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Article: The essence of Africa: award-winning natural history photographer Steve Bloom has described his new book, Living Africa, images from which are reproduced here, as 'a fleeting glimpse of the Africa I love', yet it still manages to express the essence and diversity of this gigantic continent.(photostory: LIVING AFRICA)(Photograph)
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- December 1, 2008
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A Karo gathering, Omo Valley, Ethiopia. The Karo are a small tribe numbering less than 1,000 who live on the banks of the Omo River. They differentiate themselves from neighbouring tribes through their extensive use of body painting. They use ochre, chalk, charcoal and pulverised rock to achieve a variety of colours. The body artists create vibrant designs that accentuate fine facial features and enhance their graceful movements. Members of the tribe are under constant threat from larger surrounding tribes that have more guns and warriors. Both men and women scar themselves; the men to indicate how many enemies they have killed. The scars ...