Living above a magma chamber is not without its hazards, and yet the Afar have done so for generations. Nomadic people from Djibouti, they have made the unforgiving landscapes at the northern reaches ...
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
When the furnace wind blows across the stony Afar desert of northern Ethiopia, and the mercury hits 50 degrees, not everyone sees beauty in the arid, unforgiving landscape. Valerie Browning wears the ...
"In 1973, Valerie Browning, a young Sydney nurse, volunteered to go to Ethiopia to help the victims of a devastating famine. She had little or no conception of Africa or Africans, and yet the ...
Australian nurse, Valerie Browning, lives the life of a tribal nomad with the pastoral people of the Afar Region of the Horn of Africa. The Afar region is one of the most strife-torn and ecologically ...
Paul Salopek speaks to students in Asayita, Ethi­o­pia, about the Out of Eden project. “Ethiopian kids would give almost anything to finish their schooling,” he says. (John Stanmeyer/For National ...
Living above a magma chamber is not without its hazards, and yet the Afar have done so for generations. Nomadic people from Djibouti, they have made the unforgiving landscapes at the northern reaches ...