ken hermann - kara, karo tribe
ken hermann - mide & guido, karo tribe
vicente pamparo, karo tribe
vicente pamparo, karo tribe
ken hermann
ken hermann - paco, muda, gilo, taya & girie - hamar tribe
vicente pamparo, karo tribe
vicente pamparo, karo tribe
ken hermann -geyo & alubuno, mursi tribe
ken hermann - amato, karo tribe
portraits by (click pic) vicente pamparo and ken hermann of some of the eight tribes (click pic) of the lower omo valley in southern ethiopia, land that now has been leased to a gold mining company as well as multinational companies which plan to plant biofuels and cash crops.
these peoples, who practice flood retreat cultivation along the river, are further threatened by the construction of a massive hydro electric dam on the omo river. the ethiopian government has begun the forcible removal these pastoral, semi nomadic tribes.