S2E2: Hamar | Tribe
Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry. He continues his three-month expedition through a remote African valley, staying with a tribe whose young men prove themselves by jumping over a line of cattle. Bruce is challenged to join the ritual.
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- Clip length: 58'13''
- Broadcast year: 2006
- Sociology | What is culture? | The relative nature of culture, norms and values. Types of culture: subculture, high culture, popular culture, global culture, consumer culture, cultural diversity, cultural hybridity.
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Two
- Programme: Tribe
- Series: 2
- Episode: Hamar
Moshin Hamid | HARDtalk
Globalisation is a trend based on movement - of money, goods, ideas and people - across continents and national borders. In a world of glaring inequality it has stirred a powerful backlash manifested in the rise of nationalism and identity politics. This clash of human impulses is fertile territory for the Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid. In his novels he has explored cultural, economic and religious tensions between east and west, rich and poor. His latest book focuses on migration; why does it frighten so many of us?
Benedict Allen's Tribal Diary: Friday | Explorer
In this program explorer Benedict Allen continues his personal guide to tribes. Using his previous series he looks back at how modern civilisation is effect tribes such as the Hopi Indians and the Ethiopian Hamars.