The video I choose to analyze was “Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun”. The short documentary explains the communal rituals and cultural festivities of the Saharan nomadic Wodaabe tribe. The film proceeds to inform us that the Wodaabes are an Itinerant clan, dispersed across the Sahel. Their unique tribe came from the roots of the Fulani ethnic group. Most of the Wodaabes can be found in Niger republic and Northern Nigeria.
The main topic that was covered during this film was the Gerewol celebration. During this celebration, men dress their best, in order to win beautiful wives. They spend a great amount of time blackening their lips, and braiding their hair, in order to live up to their tribal name. This is because the actual meaning of their tribe’s
The main topic that was covered during this film was the Gerewol celebration. During this celebration, men dress their best, in order to win beautiful wives. They spend a great amount of time blackening their lips, and braiding their hair, in order to live up to their tribal name. This is because the actual meaning of their tribe’s