Ethiopia’s Omo Valley | Africa’s Last Frontier, National Geographic Magazine: Mursi Child with Leaf Frond

On the banks of the muddy Omo River, a Mursi child holds a leaf frond which is used as a chair.  This area of Ethiopia is isolated and the boat in the background is the only one on the river during an extensive six-week transect that went from the highlands, the origin of the river, to Kenya where the river flows into Lake Turkana.

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