1,882 images for african tribe

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    Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara. Masai men dancing at their homestead.

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    Portrait of Bushmen in Traditional Headdress Namibia, Africa

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    Himba village, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa

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    Portrait of Bushman Hunters with Bows, Arrows and Quivers Outdoors Namibia, Africa

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    Himba Woman Namibia

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    Portrait of Bushmen Kalahari Desert, Botswana

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  • 700-07067371

    Portrait of Himba children, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa

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    Himba boy, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa

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    Maasai man walking on dirt road

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  • 873-06440383

    Portrait of Himba Woman Namibia

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    Portrait of Himba women, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa,

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  • 649-06433214

    Maasai man standing on top of rock

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  • 862-06676698

    Dassanech villagers line the banks of the Omo River, Ethiopia

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    Bush People Sitting Outdoors Namibia

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    A young Pokot woman sings to celebrate the opening of a new pre primary school at Ngaini, a remote area of the Kerio Valley. Despite her youth, her jewellery denotes she is already married.

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  • 873-06440560

    Portrait of Bushman Hunters with Bows, Arrows and Quivers Outdoors Namibia, Africa

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    Profile of Bushman Namibia

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    Masai Tribesman Tanzania

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  • 700-07067370

    Portrait of Himba boy, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa

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  • 649-06433219

    Maasai man standing on top of rock

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  • 873-06440384

    Portrait of Two Masai Women Tanzania

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    Bushmen Hunting in Grassy Field Namibia, Africa

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  • 862-03711120

    An Afar girl has tribal scarification on her cheeks. Scarification is practiced in only a few sections of her tribe. Proud and fiercely independent,the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.

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  • 873-06440385

    Portrait of Himba Man Wearing Beads around Neck, Namibia

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    Portrait of Masai Woman Wearing Beads around Neck, Tanzania

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  • 700-08169170

    Portrait of cow in stone, stable with bucket, near Gaoua, Poni Province, Burkina Faso

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  • 873-06440562

    Portrait of Bushman in Traditional Headdress Namibia, Africa

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    Portrait of girl carrying sandals on her head, near Gaoua, Poni Province, Burkina Faso

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  • 649-06433220

    Maasai man standing on top of rock

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  • 873-06440396

    Man Holding Tiger Fish Outdoors Zambezi River, Zimbabwe, Africa

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  • 649-06433215

    Maasai men walking together

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  • 873-06440354

    Acacia Trees Tanzania

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  • 700-07067376

    Portrait of Himba woman, showing hairstyle of Himba women, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa

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    Close-up portrait of Himba children, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa

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    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.

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    Hairstyle of Himba women, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa

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  • 700-06936149

    Legs of Himba woman, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa

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    Maasai man standing outdoors

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  • 873-06440208

    Bushmen Singing and Dancing Kalahari Desert, Botswana

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    An attractive young girl from the nomadic Gabbra tribe.

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    A pretty Borana girl at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears brightly coloured cotton cloth and numerous strings of beads. The pastoral Borana live either side of the southern Ethiopian/northern Kenya border and form a large and important group of the Oromo-speaking cluster of tribes.

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    A pretty young Turkana girl has already had the flesh below her lower lip pierced in readiness for a brass ornament after her marriage. The rims of her ears have also been pierced and the holes kept open with small wooden sticks.

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    Portrait of Himba boys, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa

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    Blackened cooking pots on fire place, Koro, Burkina Faso

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    Mother holding child in arms while nursing, black and yellow patterns, Gaoua, Poni Province, Burkina Faso

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  • 873-06440425

    Portrait of Two Masai Men Holding Weapons Outdoors, Kenya

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    Impala Herd and Bushman Mother And Child

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    Courtyard in village with reed bundles, chickens, and a bike, near Banfora, Comoe Province, Burkina Faso

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  • 700-06936148

    Himba woman making butter in a dried pumpkin, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa

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    A Dassanech girl braids her sister's hair at her village in the Omo Delta. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000,the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb,Changila or Merille) and Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.

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    Profile of Masai Man Outdoors Kenya

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    Masai with Donkeys Tanzania

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  • 862-03366497

    A Turkana woman sitting in the doorway of her hut. Her heavy mporro braided necklace identifies her as a married woman. Typical of her tribe,she wears many layers of bead necklaces and a beaded headband.

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  • 862-03366147

    A Maasai warrior in full battle cry,his long-bladed spear at the ready.

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    A Samburu warrior looks out across the eastern scarp of Africa's Great Rift Valley at Poro,Northern Kenya where the land drop precipitously 3,000 feet.

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  • 862-03366116

    Two Turkana girls set off to fetch water from a nearby Waterhole. Their water containers are made of wood by the women of the tribe. Their 'V' shaped aprons are made of goatskin and have been edged with hundreds and hundreds of round discs fashioned out of ostrich eggshells.

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    A Turkana girl in all her finery. Among the Turkana,cicatrization is a common form of beautification. She wears a crucifix given to her by a missionary; they are popular ornaments despite not necessarily being associated with Christianity.

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  • 862-03353992

    An attractive girl from the Kediyo tribe carries a large,beautifully made umbrella. Its wooden frame is covered with the dried leaves of ensete,the false banana plant (seen growing in the background). Widely cultivated in southern Ethiopia,ensete roots and stems,which are rich in carbohydrates,are either cooked and eaten as a porridge or made into bread.

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  • 649-06433217

    Smiling Maasai woman wearing jewelry

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  • 862-03354057

    At the culmination of a Hamar bull-jumping ceremony,the rite of passage to manhood for every male,the bull-jumper or initiate runs naked across the backs of a line of bulls. He does this twice in each direction. Once he has completed his bull jump he is takes his place as a man of the tribe,he can take a wife and can vote on tribal issues.

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    Village people getting water from pump, near Dandougou, Burkina Faso

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    Samburu tribesmen performing traditional dance, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

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    A jovial group of Maasai girls are chased by warriors during a ceremony.

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  • 862-06542273

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

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    A Turkana man with a fine clay hairstyle,so typical of the southern Turkana. The black ostrich feather pompoms denote that the man belongs to the ng'imor (black) moiety of his tribe.

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    Zulu warrior in traditional dress with fighting spear

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  • 862-03366146

    Kenya,Kajiado,lpartimaro. Two Maasai warriors in full regalia. The headress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers. Their traditional weaponry includes long-bladed spears and shields are made of buffalo hide.

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

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    Maasai warriors perform a welcome dance at a lodge in the Masai Mara, Kenya.

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  • 862-03354076

    A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt,metal bracelets and amulets and layers of bead necklaces. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000,the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb,Changila or Merille) are Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.

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    A young married Pokot woman wearing the traditional beaded ornaments of her tribe which denote her married status. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.

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    A Giriama girl from Kenya's Coast Province carrying a gourd full of water on her head. Her small skirt is made from strips of printed cotton material.

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    A young Turkana girl adorned with necklaces of a style the Southern Turkana prefer to wear.

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    Close-up of woman's legs and feet, sitting on decorated round henhouse with eggs, Tiebele, Burkina Faso

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    A striking old Pokot woman wearing the traditional beaded ornaments of her tribe which denote her married status. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.

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  • 862-03355142

    Maasai girls gather to celebrate a wedding. Their broad beaded necklaces with predominantly white glass beads mark then as Kisongo Maasai,the largest clan group of the tribe which lives either side of the Kenya-Tanzania border.

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    During an eunoto ceremony when Maasai warriors become junior elders,their heads are shaved and they daub themselves with white clay.

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    For two to three months after their circumcision, Pokot boys sing and dance in a special seclusion camp while undergoing instruction from tribal elders. During this time, they must wear goatskins, conceal their faces with masks made from wild sisal (sansevieria) and carry bows with blunt arrows.

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    An Afar girl with braided hair has very noticeable scarification on her cheeks. Scarification is practiced in only a few sections of her tribe. Proud and fiercely independent,the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.

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    Samburu dancers at courtship ceremony,Samburuland,Kenya

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    Herero tribal girl portrait, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

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    A large gathering of Maasai warriors,resplendent with long Ochred braids,listen to instructions from their chiefs and elders during a ceremony

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    A Samburu warrior resplendent with long,braided,Ochred hair. The round ear ornaments of the warriors are fashioned from ivory. Samburu warriors are vain and proud,taking great trouble over their appearance. Ochre is a natural earth containing ferric oxide which is mixed with animal fat to the consistency of greasepaint.

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    A young Afar girl at Filwoha in the Awash National Park. Filwoha in the Afar language means 'hot water'. The beautiful springs are surrounded by doum palms and rise from deep underground at about 96.8 degrees F.

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    Karo men excel in body art. They decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments. Their braided hairstyles are typical of young men from the tribe.The Karo are a small tribe living in three main villages along the lower reaches of the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia.

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    Himba woman milking a cow, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa , Namibia, Africa

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    Samburu girls are given strings of beads by their fathers when they are still young. As soon as they are old enough to have lovers from the warrior age set, they regularly receive gifts from them.Over a period of years, their necklaces can smother them up to their necks.

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    A young Dassanech girl wears a leather skirt,metal bracelets and amulets and layers of bead necklaces. A long leather strap decorated with cowrie shells hangs down her back. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000,the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb,Changila or Merille) are Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.

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    A Maasai woman wearing a very fine beaded necklace. The predominant white colour of her glass beadwork marks her as a Kisingo Maasai,the largest clan group of her tribe living either side of the Kenya-Tanzania border.

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    A young Turkana boy looks pensive as he holds a large gourd. Gourds are less common with the Turkana than the wooden containers their women make; firstly,they are expensive since they have to be brought from afar but more importantly they crack more easily on the move.

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