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Tanzania, Zanzibar, Stone Town. A typical street stall in one of Stone Town s maze of narrow streets.
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The Dorze people living in highlands west of the Abyssinian Rift Valley have a unique style of building their homes. The twenty foot high bamboo frame is covered with the sheaths of bamboo stems or straw, and resembles a giant beehive.Doorways are set in a bulge of the house, which forms a reception area for guests.These remarkable houses can last for forty years or more.
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The Dorze people living in highlands west of the Abyssinian Rift Valley have a unique style of building their homes. The twenty foot high bamboo frame is covered with the sheaths of bamboo stems or straw, and resembles a giant beehive.Doorways are set in a bulge of the house, which forms a reception area for guests.These remarkable houses can last for forty years or more.
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A rainbow rises behind the temporary grass huts of a Nyangatom settlement. The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia.
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A Konso village set in dramatic scenery in southwest Ethiopia.The Konso people are very industrious farmers,cultivating poor soil on terraces,which are buttressed with dry-stone walls. They share a number of customs with their neighbours,the Borana. They both worship the sky God,Waq,and both have an ancestor cult.
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Mali,Sirimou. A domestic scene at the Bozo village of Sirimou with the beautiful mud-built Sudan-style mosque rising in the background.
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A tourist accompanied by a retinue of children in a Dassanech settlement along the lower Omo River. 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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Mali,Dogon Country,Sangha. A woman returns home from washing clothes in a nearby river with her child slung on her back and a large metal bowl on her head.
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A Tigray homestead overlooks the spectacular Gheralta Mountains in Northern Ethiopia. Flat-roofed stone houses,which are common throughout Tigray Province,may have been introduced into Ethiopia from Arabia as early as 700 BC.
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Mali,Douentza. A Bella woman in her village near Douentza. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.
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Geometric design on mud brick dwellings in Tiebele, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Geometric designs painted on traditional houses in small village in Tiebele area of Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A mask dance at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is performed at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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A young Galla herdsboy with his family's cattle outside their homestead.
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Kenya,Masai Mara National Reserve. Children on a family safari visit a Maasai manyatta or village just outside the reserve.
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Painted houses of the Alaba peoples near Kulito, Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Africa
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A young Turkana girl wearing an attractively beaded leather apron and belt stands outside her mother's home. Sansevieria or wild sisal lines the lower walls of the house. Cicatrization round the nipples of a girl is not an uncommon form of beautification.
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Tunisia,Matmata. Converted from one of the town's celebrated troglodyte pit-homes,the Sidi Driss Hotel still retains parts of the Star Wars film sets.
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Malawi, Lilongwe, Ntchisi Forest Reserve, Villagers living up to Malawi's reputation of being the 'warm heart of Africa'.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked dancers wearing the satimbe mask perform at the Dogon village of Tereli. This mask honours the primordial woman who is said to have discovered the original Dogon masks. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Hillside Xhosa village in the former Ciskei, Cape Province, South Africa, Africa
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A Nyangatom girl churns butter in a gourd suspended in the entrance to her hut. Typical of her tribe,she is wearing multiple layers of beads in necklaces,and an elaborately beaded calfskin skirt. The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia.
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Tanzania, Zanzibar, Stone Town. A butchery in one of Stone Town s maze of narrow streets.
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San (Bushman) demonstrating traditional fire lighting technique at the Okahandja Cultural Village, near Okahandja town, Namibia, Africa
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A masked dancer performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Kenya, Nyanza District. A Luo woman carries a large water pot to her home near Kit Mikayi
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Malawi, Lilongwe, Ntchisi Forest Reserve. A young family sits by the entrance to their hut in a mountain village.
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View of Berber Village in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Tunisia,Medenine. Once amongst the most important of the south's Berber market towns,Medenine's ksar,or fortified granary,was one of the largest and honey-combed with 8000 ghorfas,or storage cells,for grain and valuables. A few serve today as curio shops for tourists.
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Oromo family outside their house, Oromo village near Langano lake, Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Africa
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Mali,Dogon Country. A decorated cave wall at the attractive Dogon village of Songho on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. The circumcision of boys takes place here each year after which the initiates draw pictures or patterns of their choice on the wall using natural pigments.
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Children awaiting tourists in the Andringitra National Park, Madagascar, Africa
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Kenya,Masai Mara National Reserve. A boy on a family safari assists a Maasai warrior as he demonstrates the art of making fire.
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Granaries (ghorfas) and troglodyte dwellings at hillside Berber village of Chenini, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Painted mud house in Tangassogo Village, near the border of Ghana, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Mali,Dogon Country. An attractive Dogon village on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. The toguna or men’s meeting house is the domed-shaped building on the skyline with dried grass on the roof. Dwellings have flat roofs while the square granaries have pitched thatched roofs.
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A Nyangatom woman stands with her baby on her hip beside her grass hut in his temporary camp. Nyangatom married women wear elaborately beaded skirts which reach the ground at the back and often have panels of different coloured calkfskin sewn into the tail The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south western Ethiopia.
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Burundi. Traditionally dressed lady farmers pose for their portraits by thier home.
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A man thatches the roof of his house in the town of Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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Tanzania, Zanzibar, Stone Town. Three young women relax on a stone step in Stone Town.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. The piercing eyes of a masked dancer wearing the fifteen-foot-high Sirige mask at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Koundu. A small settlement built among rocks near the Dogon village of Koundu. Dwellings have flat roofs while granaries to store millet have pitched thatched roofs. The Dogon are animists. The sacred earthen mound on the right with an ostrich egg on top is an altar used for sacrifices by the village hogon or priest to appease the ancestors and purify the village.
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A Dassanech woman milks a cow by hand collecting the milk in a gourd at a settlement alongside the Omo River. 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 homestead of the Arsi-Oromo people west of Aje. The old pot placed over the centre pole of the house is a common roof decoration,and keeps out rain. Small bunches of Teff,a small-grained cereal,are being dried on the thatch.Teff is grown extensively in Ethiopia and is used to make injera,a fermented,bread-type pancake,which is the country's national dish.
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A young Malagasy boy plays with his homemade toy outside his home,a typical Betsileo double-storied house of the southern highlands of Madagascar.
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A cluster of Dassanech granaries line the banks of the Omo River. The dome shaped granaries are kept high off the ground to protect them from flood damage.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. The village elders of Tereli in traditional indigo dress wait for the start of a mask dance. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.
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In the late afternoon, family and friends sit outside a high dome roofed Karo home.The Karo excel in body art. Before a dance, they will decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments. The polka dot or guinea fowl plumage effect is popular.
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The Dorze people living in highlands west of the Abyssinian Rift Valley have a unique style of building their homes. The twenty foot high bamboo frame is covered with the sheaths of bamboo stems or straw, and resembles a giant beehive.Doorways are set in a bulge of the house, which forms a reception area for guests.These remarkable houses can last for forty years or more.
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Tanzania, Zanzibar, Stone Town. A typical scene in one of Stone Town s maze of narrow streets.
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Betsileo villages set amidst hill country in the southern highlands of Madagascar.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A masked dancer performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Drying the rice harvest at a farming village near Ambalavao. The double-storied houses are typical of the area.
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Monday Berber market, Tnine Ourika, Ourika Valley, Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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A lively Nyangatom dance is enjoyed by villagers in the late afternoon.The elevated houses in the background are both homes and granaries, which have been built to withstand flooding when the Omo River bursts its banks The Nyangatom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia.
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Ait Benhaddou, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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A young Nyangatom woman carries her baby on her hip in an elaborately braided papoose. Her hair has been reddened with a mixture of ochre and animal fat. Typical of her tribe, she wears a calfskin skirt, multiple layers of bead necklaces and metal bracelets and amulets. The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south western
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Mali,Niger Inland Delta. Dwarfed by minarets,the imam of Kotaka Mosque calls the faithful to prayers from the roof of the mosque.
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Woman carrying small child on her back, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Africa
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked stilt dancers wearing coconut shells as breasts perform at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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A tourist accompanied by a retinue of children in a Dassanech settlement along the lower Omo River. 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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Portrait of three young women of the Hamer tribe, their hair treated with ochre, water and resin and twisted into tresses known as goscha, Lower Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa
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A Malagasy girl with maize cobs hanging to dry from the balcony of a typical Betsileo double-storied house,Madagascar.
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