Tribe - Season 2, Episode 03: Dassanech

Bruce's journey trough the Southern Ethiopian Omo valley ends in the river's delta at Lake Turkana (mainly in Kenia), the home of the Dassanech tribe, which absorbed various immigrant elements since its arrival circa 1800. The nomadic pastoral people defines wealth as cattle and goat herds, but the pastures are arid and bad weather can wipe out whole herds. Those without herds are called the Dies (poor), and live on the mosquito-infested marshy shores of the lake, where their main source of income is hunting and fishing in the shallow lake. Bruce experiences life in a typically destitute village, which barely offers any shade, and joins men on a nightly canoe hunt for the dangerous main prey, crocodiles, and their preparation. His female host, the stand-in for the absent village chief, also explains the system of totemic 'clans' which rather constitute hereditary professional casts.