A Somali Model Reconnects With Her East African Roots in the Omo Valley Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad1/20A woman from the Hamer tribe putting red soil and butter on her friend’s hair to keep the dreadlocks in place. #OmoValley #Ethiopia
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad2/20Shopping at a local Hamer market.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad3/20Posted up with a Mursi girl.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad4/20Young Mursi children.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad5/20Found these Mursi women sitting here on our drive through the village.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad6/20This little boy and I had so much fun the entire day as I went along with him to do his cattle-herding chores. This was such a special day for me; it reminded me of my own childhood doing the same chores when I was his age.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad7/20Ran into these young boys of the Banna tribe walking on stilts.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad8/20Rolex necklace #selfie moment with a smiling Banna tribe whipper.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad9/20Painted Karo kids to look like spirits that glow in dark.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad10/20Cutest Karo kids.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad11/20A boat in Jinka heading across the Omo River.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad12/20Basking in the sun at a traditional #DorzeTribe village. They live on hills and are famous for their huge, elephant-like huts made from enset, or false banana, tree leaves, resembling giant beehives.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad13/20The grandmother of our new friends teaching me how to hand-spin cotton into fiber for weaving.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad14/20A woman from the Dorze Village making pancakes from fermented false banana leaves.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad15/20Posing in front of a Dorze hut wearing their traditional garb.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad16/20Dorze village scarves.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad17/20Drinking “holy water”—a traditional purifying drink often given to guests—after arriving at the Dorze village.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad18/20Picture time after a long night of dancing around the bonfire with the Dorze people.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad19/20At a cousin’s wedding in Addis Ababa.
Photo: Courtesy of Fatima Siad20/20Ethiopia is the origin of coffee, and I am convinced that there is no better place to drink it than in its native land.
