A Way of Life Under Threat as Lake Turkana Shrinks
The last native speaker of the Elmolo language reportedly died sometime in the 1970s. By then, only a few hundred Elmolo remained, eking out a living on Kenya’s southern waters of Lake Turkana as they always had, drinking its brackish waters and fishing for catfish, tilapia, and Nile perch. Thanks to intermarriage with other tribes […]
Kenya’s semi-nomadic people fined 50 cows per death
Two rival communities in Kenya have agreed to pay a fine of 50 cows for every person killed in recent violence, as part of a ceasefire deal. The Turkana and Samburu communities in northern Kenya have fought for decades over cattle, grazing rights and access to water. About 15 people were killed in renewed clashes […]
