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Ethiopia, Lake Awassa. A young boy punts a traditional reed Tankwa through the reeds
Ethiopia, Lake Tana. Brightly-coloured murals depict religious scenes in Beta Giorgis Monastery
Ethiopia, Lalibela. An old man rests beneath a tree in the early morning light
Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest in one of the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela
A Hamar woman blows a tin trumpet at a Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi-nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress
The Karo excel in body art. Before dances and ceremonial occasions, they decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments
In the early morning, a Dassanech man puts on his serval cat skin cape and ostrich-feather headdress to participate in his Dimi ceremony, an important initiation ceremony
A Dassanech man with a shock of hair.; The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed parts of East Africa
In the late afternoon, a group of Dassanech children hurry home along a bank of the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia. A small grain store, raised off the ground in case of flooding
Assisted by her husband, a Hamar woman draws water from a deep well to give to her familys herds.; The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based
A Hamar mother and child moving home. The mother carries all her possessions with her including sleeping mats and gourds.The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way
An elaborate hairstyle of a young Hamar man nears completion by his friend; The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based on the needs of their stock
A Hamar woman is left with bloody wheals, which were inflicted during a Hamar Jumping of the Bull ceremony when female friends
During a Jumping of the Bull ceremony.; The semi-nomadic Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia embrace an age-grade system that includes several rites of passage for young men
Two pretty Karo girls in traditional attire. Most girls pierce a hole below the lower lip in which they place a thin piece of metal or a nail for decoration
A Dassanech man ferries people in a large dug-out canoe across the crocodile-infested waters of the Omo River near its delta at the northern end of Lake Turkana
A Kwego woman grinds sorghum flour at the entrance to her hut. The Kwego are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia
Nyangatom men their faces and bodies with stylised patterns using natural pigments obtained from chalk, ochre and crushed rock prior to a dance
A Hamar woman in the village square of Dimeka. Married women wear two heavy steel necklaces. This woman wears an extra necklace with steel a steel phallic symbol which identifies her as a first wife
The men hold hands forming a circle within which the women dance in the Karo village of Duss. A small Omotic tribe related to the Hamar
Men and women dance together in the Karo village of Duss. A small Omotic tribe related to the Hamar, the Karo live along the banks of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia
A Konso youth of southwest Ethiopia carries home a wooden yoke used by pairs of oxen to plough the land
A young Dorze boy winds cotton onto a bobin for his father. Dorze men are synonymous with weaving the best cotton cloth in Ethiopia
A Dorze man sits outside his home smoking locally-grown tobacco using a traditional long-stemmed pipe. Living in highlands west of the Abyssinian Rift Valley
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
A Borana man at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears a phallic Kallaacha on his forehead. Made of cast aluminium and ivory or bone
A proud peasant farmer harvests wheat between Ziway and Butajira in Central Ethiopia. Aided by his neighbours, the harvesting is carried out manually using sickles
Ponies trample corn to remove the grain in a typical rural setting outside Shashemene. Depending on the availability of animals, a farmer may use ponies, donkeys or oxen for this purpose
Dawn at Lake Ziway, Central Ethiopia, with the silhouette of a horse-drawn buggy.Horse-drawn buggies are widely used as taxis in the Ethiopian Highlands and in the Rift Valley south of Addis Abeda
An old Ethiopian Orthodox priest holds a large brass Coptic cross at the rock-hewn church of Adadi Maryam, just south of Addis Abeba. This is the southernmost of Ethiopias rock-hewn churches
A man rides to market on his gaily-caprisoned pony. His saddlecloth is embroidered with Ethiopias imperial lion. Lions are associated with Ethiopias last monarch, the late Emperor Haile Selassie
The impressive Shewa Gate is one of the seven entrances to the medieval walled city of Harar. Once an independent city-state dating back to the early 16th century
The defeated forces of the former Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu Haile Mariam, left behind this wrecked Russian-made tank near Lake Ashange in northern Ethiopia.; Africas regional
In the golden light of early morning, the spectacular Gheralta Mountains of Northern Ethiopia dwarf Tigray homesteads built on the Hawzien Plain hundreds of feet below
The rock-hewn church of Abune Yemata in the Gheralta Mountains near Guh is renowned for its truly remarkable murals. The fifteenth-century mural on its domed ceiling depicts nine of the twelve
A Mursi man smears his body with a mixture of local chalk and water and then draws designs with his fingertips to enhance his physical appearance.The Mursi speak a Nilotic language
A Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate. Shortly before marriage, a girls lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so
A Karo man with braided hair plays a traditional stringed instrument beside the Omo River near Duss. Young men settle disputes by fighting with hippo hide whips
A Dassanech man in full tribal regalia participates in a dance during a month-long ceremony. He wears a cheetah skin draped on his backs and a black ostrich-feather headdress
Ethiopia, Aksum, Northern Stelae Park, King Ezanas stele, Apex of stelea ETHIOPIA, Aksum, Northern Stelae Park, King Ezanas stele
Mursi woman with clay lip plate, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia Mursi woman with clay lip plate, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa
Karo Tribesman wearing a belt of bullets, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia Karo Tribesman standing in front of the Omo river wearing bullet belt(detail), Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa
Hamer Woman, Hamer Tribe, Lower Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia Hamer Woman, Hamer Tribe, Lower Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia
Priest outside the Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis, Lalibela, Ethiopia Africa, Ethiopia, Northern Ethiopia, Lalibela, The most famous of Lalibelas Rock Hewn churches
Injera basket (Sifet), Ethiopian Highlands, Ethiopia Africa, Ethiopia, The Ethiopian Highlands, Colourful woven Injera basket, called a Sifet
Fogbow on giant lobelias in Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) or balbok, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
gelada (Theropithecus gelada), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon in the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
