Omo, people & design, by Hans Silvester & Gustaaf Verswijver, 2008

Omo, people & design Paperback - November 6, 2008
by Hans Silvester (Author), Gustaaf Verswijver (Author)
Catalog of the exhibition organized by the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren), this book offers a new look at the peoples of the Omo Valley and the surrounding areas. Exhibited for the first time, the everyday objects of these nomads are highlighted for their beauty and their role in a society that must constantly adapt to the laws of nature.
Accompanied by texts by Gustaaf Verswijver, curator of the exhibition and researcher, they tell the social and geopolitical stakes for these small pastoral communities. Fifty previously unpublished photographs by Hans Silvester illustrate the introduction to the catalog and Gustaaf Verswijver's study on body painting.