Women from the Orma tribe coming back from the well with water buckets on their heads. near Wajir. North east Kenya

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Women from the Orma tribe coming back from the well with water buckets on their heads. near Wajir. North east Kenya. The Orma is an ethnic community found in Eastern Kenya, mostly along the lower Tana River. They are also called Galla, a term used in Ethiopia (but now considered pejorative) to refer to Oromo people. The Orma are semi-nomadic shepherds. They live in the southeastern deserts of Kenya except during the rainy season when they move their herds inland. The tribe has a population of about 70,000 people (2005). It has its own language, also called Orma.

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Size: 5431px × 3496px
Location: near Wajir, north east Kenya, Africa
Photo credit: © Neil Cooper / Alamy / Afripics
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