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A conspicuous show of tribal power by Mursi boys with Kalashnikovs. The Kalashnikov symbolizes wealth, status, and power. Above all, the Kalashnikov provides protection during cattle drives and fire-power in armed conflicts with neighbouring tribes.
The value of a Kalashnikov can range from five to thirty-five cows and often figures into the bride-wealth or payment made by the husband’s family to the bride's family.
This semi-nomadic pastoral Mursi settlement is situated high on the bank of the Mago River, a tributary that joins the essential Omo River in the remote southwestern corner of Ethiopia. Shot under the noonday sun near the end of a long hot dry season regularly exceeding 40°C in the shade.
Spears and other traditional weapons in the region were replaced with automatic assault rifles in the 1980s when they became more accessible during the decades-long civil war in neighbouring South Sudan. A surplus of automatic weapons circulating in the larger Horn of Africa is also accessible through other channels, including the flow of small arms and ammunition from longstanding wars across the border in Somalia and nearby northern Uganda. SKS and AK-47 assault rifles were easily available, relatively cheap, and easy to use.
Large numbers of automatic weapons were also imported from the USSR to Communist allies around the world during the Cold War, including Ethiopia. SKS semi-automatic Russian-made rifles were a precursor to the AK-47 and were widely available after the fall of the Derg, the Communist military junta that ruled Ethiopia under Mengistu Haile Mariam from 1974 to 1987. The consequent disbanding of the Ethiopian army and police force produced a flood of automatic weapons on the market. They became accessible, in part, through established tribal links with arms dealers in the Ethiopian highlands further to the east of the Omo Basin and elsewhere.
The Mursi are semi-nomadic farmers and herders who depend on shifting hoe-cultivation (mostly drought-resistant varieties of sorghum) and cattle herding for their livelihood. They number less than ten thousand today. Most Mursi live in small settlements dispersed across Mursiland, a remote territory of about thirty by eighty kilometres between the Omo and Mago Rivers in southwest Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan and northern Kenya. The terrain varies from a volcanic plain dominated by a range of hills and a major watershed to a riverine forest, wooded grasslands, and thorny bushland thickets. expl#33
The main issue that currently divides the Israelis is whether you think that Bibi Netanyahu, the PM, is the king of Israel versus the worst threat to Israeli democracy.
In recent weeks frantic demonstrations take place as part of the 'battle'. Yesterday I went to shoot at one near Netanyahu's official residence. On the one side of the street stood those that support him; on the other side those that object; and in between: the police. As the supporters are more 'colorful' (a bit like some of Trump's supporters), I stood among the opponents. My big cam, immediately, 'lightened' this lovely maiden, and to my delight, she started posing for me. It was a bit difficult to decide which photo to share with you, but I hope you get the feeling.
Needless to say, I returned hope with a big smile on my lips…
I only get to shoot about 30 days a year, and I miss exercising my photography every day the way I did five years ago. I want to push myself to translate what I feel in my soul into images that tell a story only I can tell, yet too often I end up with something average. I want to do better, but to rise above my limits, I need to give myself the opportunities to create something truly different.
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