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Channel 4 aired a groundbreaking and fascinating documentary, The Tribe, which allowed us an insight into the day to day life of an Ethiopian tribe.

While the differences between ourselves and their culture are huge and pretty obvious, from the lack of technology and electricity to arranged marriages and the use of livestock as currency, it was refreshing too to see that there were a surprising amount of similarities too.

The personalities of members of the tribe shone through with humour, love and resilience to their harsher lives and environments.

In particular, viewers were left with a lot of affection for elder Ayke Mukos, a grumpy but sharp patriach of a large family.




And he gave some particularly amusing moments. Here are just some of our favourite Ayke Muko highlights:

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Ayke Muko - we salute you! 1. The time he non nonchalantly admitted that he chose his wife for her body. 2. The time he went on to call his wife a poser when she worried about the state of her teeth. 3. The time the film maker asked him if he had a phone and he shot him down, asking: ‘where would I get one from?’ before adding that he could get him one if he wanted. 4. The time he told the children to get off of him when they were playing before muttering ‘f**king kids.’ 5. The time he was incredulous when the filmmaker said that not everyone in our culture own goats. ‘How can you live without goats!?’ he exclaimed. 6. His often hilarious reactions to the filmmaker’s information about life in the UK. Our favourite lines included: ‘You, foreigner, are you for real?’ and ‘you funny foreigner.’ 7. His shock that old people retire in the UK and his response of: ‘do your old people get thrown to the hyenas and vultures?’

The show also followed the journey of Ayke Muko’s sons Arrada and Zubo who were set the task of making negotiations to secure an arranged wife for their younger brother, Muko.

This involved them trying to reach an agreement with the tribe of another village over how many goats they would exchange for the bride. The bride herself admitted that she didn’t have any choice whatsoever in which man she would marry. In fact, the documentary showed how as soon as the arrangement was first discussed, the two people due to be betrothed were not allowed any contact.

Viewers were transfixed by the eye opening documentary:

#TheTribe is brilliant! Love how the grandad keeps calling the interviewer "you foreigner!" ? — Lyns (@LynsStar) June 11, 2015

#thetribe is probably one of the best @Channel4 documentaries! ?? — Jessica Capstick (@Jess_Capstick) June 11, 2015

The granddad on the #thetribe on channel 4 is pretty hilarious ? — TheOnlyRueKandi (@BlueCantei) June 11, 2015

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