But change is coming—from upriver. To many of the tribes along the lower Omo, livestock is the embodiment of wealth and prestige. Yet their livelihood is dependent on planting crops of sorghum ...

A prehistoric site near Lake Turkana, the lower valley of the Omo is renowned the world over. The discovery of many fossils there, especially Homo gracilis, has been of fundamental importance in the ...

International Journal of the Commons, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2017), pp. 445-463 (19 pages) Research on common-pool resources in the last 30 years has hinged on concepts such as rules and property rights for ...

For generations the tribes of the Omo were shielded from the outside world ... A small false beard, like that of an Egyptian pharaoh, pierced his lower lip and fluttered in his excitement.

The Bodi people live in Ethiopia’s South Omo Valley - Bodi spiritual leader Baradhi here with his daughter Choma. Bodi girls Choma (L) and her sister wearing red ochre for a dance. Bodi boy from ...