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Kenya, Samburu County, Serolevi. A fine Zebu bull in a herd of cattle owned by Samburu pastoralists.
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Kenya, Samburu County, Serolevi. A Samburu youth waters his family' s herds from a deep well at Kisima Hamsini.
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Kenya, Samburu County, Serolevi. A Samburu boy waters his family' s herds at Kisima Hamsini wells.
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Kenya, Samburu County, Serolevi. A Samburu boy waters his family' s herds at Kisima Hamsini wells.
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Kenya, Marsabit County, Lasien. A young Samburu girl sits on a log at Lasien wells after her family' s livestock has been watered. Her sandals are made from old rubber tyres.
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Kenya, Marsabit County, Lasien. A Samburu girl in all her finery at the entrance to her familys well at Lasien after watering their goats. The wooden stockade has been erected to prevent elephants destroying the wells.
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Kenya, Marsabit County, Lechet. Samburu women and girls water their family' s goats at the deep wells at Lechet in the foothills of the Ndoto Mountains.
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Up to a year before his circumcision,a Samburu boy will style his hair is 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..
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A Samburu girl drives her family's flocks of fat-tailed sheep and goats to grazing grounds after her brothers have watered them from wells dug in the Milgis - a wide,sandy seasonal watercourse that is a lifeline for Samburu pastoralists in the low-lying,semi-arid region of their land.
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A young Samburu herdsman drives goats towards a Waterhole along the Milgis - a wide,sandy seasonal watercourse which is a lifeline for pastoralists in the low-lying semi-arid region of their district. The hair style of the young man denotes his status as an uncircumcised youth.
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A Samburu Warrior drives his goats along the wide,sandy seasonal watercourse of the Milgis where waterholes dug by the Samburu in the dry season are a lifeline for pastoralists in this semi-arid region of their district.
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Kenya, Samburu County, Bawa. A Samburu schoolboy from Ler Primary School dressed in typical tribal finery while competing in a schools cultural display.
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Kenya, Samburu County, Bawa. A Samburu schoolgirl from Ler Primary School dresses in typical tribal finery while competing in a schools' cultural display.
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Kenya, Marsabit County, Lasien. A Samburu girl in all her finery. She has neat body scarification as a sign of beauty.
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Kenya, Marsabit County, Lasien. Samburu women and girls leave Lasien wells after watering their family' s livestock. The donkeys carry water to their homesteads, which may be many miles away.
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Kenya, Samburu County, Serolevi. A Samburu woman stands on a hill to make a phone call from her mobile phone. Kenya' s mobile phone network has revolutionised communications among rural communities.
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Kenya, Samburu County, Serolevi. A Samburu girl' s brightly-coloured beaded rings and bracelets.
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Kenya, near Marsabit. Two young samburu boys follow their cattle through the arid landscape.
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Kenya. Traditionally dressed Maasai warriors and elders watch over their families herds in Masai Mara Game Reserve.
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A Samburu boy herds his family's goats in the semi-arid terrain of northern Samburuland,a region characterised by grand vistas,poor soil and an unreliable rainfall. The palms are doum palms (Hyphaene compressa),which grow widely in Kenya.
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A Samburu warrior carries home a small calf to his family's manyatta (homestead) situated in the foothills of the rugged Ndoto Mountains. The Samburu of Northern Kenya are a semi-nomadic pastoral community related to their more famous cousins,the maa speaking Maasai.
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A Samburu woman wearing a mporro necklace, which denotes her married status. These necklaces were once made of hair from giraffe tails but nowadays, the fibres of doum palm fronds, Hyphaene coriacea, are used instead.The red beads after which the necklace is named are wound glass beads made in Venice c.1850.
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A Samburu woman wearing a mporro necklace, which denotes her married status. These necklaces were once made of hair from giraffe tails but nowadays, the fibres of doum palm fronds, Hyphaene coriacea, are used instead.The red beads after which the necklace is named are wound glass beads made in Venice c.1850.
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A Samburu woman wearing a mporro necklace, which denotes her married status. These necklaces were once made of hair from giraffe tails but nowadays, the fibres of doum palm fronds, Hyphaene coriacea, are used instead.The red beads after which the necklace is named are wound glass beads made in Venice c.1850.
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A Samburu girl herds her family s goats near a waterhole dug in a seasonal river bed.
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A Samburu girl waters her family s goats at a waterhole dug in a seasonal river bed.
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Kenya, Masai Mara. A young boy on safari meets Maasai children tending their herds of goats and sheep out on the plain.
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A young Galla herdsboy with his family's cattle outside their homestead.
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Maasai cattle graze the grasslands near the foothills of the Chyulu Hills,a range of volcanic hills of recent geological origin.
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Maasai cattle graze the grasslands near the foothills of the Chyulu Hills,a range of volcanic hills of recent geological origin.
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Maasai cattle on salt flats near Magadi wait their turn for water. Cattle in this hot,semi-arid region of Kenya are watered every other day.
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Maasai water their livestock at a water tank constructed by the Magadi Soda Company on salt flats. Until fresh water was piped from distant hills,the Maasai could only graze their livestock at Magadi during the bi-annual rainy season.
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A Maasai boy herds his family's cattle near a waterhole in the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain). Childhood is very short in Maasailand; children begin to help their parents at a young age and may never attend school.
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Two young Maasai girls help to herd their family's cattle near a waterhole in the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain). Childhood is very short in Maasailand; children begin to help their parents at a young age and may never attend school.
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A Maasai elder herds his cattle near the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain).
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A Maasai warrior resplendent with his long ochred braids tied in a pigtail watches over his family's cattle,spear in hand. The singular hairstyle of warriors sets them apart from other members of their society.
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The natural rock pools along the Sirima lugga (seasonal watercourse) are important to the Turkana and their livestock in an otherwise waterless,rocky region at the southern end of Lake Turkana. In a year of average rainfall,water in the deepest pools will last throughout the year. If they dry up,the Turkana resort to using the alkaline water of Lake Turkana.
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The natural rock pools along the Sirima lugga (seasonal watercourse) are important to the Turkana and their livestock in an otherwise waterless,rocky region at the southern end of Lake Turkana. In a year of average rainfall,water in the deepest pools will last throughout the year. If they dry up,the Turkana resort to using the alkaline water of Lake Turkana.
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The natural rock pools along the Sirima lugga (seasonal watercourse) are important to the Turkana and their livestock in an otherwise waterless,rocky region at the southern end of Lake Turkana. In a year of average rainfall,water in the deepest pools will last throughout the year. If they dry up,the Turkana resort to using the alkaline water of Lake Turkana.
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Turkana women and girls are responsible for watering livestock,which is unusual among pastoral societies. Here,a young girl waters goats from a waterhole dug in the sand of a seasonal watercourse. Her young brother will control the flow of stock to the water trough. In the background,a man digs out another waterhole; they have to been deepened regularly towards the end of the dry season.
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Turkana women and girls are responsible for watering livestock,which is unusual among pastoral societies. Here,a girl waters cattle from a Waterhole dug in the sand of a seasonal watercourse. The Turkana manipulate the horns of their ox's into perfect symmetry or any whimsical shape that takes the owner's fancy.
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The nomadic Turkana move their stock camps frequently in search of better pasture. At the height of the dry season when grazing and water are scarce,they might move every three days.
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Samburu women are responsible for collecting firewood and carrying it to their homes. Supported by leather straps over their foreheads,the loads they carry would make most strong men groan under the weight Fire is a potent symbol of life; the fire in the hearth of a Samburu house must never be allowed to die out.
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In the early morning,young Samburu girls take kids to their mothers. They will then milk the nanny goats leaving half the milk for the kids. Only women and children milk goats although every member of the family will drink the milk.
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In the early morning,a young Samburu girl takes a kid to its mother. She will then milk the nanny goat leaving half the milk for the kid. Only women and children milk goats although every member of the family will drink the milk.
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A Samburu woman milks a camel at her homestead in the early morning. The proximity of the calf helps to stimulate the flow of milk. Baby camels have a wool-like texture to their coats,which they lose after six month.
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Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara National Reserve. Maasai men herding cattle.
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Africa, Kenya, Narok County, Masai Mara National Reserve. Maasai men herding cattle.
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Kenya, Samburu District. Young Samburu girl in traditional beaded necklaces.
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Kenya, Samburu District. A tourist attempting to jump as high as a Samburu warrior, in the dry river bed of the Ewaso Nyiro.
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Kenya, Samburu District. Samburu warriors and young girls sing and dance in the dry river bed of the Ewaso Nyiro River.
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Kenya, Samburu District. A Samburu woman, wearing intricate beaded necklaces, leans against her mud hut towards the end of the day.
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A young Samburu girl dances during a wedding celebration. By arching her back and thrusting out her chest,she flicks her beaded necklaces up and down while dancing silently to the songs of the warriors. Her body and necklace have been smeared with red ochre,and her eyebrows blackened with charcoal dust mixed with animal fat.
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Two Samburu elders deep in conversation. Men will never pass each other on a journey without stopping to chat. As such,information reaches even the remotest parts of the district surprisingly quickly.
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Elaborate headdress and body adornments worn by Samburu moran (warrior).
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Samburu children water their familys goats at a waterhole dug in a seasonal river bed.
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Kenya, Samburu District, Wamba.Immediately an initiate completes his lmuget loolbaa ceremony a month after his circumcision, he becomes a junior warrior of the Samburu tribe. From wearing a drab black cloak and carrying a bow and arrows, he proudly dons the ochred finery of a warrior, spear in hand. Overnight, he is transformed from a boy into a man, confident of his new role in tribal affairs.
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A proud Samburu mother of two recently circumcised boys wears briefly their bird skin headdresses round her neck after they discard them during the lmuget loolbaa ceremony a month after their circumcision. She in turn will throw them away the same evening and ensure the familys cattle trample them under foot so that they will never be used or seen in public again.
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Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic. Before long, they imitate the dances of the warriors which, hitherto, they have been forbidden to perform.They spend much of their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as many birds as they can with a club and four blunt arrows. When a bird is killed, it is sk
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Samburu initiates skin a bird without the use of a knife.While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as many birds as they can with a club and four blunt arrows. When a bird is killed, it is skinned, stuffed with dry grass and attached to the boy's headband by means of its beak.
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A Samburu initiate takes aim at a bird with a blunt arrow.While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as many birds as they can with a club and four blunt arrows. When a bird is killed, it is skinned without a knife, stuffed with dry grass and attached to the boys headband by means of its beak.
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Kenya, South Horr, Kurungu.A Samburu youth after his circumcision. The day after he has been circumcised, the initiate must hang in his pierced earlobes copper ear ornaments that are normally worn by married women. His sponsors make him a new headdress of ostrich feathers fastened to a narrow band of plaited fibre, which fits tightly round his forehead like a sweatband.
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A Samburu mother shaves her sons head outside her home the day before he is circumcised.Round her neck hangs his nchipi, the distinctive decoration of every boy who participates in the circumcision ritual. The strings of blue beads terminate in large bronze coloured wings of a torpedo shaped beetle, Sterocera hildebrandti.
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A Samburu boy the day before his circumcision.He has daubed the right side of his face and body with white clay while drawing water from a source that never dries up. Each boy will carry for this purpose a new gourd shaped container made by his mother from hollowed out wood.
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Mothers rub animal fat into their sons cloaks to make them supple. This task is performed shortly before the boys set out on an arduous journey to collect sticks, staves and gum to make bows, blunt arrows and clubs after their circumcision.
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In the weeks leading up to their circumcision, Samburu boys must wear charcoal-blackened cloaks, which are made from three goatskins by their mothers.They also style their hair in a tuft at the back of their skulls.The elders of the tribe harangue them frequently.Uncircumcised boys are considered children whatever their age.
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A male gerenuk feeding in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya.Strictly browsers, gerenuk can often been seen feeding on branches six feet high by standing on their wedge shaped hooves, supported by their strong hind legs.Well adapted to semi arid lands, they can withstand waterless conditions with ease.
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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 Samburu bride waits pensively outside her new home until she is enticed in with promises of cattle.Her wedding gown is made of three goatskins, which are well oiled and covered in red ochre.She carries on her back a gourd full of milk and a small wooden jar containing butter.She now wears the mporro necklace of married women.
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A month after a Samburu youth has been circumcised, he becomes a warrior.He will go to the nearest stream or Waterhole to wash off a months grime.He then decorates himself with a mixture of ochre and animal fat, and adorns himself with beads. The sudden change in his appearance is remarkable.
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A Samburu boy in reflective mood after his circumcision.A day after the ordeal, he will hang in his pierced earlobes copper earrings normally worn by married women and put on a new headdress of ostrich feathers fastened to a narrow band of plaited fibre, which fits tightly round his forehead.
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A Nyangatom herdsman watches his cattle watering in the Omo River.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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Two Samburu warrior of Northern Kenya in all their finery. The ostrich pompom on the spear was formerly a sign of peace.
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Kenya, A Samburu warrior of Northern Kenya in all his finery. The ostrich pompom on top of his spear was formerly a sign of peace.
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Kenya, In the afternoo tourists enjoy a sundowner drink on the banks of the Uaso Nyiru in Northern Kenya.
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A Turkana girl herds goats through inhospitable country where the only vegetation is found along seasonal water courses.
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A Turkana man herds his goats in the semi-desert terrain near the southeastern shoreline of Lake Turkana.
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A herd of Gabbra camels is driven across the waterless Chalbi Desert of Northern Kenya.
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A herd of Gabbra camels is driven across the waterless Chalbi Desert of Northern Kenya.
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A lone Samburu woman with a laden donkey returns home from a distant shopping centre along the seasonal Seiya River.
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The famous explorer, Wilfred Thesiger, with a Samburu initiate at Maralal in the 1990s.
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A traditional homestead of a Samburu family. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northern Kenya.
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A traditional homestead of a large Samburu family. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northern Kenya.
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A small traditional homestead of a Samburu family. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northern Kenya.
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