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In One Turkana Village, A Solar-Powered ‘Electro-hut’
Posted on February 3, 2013 | 1 CommentBy Michael Ruiz
For hundreds of years, the Turkana, the pastoral people of this land, have led a nomadic life. But Simon Ekaale said goodbye to all that when he built the neighborhood’s first electro-hut. -
Scion of Anthropology Dynasty Tackles Energy
Posted on February 3, 2013 | No CommentsBy Rebecca Anzel
With the press of a large green button, the machine – an 8-foot tower of silver cylinders, black boxes and tubes – hummed to life. -
The Palm-Frond Huts of Turkana: Not-So-Simple Structures (gallery)
Posted on February 3, 2013 | No CommentsBy Rebecca Anzel
In the midday desert sun, as loose silt and sand are carried in the occasional breeze, the only breaks along the bleak horizon are stunted trees and straw-colored huts. Although the huts’ appearance is simple, the construction is more complex than it might seem. -
Gardeners Take a Stake in Nomadic Desert Culture (story and gallery)
Posted on February 3, 2013 | No CommentsBy Khloe Meitz
On the northern bank of the Turkwel River, the garden where Rose worked stood out as an oasis in a vast, semi-arid expanse of thorny acacias and beige sand.