Discovery Collection: The Family of the River #18

Discovery Collection

Piece #18 of 100

Portrait of Nyangatom family. The Nyangatom are semi-nomadic agro-pastoralist inhabiting the dry, semi-desert lands of southwestern Ethiopia. Numerically small and bellicose, the Nyangatom are famous among the tribes for their ability to make necklacess and their torytelling and singing. Along with other different ethnical groups in the Lower Omo Valley, the Nyangatom face changes to their cultural traditions due to large-scale agricultural projects occurring in their territory.