Turkana goat pens on the volcanic ridge, known as The Barrier; that divided Lake Turkana and the Suguta Valley several million years ago.

Two Hamar children silhouetted by the setting sun. The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based on the needs of their stock. They live in the Hamar M...

Africa, Senegal. A Fulani woman milking the Zebus.

Africa, Senegal. Sunrise in a Fulani village, cattle going out

Africa, Senegal. A family in a Fulani village

Africa, Senegal. A man in a Fulani village

Kenya, Maasai Mara, Maasailand. Maasai gather at a cultural ceremony for visotrs, singing and dancing. The men and women are cloaked in traditoanl red shukas and kangas, carrying sticks and spears, an...

Kenya, Narok County, Maasai Mara, Masailand. Maasai men gather at a temporary cattle holding area just outside the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Tens of thousands of cattle are brought into the Reserv...

Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara National Reserve. Masai warrier wearing lion mane headress

Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy; Narok County. Masai men dancing at their homestead. They are wearing lion mane bonnets.

Africa, Maltahohe District, Namibia. A Himba girl rounds up her families livestock at their homestead near the Kunene River in northern Namibia.

Africa, Maltahohe District, Namibia. A Himba girl attending to chores around her families homstead in the Kunene River region.

Kenya, North Horr, Marsabit County. An aerial view of a large group of Gabbra homes and livestock enclosures on the edge of the arid Chalbi Desert in northern Kenya.

Kenya, North Horr, Marsabit County. The Gabbra - camel-herding nomads of northern Kenya - on the move, carrying their worldly possessions on camels.

Magnificent long-horned Ankole cattle belong to the pastoral Bahima people whose culture is bound by their relationship with cattle, Uganda, Africa

A traditional homestead of a large Samburu family. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northern Kenya.

Pokot women and girls dancing to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.

In the late afternoon, a group of Dassanech children walk in single file beneath a large wild fig tree along a bank of the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia. The Dassanech speak a language of Eastern C...

A group of Dassanech women and children at a village situated close to the Omo River. All the villagers' food reserves are stored in semicircular granaries, which are kept well off the ground in case...

In the late afternoon, a group of Dassanech children hurry home along a bank of the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia. A small grain store, raised off the ground in case of flooding, can be seen in the...

In the late afternoon, a group of Dassanech children walk in single file beneath a large wild fig tree along a bank of the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia. The Dassanech speak a language of Eastern C...

A Hamar woman carries flour in a leather sack to sell at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia. People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commerc...

Hamar women at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia. People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial and social event. Goats, chickens, ve...

The decorated leather skirt and adornments of a well-dressed Hamar woman.The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based on the needs of their stock. Th...

A Hamar woman at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia. People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial and social event. Goats, chickens,...

In the late afternoon, a young Hamar man jumps over his family's bulls during a 'Jumping of the Bull' ceremony.The semi-nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age-grade system that includes s...

A large gathering of people at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia. People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial and social event. Goa...

Hamar women dance, sing and blow small tin trumpets during a 'Jumping of the Bull' ceremony. The semi-nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age-grade system that includes several rites of pa...

The heavy metal ankle ornaments of a Hamar woman of Southwest Ethiopia. The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose richly-ochred women have striking styles of traditional dress. Skins are widely...

A Hamar woman sells red ochre at Dimeka, the largest market in the Hamar country of Southwest Ethiopia. People travel there great distances on foot to attend the weekly commercial and social event. G...

Assisted by her husband, a Hamar woman draws water from a deep well to give to her family's herds. The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based on th...

A Hamar mother and child moving home. The mother carries all her possessions with her including sleeping mats and gourds.The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way...

An elaborate hairstyle of a young Hamar man nears completion by his friend.The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based on the needs of their stock....

Up to a year before his circumcision, a Samburu boy will style his hair is a distinctive 'pudding bowl' shape and often rub charcoal and fat into it.Uncircumcised boys are considered children whateve...

Up to a year before his circumcision, a Samburu boy will style his hair in a distinctive 'pudding bowl' shape and often rub charcoal and fat into it.Uncircumcised boys are considered children whateve...

Gabbra tribesmen watch over their camels at a water hole on the edge of the Chalbi Desert. The Gabbra are a Cushitic tribe of nomadic pastoralists living with their herds of camels and goats around t...

A young Datoga man tends his family's livestock on the plains east of Lake Manyara in Northern Tanzania.The Datoga (known to their Maasai neighbours as the Mang'ati and to the Iraqw as Babaraig) live...

Africa, Senegal. Grandmother with grandson in a Peulh village.

Africa, Senegal. A Fulani woman going out to milk the Zebus.

Africa, Senegal. A Fulani woman going out to milk the Zebus.

Kenya, Maasai Mara. Maasai warriors and elders parading through long grass during a dance ceremony and dressed in their colourful traditional shukas and beaded necklaces and belts.

Kenya, Narok County, Maasai Mara, Masailand. Maasai men gather at a temporary cattle holding area just outside the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Tens of thousands of cattle are brought into the Reserv...

Tanzania, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro. A Maasai homestead in the vast Ngorongoro Highlands.

Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara National Reserve. William Pere with his school children

Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara National Reserve. Masai in traditional dress for a wedding ceremony

Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara National Reserve. Masai in traditional dress for a wedding ceremony

Africa, Maltahohe District, Namibia. A Himba girl rounds up her families livestock at their homestead near the Kunene River in northern Namibia.

Africa, Maltahohe District, Namibia. A Himba boy carries a young goat on his donkey as he herds up his familes livestock with the help of his sisters near the Kunene River in northern Namibia.

Africa, Maltahohe District, Namibia. A Himba girl rounds up her families livestock at their homestead near the Kunene River in northern Namibia.

Africa, Maltahohe District, Namibia. Himba girls attending to chores around their families homstead in the Kunene River region. of northern Namibia.

Kenya, Garissa, Garissa County. A Somali man and woman outside their temporary house with its superstructure covered with woven grass mats.

Kenya, North Horr, Marsabit County. An aerial view of a large group of Gabbra homes and livestock enclosures on the edge of the arid Chalbi Desert in northern Kenya.

Kenya, North Horr, Marsabit County. A Gabbra woman on the move in northern Kenya, carrying her family’s worldly possessions on camels.

Chad, Elikeo, Ennedi, Sahara. Toubou tribesmen drive their goats to water across harsh terrain.

North of Merti, Northern Kenya. Camels drink at a northern watering hole.

North of Merti, Northern Kenya. Cows drink at a northern watering hole.

Merti, Northern Kenya. Turkana women dance to welcome their guests.

Merti, Northern Kenya. Two children peer from the door of their home.

Merti, Northern Kenya. A child on top of a camel as a nomadic family migrates.

Merti, Northern Kenya. A child on top of a camel as a nomadic family migrates.

Merti, Northern Kenya. A nomadic Somali family migrates to find new grazing in drought conditions.

Isiolo, Northern Kenya. Donkeys are loaded up with water at a drying up river bed.

Isiolo, Northern Kenya. A traditional Somali nomadic herdsmen at the watering hole.

Isiolo, Northern Kenya. A camel in a traditional Somali Boma.

Isiolo, Northern Kenya. A traditional Somali pastoralist with a camel in his Boma.

Isiolo, Northern Kenya. A traditional Somali nomadic herdsmen.

Isiolo, Northern Kenya. A traditional Somali nomadic herdsmen.

Isiolo, Northern Kenya. A camel with a traditional carved bell in a traditional Somali Boma.

Magnificent long-horned Ankole cattle belong to the pastoral Bahima people whose culture is bound by their relationship with cattle, Uganda, Africa

Magnificent long-horned Ankole cattle belong to the pastoral Bahima people whose culture is bound by their relationship with cattle, Uganda, Africa

Magnificent long-horned Ankole cattle belong to the pastoral Bahima people whose culture is bound by their relationship with cattle, Uganda, Africa

Magnificent long horned Ankole cattle belong to the pastoral Bahima people whose culture is bound by their relationship with cattle, Uganda, Africa

A traditional homestead of a Samburu family. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northern Kenya.

A small traditional homestead of a Samburu family. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northern Kenya.

In Pokot custom, when someone has a prolonged ailment, he may call his friends and relatives to chase away the disease. A goat is speared and its entrails checked before roasting. This traditional ce...

In Pokot custom, when someone has a prolonged ailment, he may call his friends and relatives to chase away the disease. A goat is speared whereupon people form a semicircle around the sick person to...

Watched and assisted by Warriors, a goat is speared by a Pokot elder to rid himself of an ailment the traditional way. This ceremony is called Kikatat and is often preferred by the elderly to Western...

The ornaments of a Pokot warrior including a ring of goat skin which would have been slaughtered for a ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.

A Pokot woman in traditional attire with patterned cicatrices on her back attends an Atelo ceremony. Her broad belt is made with the metacarpus and metatarsal bones of dikdiks interspersed with beads.

A Pokot woman in traditional attire dances to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. Her broad belt is made with the metacarpus and metatarsal bones of dikdiks interspersed with beads.