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On a late May morning, as the chill of dawn gives way to sunlight warming the hills of Hareba village in southern Ethiopia, ...
Then it’s off to Arba Minch, the largest town in southern Ethiopia and the gateway to tribes barely touched by the outside world. Women of the Mursi tribe wear large plates in their lower lip to ...
Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Southern Ethiopia – Tribal Lands and Primeval People 01/26/2022 | 26m 46s | My List ...
Meanwhile, the Ethiopian government and the African Parks Foundation threaten to take over and fence game parks in Southern Ethiopia. This could seriously restrict the access of local tribes, if ...
When I visited the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia almost two decades ago, there were few dirt roads, and tribes lived in mud huts and were mostly naked except for spectacular body paint.
In July 2006, Ethiopia signed a contract with the Italian company, Salini Construction, to build Gibe II Dam, the biggest hydroelectric dam in Sub-Saharan Africa (Gibe I and II have been completed).
“In southern Ethiopia, there are tribes called the Derashe – I call them the scientists of music. By cutting different size bamboos, [they] have been playing this diminished scale [for centuries].
Abstract Folktale performance is a popular cultural activity among the Guji-Oromo, an ethnic group in southern Ethiopia. While Guji-Oromo children gain pleasure from hearing and telling folktales, ...