This past week, I returned from a remarkable trip along the Omo River in the remote southwestern region of Ethiopia. Traveling through this amazing country, you quickly realize that many North ...

The Lower Valley of the Omo is located in south-western Ethiopia. It extends over an area of 165 km 2. The age old sedimentary deposits in the Lower Omo Valley are now world renowned for the discovery ...

We conducted interviews, group discussions and participatory mapping exercises in two neighbouring areas, Hamar and Bashada, in the lower Omo area in southern Ethiopia. Both groups are culturally ...