Angola
The Ngendelengo of Angola, the forest tribe
The Ngendelengo inhabit the Serra da Chela mountains in southwestern Angola. They are semi-nomadic subsistence herders, hunters and farmers. Living in a forested environment has allowed them to develop a rudimentary charcoal business. Machetes are an essential part of their attire, as well as large crests for unmarried boys and multiple topknots for women. The rest of their traditional culture includes two-storey barns and bull worship rituals.
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Mali
The Dogon tribe of Mali, the most enigmatic in Africa
There is a unique place in the heart of West Africa. Unique for its fascinating and enigmatic culture and its air of mystery and supposed paranormal events that surround it. This exciting corner of the Sahel is called the Dogon Country (Mali) and is located on the border with Burkina Faso.
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South Sudan
Kingdom of smoke and cows:
Mundari Cattle Camps
The famous Mundari cattle camps are desolate places. They usually settle in areas close to the banks of the Nile River in South Sudan. The smoke from hundreds of bonfires covers the immensity of a vast arid, dry and hot land. Amidst that smoke, naked men, cows with giant horns and the iconographic Mundari totem, which inspired the Last Places logo, can be seen.
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Behind the lens
Behind the lens of Ana Robles
I consider myself a traveling photographer in search of cultures that still preserve their traditions and have been little influenced by our western ways. I have learned a lot from them, I like to show their customs, recount their joys and sorrows. In all cases they are similar, only in different environments or realities. In that search, I have also experienced injustice or the pain of impotence, but in all circumstances, I have tried to find beauty.
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Interviews
Lars Krutak | Anthropology and tattoos
The tribal tradition of tattoos in the world is fascinating. From the Native Americans to certain areas of Africa, passing through the animist regions in Asia. If there is someone who is an expert in this field, it is Lars Krutak, the American anthropologist who gave us this interview.
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Cameroon
The Dupa tribe, the last highlanders of Cameroon
The Dupa tribe inhabits the remote Vokre Mountains in northern Cameroon. These fertile lands allow them to live from subsistence agriculture that they combine with some livestock, hunting and gathering. The Dupa continue to make cloth from native cotton. Some men still wear the penile case and some women cover their private parts with acacia leaves.
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Sudan
The Nubian, the oldest black culture in Africa
The Nubian are an ancient people from the north-central region of Sudan and southern Egypt. They are often confused with another people of Sudan, the Nubas, who live in an area far removed from Nubia, in the mountains of Kordofan (border with South Sudan).
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Pakistan
The Mohana tribe of Pakistan, the descendants of Mohenjo Daro
The Mohana tribe of Pakistan dominate the calm waters of the Middle Indus River, as it passes through the ancient city of Sukkur. Discover their fascinating villages, houseboats and ancient fishing and hunting techniques.
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Angola
The Plain Muila of Angola; the rainbow tribe
The Last Places team of anthropologists has been working in Angola since 2014. In this period he has been able to differentiate 4 different Nyianeka groups (ethnolinguistic nation of the Huíla Plateau): the Handa, the Gambue and he has divided the Muila into 2.
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