Tribes of the Great Rift Valley

Abstract

"This book, likely to be the last ethnographic tome of its genre, is the epic photographic record of African heritage in the remote environs of the Great Rift Valley, a region recognized by scientists as the birthplace of humankind."--Jacket.

Contents

Introduction -- Facing Arabia. Afar. Harari. Rashaida. Somali -- Desert nomads. Afar -- The Abyssynians. Amhara. Oromo. Tigray -- Frontier districts. Konso. Mursi. Turkana -- Villages of the Omo. Hamar -- Plains warriors. Maasai. Samburu -- The last of the hunter gathers. Hadzabe. Batwa pygmy -- The ancestor world. Chewa. Yao.