The Lower Valley of the Omo is located in south-western Ethiopia. It extends over an area of 165 km 2. The age old sedimentary deposits in the Lower Omo Valley are now world renowned for the discovery ...

Their isolation was further extended by Ethiopia's unique status ... The annual rise and fall of the Omo waters is, in effect, the ancient heartbeat of the valley that has dictated the economic ...

In southern Ethiopia many tribes believe it is a bad ... he is likely to be sent back to the Omo Valley as a judge or a government prosecutor. He is aware that he will be a kind of missionary ...

In this tribe, women undergo a body modification process where a wooden or clay disc is inserted into their lower lip.

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 ...

‘I often focus on the cultural and traditional practices of the people of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, however, The 'Dancalia' ('Danakil') rug was born from a look further north, towards a place often ...

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 ...