-
-
Colorful cloudy sky just before sunrise, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.
Rights-Managed
-
-
Colourful babouche for sale in thesouks in the old Medina, Place Djemaa El Fna, Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
Rights-Managed
-
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
-
Colourful traditional African souvenirs on beachfront, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Rights-Managed
-
A street seller's wares, including tagines and clay pots near the Kasbah, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
Premium Royalty-Free
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Colorful cloudy sky just before sunrise, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.
Rights-Managed
-
Elephants on the Savanna Grasslands at sunset, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Premium Royalty-Free
-
-
Colourful traditional African souvenirs on beachfront, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
-
-
Kenya, A Great Blue Turaco in the Kakamega Forest. This endemic African bird is the largest and most spectacular of all the turacos.
Rights-Managed
-
-
Cacti in garden, Fundacion Cesar Manrique, Taro de Tahiche, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Rights-Managed
-
-
Chad, Mongo, Guera, Sahel. Chadian Arab Nomad women re-load their donkey after collecting water from a waterhole.
Rights-Managed
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
Mali,Bamako,Tinan. A Woman cooks muffins on a wood stove beside the road at the busy weekly market of Tinan situated between Bamako and Segou.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
-
Colourful fishing boats at Wanseko, a busy fishing village and ferry terminal situated on the Victoria and Albert Nile Rivers at the northern end of Lake Albert, Uganda, Africa
Rights-Managed
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
-
Brightly coloured Moroccan slippers (known as babouche) for sale in the Souq of the Quartier Habous or New Medina in Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
Brazil,Bahia,Salvador. The city of Salvador within the historic Old City,a UNESCO World Heritage listed location. Local art reflects the strong African influence with vibrant colours and traditional cultural scenes.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
A water seller dressed in traditional Berber dress in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
Rights-Managed
-
Mali,Douentza. A Bella woman with braided hair wearing gold ear rings in her village near Douentza. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.
Rights-Managed
-
Moroccan carpets or tapis for sale in the Quartier Habous or New Medina in Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
During an eunoto ceremony when Maasai warriors become junior elders,their heads are shaved and they daub themselves with white clay.
Rights-Managed
-
-
An Afar girl from the Sultanate of Tadjoura wears exotic gold jewellery for marriage and other important celebrations. Although some of this jewellery will be made locally,other pieces will have been bought in Arabia,Ethiopia and the Indian sub-continent.
Rights-Managed
-
-
Maasai beadwork at the Predator Compensation Fund Pay Day, Mbirikani Group Ranch, Amboseli-Tsavo eco-system, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
Rights-Managed
-
An Afar girl has her attractive hairstyle embellished with buttons and beads,which is typical of the young girls of her tribe. Proud and fiercely independent,the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.
Rights-Managed
-
Mali,Djenne. A young Fulani mother and child at Djenne market. The weekly Monday market is thronged by thousands of people and is one of the most colourful in West Africa.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
Fabric, Dyers Souk, Medina, Marrakech, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco
Premium Royalty-Free
-
During their dances,Maasai warriors take turns to leap high in the air from a standing position without bending their knees. They achieve this by flexing their ankles in a seemingly effortless way .
Rights-Managed
-
-
Mali,Bamako,Tinan. A busy weekly market at the small rural centre of Tinan situated between Bamako and Segou.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
Fabric, Dyers Souk, Medina, Marrakech, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco
Premium Royalty-Free
-
Kenya. A Muslim man from Lamu with a red-henna beard. Stained when they have participated in a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Rights-Managed
-
Chad, Kanem, Bahr el Ghazal, Sahel. Kreda girls and boys congregate at the water pump outside their village.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
The adornments of Samburu warriors change from generation to generation. In the 1990's cheap plastic flowers from China became fashionable to decorate their Ochred braids. This warrior has had his hair styled in the 'sunshade' look by having his braids at the front combed forward.
Rights-Managed
-
-
A Pokot warrior wearing a leopard skin cape celebrates an Atelo ceremony, spear in hand. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.
Rights-Managed
-
A young Pokot girl wearing a traditional broad necklace made of hollow reed grass that denotes her uninitiated status. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.
Rights-Managed
-
Soft leather Moroccan slippers in the Souk, Medina, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
Rights-Managed
-
Pokot women wearing traditional beaded ornaments and brass earrings denoting their married status. celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language.
Rights-Managed
-
A Turkana woman,typically wearing many layers of bead necklaces and a series of hooped earrings with an pair of leaf-shaped earrrings at the front,sits in the entrance to her hut.
Rights-Managed
-
Maasai schoolgirls practise for an inter schools song and dance competition at Magadi. Kenya
Rights-Managed
-
-
Kenya, Samburu District. Young Samburu girl in traditional beaded necklaces.
Rights-Managed
-
A young girl with a modern hairstyle using small coloured elastic bands to tie her braids.
Rights-Managed
-
-
Soft leather Moroccan slippers in the Souk, Medina, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
Rights-Managed
-
Mali,Djenne. A woman carries a basket of red chillies at Djenne market. The weekly Monday market is thronged by thousands of people and is one of the most colourful in West Africa.
Rights-Managed
-
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 whatever their age. They have no standing in the tribe and do not belong to an age-set.
Rights-Managed
-
Kenya,Masai Mara National Reserve. Portrait of a Maasai woman in traditional costume.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
