For three unforgettable days, we lived among the tribes of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, one of the most culturally rich and remote ...

When the rainy season finishes, a few tourists head into the south of Ethiopia, close to the borders with Kenya and South Sudan. They’re searching for one of the last African tribes that pierce and ...

CARLO CONTI-ROSSINI, the greatest living authority on Ethiopian culture and history, has described Ethiopia as a "museum of peoples." For thousands of years diverse peoples have beaten against the ...

December 9, 2015 (GAMBELLA) – President Omer Hassan Al Bashir of Sudan on Wednesday participated in the Ethiopian all-tribes cultural event in Gambella town, capital of Gambella regional government in ...

The legend of the lost tribes grew not because the tribes vanished, but because the biblical record leaves their fate ...

Many African tribes are known for their tenacity and agility in the face of war, which is why the warrior and army tribes in Africa were a formidable force. The Berbers were particularly known for ...

For decades, cattle have been a source of pride, wealth and food, and are intimately tied to the cultural identity of the eight ethnic groups in Ethiopia’s South Omo Valley. The annual flooding of the ...

This story appears in the March 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Dunga Nakuwa cups his face in his hands and remembers his mother's voice. She has been dead nearly two years, but for ...

Three hundred and seventy thousand members of the Karamojong Tribe reside in northern Uganda. Studies indicate that the Karamojong people moved from what is now Ethiopia to Uganda at approximately ...