Lorang's Way
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1983.2.3
name: label: Collection Creator
content: MacDougall, David
label: Collection Creator
content: MacDougall, Judith
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content: David and Judith MacDougall films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (color sound; 2410 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film from the 1974 film project about the semi-nomadic Turkana pastoralists who live in the dry thorn country of northwestern Kenya. The film follows Lorang, an elder and head of a homestead who, unlike most Turkana, has spent time away from home in the army and has gained insights on his own culture from the outside. Through conversations with the filmmakers, the testimony of his friends and relatives, and observations of his behavior with male age-mates, wives, and children, the film explores Lorang's personality and his reflections on the vulnerability of and changes in his culture. Includes sound recordings, transcriptions and translations.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Homesteads domestic groups marriage ; Culture change