Ladoum: Senegal's Star Sheep | Africa Direct Documentary

Ladoum: The Star Sheep, by filmmaker Moussa Diallo, transports us into the business of breeding and selling prize Ladoum sheep in Senegal.

In Dakar, Abou Kane runs his business breeding the expensive, smooth-haired sheep from an urban sheepfold - an impressive sheep hostel in the city.

He shows off his famous ram, Ameth Amar, and we eavesdrop on the deals and discussions of the business. This is an unexpected part of Dakar life, with sheep as the stars.

Moussa Diallo is an experienced screenwriter and director and a respected figure in the Senegalese audiovisual sector. He was involved in writing several films, including Tundu Wundu, Wara, and Dérapages. He is based in Dakar.

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[richardodeniyi]

The cleanest and sustainable livestock's farm I have ever seen on the media a must visit for me

[michellemartin]

I've never seen this breed of sheep. I'm absolutely inspired! They are well taken care of.. Also congratulations to the Camera/Production team for the quality of the film.

[iamBilliontv]

I watch this video to the end this guy about Khan is the one everyone in the Ladoum sheep is looking upto. Thank you fir this video.

[ebrimasillah]

Agriculture is the backbone of any country on this Earth. Give them more support and encouragement. Agriculturists feeds the World

[TalEdds]

Beautiful video and beautiful sheeps. May the farm do well and prosper!

[aljazeeraenglish]

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[hafsamariah]

I thoroughly enjoyed the documentary. Especially I have just gone into sheep herding.

[ParArdua]

That was a fabulous piece. I was dreading a slaughter scene, but only a birthing scene.

€50, 000 for a top breeding ewe is an extraordinary price, and Amar the top breeding male is not for sale—just yet.

I had often heard about humans cohabiting with their livestock, and this showed how it is done today, and in some luxury.

Sheep farmers in my country can only exist by having flocks of many thousands of sheep, this farmer does it with less than 100. The joys of being a farmer of fine breed stock.

[dadamicah]

Am from Nigeria ... Definitely will love to have this breed to cross our breed "balami or uda breed " it will surely produce a giant

[Tsicloh]

Holy moly the guy lives in luxurious conditions. His business must really be successful.

[maydal]

Wow. Working hard and smart had is excellent result 👏 👌 👍. Thank you very much. 🌍 🌍 🌍

[papabaradiakhate]

Gréât job. It s an advertisement for all of farmer . Thanks big abou

[kangdadangputratasik]

very big and nice sheep, really amazing, keep raising success

[aramatoulayedabo]

I remember as a child in senegal we had one beautiful ladoum for eid al adha, i got so close to him by feeding him and help bathe him that i was so sad when he was sacrifice on eid 😢 💔 but i still ate the meat 😄

[ichi_san]

It's a wonderful video. It is great to see these story of farms and different businesses ^^

[GWAYAREA]

See how clean his ranch is? You people need to learn how to be this organized

[sulemanaamidu]

Please what were you feeding the sheep with

[abdulaishafika]

Am from Ghana and I need to have one how can you help me

[LJama]

He is too proud to say "wa aleykuma salaam".

[sallymoen]

Interesting to see a meat breed (as opposed to a wool breed) of sheep being raised in a protected environment.
I'm so used to seeing sheep & goats in fields being watched over by dogs and humans, or in barns during intense weather, but then this breed is highly sought after so of course they are kept in enclosures alot of the day!
I was wondering about their temperament, they seem pretty mild, and not very noisy too.
It's amazing what sheep can provide to people, and have done for thousands of years.
Good story, Al Jazeera.