02: The Mucubal | Tribe with Bruce Parry

Duration: 58'55''

Synopsis

Bruce Parry visits the Mucubal, a community surviving in Angola's harsh Namib Desert, and experiences an extraordinary way of life protected by extreme isolation.

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