They then sell the bullet casings to the villagers skilled in the traditional techniques of bead making. These farmers and villagers live in very remote parts of Ethiopia, so the beads are always ...

Crown, gold and gilded copper with glass beads, pigment and fabric, made in Ethiopia, 1600-1850 Victoria and Albert Museum, London In 1868, some 13,000 British and Indian troops stormed the ...

Photographer Alex Franco has documented the fashion-conscious tribes of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley. He tells BBC World Service about their distinctive look. Wearing T-shirts emblazoned with ‘Coca ...