This maybe of interest, It’s on tomorrow but repeated in the
week
10 March at 9pm on BBC Four
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xsjb9
Photographer and film director Harry Hook, who grew up in
the Sudan and Kenya and has been documenting life in Africa for 40 years, uses
his images to tell a personal story as he crosses the continent to visit remote
tribal groups.
Harry tracks down five Samburu women he first photographed
in Kenya 30 years ago. His aim is to give them a copy of their portrait and
discover how their lives have changed over three decades. The search will be no
small task - Samburuland covers an area the size of Wales and, as a
semi-nomadic group, the women may well have moved great distances.
During his search Harry witnesses a Lenkarna Lmuget, a
once-in-a-decade coming-of-age ceremony for Samburu warriors, as they are
initiated to become elders.
There are not many parts of Africa where the lure of the
city life is not felt. Harry ventures to isolated communities and encounters
people living with one foot rooted in a rich cultural past, but who also
embrace the here and now of contemporary Africa.
Thanks, interesting link, will try to wastch during the week.
ReplyDelete