Mursi is a unique Surma tribe in Southern Sudan and the language they speak is also called Mursi. Why girls of the Mursi tribe must remove their teeth and stretch their lips before they marry When a ...

From delicate swirls of raised flesh to intricate dotted patterns, the scars that decorate the bodies of Ethiopia’s Bodi, Mursi and Surma tribes are more than just the sign of an old injury. For these ...

In December, I journeyed to southwest Ethiopia to photograph the rarely seen Surma tribe. For eight days, thanks to Oryx Worldwide Photographic Expeditions, I was granted unprecedented access to this ...