Bumi Tribe

The Bumi or Bume people are also known as the Nyangatom.  They live south of the Omo National Park, but occasionally…

Mursi Tribe

The Mursi people are the most popular in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley. They are well known for their unique lip plates.…

Surma Tribe

Surma people live in the southwestern plains of Ethiopia.  They raise cattle and farm when the land is fertile.  Cattle…

Konso Tribe

The Konso live in an isolated region of the basalt hills.  The area is made up of hard rocky slopes. …

Karo tribe

The Karo is a small tribe with an likely population between 1,000 and 3,000.  They are closely related to the…

Daasanech or Dassanech Tribe

Also known as the Galeb or Geleb, this tribe lives just north of Kenya’s Lake Turkana.  Their neighboring tribe is the…

Bodi or Me’en Tribe

The Bodi or Me’en people live close to the Omo River in southern Ethiopia.  South of the Bodi are the Mursi…