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Courtyard with houses in village with pig walking by, near Gaoua, Poni Province, Burkina Faso
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House and provision huts with barrels, metal basins and a pig in yard, near Gaoua, Poni Provnice, Burkina Faso
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Portrait of Himba woman, showing hairstyle of Himba women, Kaokoveld, Namibia, Africa
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Child standing in village in hills, Eshowe, Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa
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A group of Maasai warriors,resplendent with long Ochred braids,chat outside their traditional houses. These squat houses with rounded corners have roofs plastered with a mixture of soil and cow dung,so need regular repairs during rain.
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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 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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Malawi, Lilongwe, Ntchisi Forest Reserve. A young family sits by the entrance to their hut in a mountain village.
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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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A Nyangatom woman wears multiple layers of beads in necklaces, an elaborately beaded calfskin skirt and metal bracelets, amulets and anklets. She is standing beside a temporary beehive construction of sticks, grass and leaves built to provide shade for her goats. The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south western Ethio
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Tanzania, Zanzibar. A shopkeeper reads while waiting for customers at his small village shop in Nungwi.
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Street scene of town with smog in early morning, with pig and ducks, Gaoua, Poni Provnice, Burkina Faso
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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 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 Nyangatom woman grinds sorghum using two stones. Typical of her tribe,she wears a heavily beaded 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 Ethiopia.
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As the sun rises above the forested peaks of Mount Nyiru,members of a Turkana family chat and plan their day's activities outside their domed-shaped homes,which provide scant protection from the elements.
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Rich farming country close to the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, just north of Debre Sina. Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. Every inch of fertile land is cultivated by hand to feed Ethiopia's population of over 60 million.Agriculture forms the background of the countrys economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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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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Two Giriama girls pound corn outside their home using a large wooden mortar and pestles. Their small skirts are made from strips of printed cotton material - a traditional dress of Giriama women and children.
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Hillside Xhosa village in the former Ciskei, Cape Province, South Africa, Africa
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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 Nyangatom girl weaves a grass basket. 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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Rich farming country on a highland plateau north of Debre Sina. Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. Every inch of fertile land is cultivated by hand to feed Ethiopias population of over 60 million.Agriculture forms the background of the countrys economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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Village huts with Cathedral Peak in background, Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Oromo family outside their house, Oromo village near Langano lake, Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Africa
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A fine view from the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, just south of Debre Sina where the accumulated layers of basaltic lavas and tuffs lie 3,000 feet thick. The western scarp in this region rises to over 11,000 feet above sea level
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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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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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Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.Agriculture forms the background of the country's economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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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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People of the Hamer tribe, the woman's 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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Village hut with Cathedral Peak in background, Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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High angle view of round thatched village houses, El Geneina, Darfur, Sudan, Africa
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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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Village scene showing fetish hut, near Korhogo, Ivory Coast, West Africa, Africa
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Two pigs lying on the gound in courtyard in village, Ecodougou, Burkina Faso
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The grass huts and granary stores 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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The grass huts of a Turkana fishing village on the east shore of Lake Turkana
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An aerial view of the small town of Loiengalani which is situated beside springs near the eastern shores of Lake Turkana.
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Talisman watching over millet drying on courtyard of local witch doctor, near Gaoua, Poni Province, Burkina Faso
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A Christian man sits in front of his house in Lalibela at sunset.
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There are no permanent rivers in Turkana land. The Kerio,which rises far to the south of the district,is one of the most important seasonal water courses. It has belts of thick riverine vegetation and large stands of acacia trees which provide essential dry season refuge for people and their stock.
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Primitive huts of pygmy village in forest near Bagandou, Central African Republic, Africa
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Floating Fishing Village - Uganda - The Pearl of Africa
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Illustration of four traditional straw huts and a fire pit
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Bedouin village in Sahara desert on mountain landscape
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Village in the land of the Gourague,Hosana region,Shoa province,Ethiopia,Africa
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Batour village,Anouak (Anuak) ethnic group,on shores of Lake Tata,Ilubador state,Ethiopia,Africa
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Toguna is a building where men discuss affairs and take important decisions in the toguna. It is a low building in which one cannot stand upright. This helps avoiding violence when discussions get heated.
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an illustration of two african women carrying water to a small village on a dusty trail under a sunset sky
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Flat-topped acacia trees and dome-shaped Turkana homesteads dot the landscape at Nachola - a semi-arid region with sparse vegetation. Large deposits of petrified wood nearby are evidence of a very different climate and vegetation millions of years ago.
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Toguna is a building where men discuss affairs and take important decisions in the toguna. It is a low building in which one cannot stand upright. This helps avoiding violence when discussions get heated.
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