Earlier this year, I saw a review of this stunning book by Hans Silvester in The Big Issue. No, I just couldn’t resist.
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The Daily Mail review contains a good selection of photos from this book. If you happen to get hold of a real thing, please don’t miss the introduction by Hans Silvester. (My book is the Thames & Hudson edition, translated from French Les habits de la nature by David H. Wilson.) It is only four pages long.
The Surma and the Mursi cannot see the future, but they know that an era is coming to an end. The days of their independence are numbered. Just like the Native Americans, the Nuba, the Masai and many other minorities who live in close proximity to nature, they will in due course have to resign themselves to living in reservations.
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