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KENYA: The Year of the Clouds

Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 7:30 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

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A documentary on the Turkana nomads of the Great Rift Valley of northern Kenya, who have managed to survive the droughts of the last decade without outside aid or interference. However, they may yet be defeated by government attempts to turn the area into a game park. Filmed on location, the programme shows the Turkana's ancient system of family co-operation and how their lives are dominated by the need for rain. ‘In the beginning’, the Turkana claim, ‘God created the Turkana. And then he created cattle for them to live by – all cattle in the world are ours by divine right.’ Producers notes ‘The Ngisonyoka Turkana are among the toughest and most opportunistic nomadic pastoralists in the Rift Valley of Northern Kenya. Noted for their cross-border skirmishes and the raiding of neighboring pastoralists to supplement their herds, the Turkana have long been a thorn in the side of successive governments, colonial and otherwise, who have failed to settle them. Fervently traditional in their way of life, with milk (preferably mixed with blood) their staple diet, they are also keen hunters and often supplement their diet with wild game – which does not endear them to international conservationists. The Turkana grazing grounds are semi-arid desert punctuated by dramatic volcanic hills. It is a classical setting for pastoral nomadism – hauntingly beautiful, yet sparsely populated and barren for most of the year – a land in which only the strongest survive. Desertification is markedly on the increase, adding fuel to the argument that pastoral nomadism must be curtailed in favour of a more settled way of life. Water and pasture for the herds were not the only worries; inter-tribal raiding in the rich Naroo pastures to the east were on the increase and the Turkana had to abandon their traditional weapons - spears and wrist and finger-knives - to defend their herds with Kalashnikov rifles against cattle-hungry Karamojong from Uganda armed with Armalite automatics.’ Director: Christopher Hooke Production Company: Malone Gill Producer: Georgina Denison Producer: Peter Carmichael Year of Production 1992