Transcendence - between two worlds

The people of the Ilemi triangle are comprised of a number of tribal groups who live in harmony with their environments in the Omo valley of Ethiopia, Central and Eastern Equatorial in South Sudan, Northern Kenya and Uganda. Whilst additionally there is the impact of ‘westernisation’, the spread of the ubiquitous Chinese made football shirts, agribusiness and the spread of religion from missionaries. Despite this collision of cultures the tribal groups are resistant but changes to nomadic ways of life or transhumance are inevitable. These images reflect their dependence on pastoralism and their traditions but in the last two decades there have been more droughts and shorter recurrence intervals between flood events.