S1 • E3 Jul 2, 2008 60m
A former alcoholic Scottish air hostess experiences life with one of Ethiopia's most fiercely independent nomadic tribes, as Tribal Wives continues.
28 year-old Lana hasn't touched a drop for over a year, but she is still deeply troubled by her alcoholic past.
Ethiopia's nomadic Afar tribe have a tough reputation, carrying guns to protect their cattle and camel 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.
From doing house repairs to milking cattle and goats, collecting water from a river where crocodiles prowl to chopping wood, baking bread to walking miles to do the laundry in a lake, Lana discovers how demanding everyday life is for Afar women and learns some of their innermost secrets.
28 year-old Lana hasn't touched a drop for over a year, but she is still deeply troubled by her alcoholic past.
Ethiopia's nomadic Afar tribe have a tough reputation, carrying guns to protect their cattle and camel 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.
From doing house repairs to milking cattle and goats, collecting water from a river where crocodiles prowl to chopping wood, baking bread to walking miles to do the laundry in a lake, Lana discovers how demanding everyday life is for Afar women and learns some of their innermost secrets.
