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Afar/Ethiopia

Episode 3 of 6

Six women each live for a month with six different tribes. The Afar are one of Ethiopia's most fiercely independent tribes. Living with them is 28-year-old Lana Inglis.

Six women each live for a month with six different tribes all over the world. Like many women today, juggling with the pressures of Western life from careers to home and family, they all think something is missing. By spending time with tribes where women's roles are very different, they hope they can find some answers, and in doing so, change their own lives.

The Afar are one of Ethiopia's most fiercely independent tribes, nomadic cattle and camel herders with a tough reputation, carrying guns to protect their herds from rival clans and wild animals.

For the women, female circumcision is common and their strict Muslim culture forbids alcohol. Anyone found drinking is immediately beaten and ostracised. Living with them for the next month is former alcoholic, 28-year-old Scottish air hostess Lana Inglis. She will have to keep her past a secret.

She hasn't touched a drop for over a year but is still deeply troubled by her past. By living with the Afar for the next month, she wants to try to finally say goodbye to her alcoholism.

59 minutes

Last on

Thu 7 Aug 2008 00:45

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Paul McGann
Participant Lana Inglis
Director Helen Williamson
Series Producer Joseph Maxwell

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