ▁a ▁the atr ical ▁adaptation ▁of ▁The ▁Mountain ▁People ▁with ▁his ▁friend , ▁play w right ▁Peter ▁Brook . ▁ ▁Cont ribution s ▁to ▁music ▁Some ▁of ▁Turn b ull ' s ▁record ings ▁of ▁M but i ▁music ▁were