Sunday, September 20, 2026

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People of the Tiv, one of the larger peoples of central Nigeria.
Folks

The Tiv, the Yam Farmers of the Benue Valley

The Tiv are one of the larger peoples of central Nigeria, numbering some five million or more, concentrated in the valley of the Benue river in Benue State and the

A traditional barrel-vaulted Toda hut (mund) in the Nilgiri hills
Folks

The Toda, Sacred Buffalo-Herders of the Nilgiris

High in the misty grasslands of the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu lives one of the most remarkable small peoples of India: the Toda, a community of barely a thousand

Tohono O'odham women playing toka, a traditional field game of the desert people.
Folks

The Tohono O’odham, Desert People of the Saguaro

In the saguaro forests of the Sonoran Desert, across what is now southern Arizona and northern Sonora, live the Tohono O’odham, the Desert People. For untold generations they have mastered

A Torres Strait Islander dancer; the Islanders are famed for their dance.
Folks

The Torres Strait Islanders, Seafarers Between Two Lands

In the scattered islands between the tip of Australia and the shores of New Guinea live the Torres Strait Islanders, one of Australia`s two Indigenous peoples and the only Melanesian

Tsonga women in festive dress in South Africa; the Tsonga are also called Shangaan.
Folks

The Tsonga, the Shangaan of the Southeastern Lowveld

The Tsonga, also widely known as the Shangaan, are a Bantu people of southern Africa, spread across southern Mozambique, the northeastern provinces of South Africa, and parts of Zimbabwe and

A Tu (Monguor) girl of Qinghai, described as a descendant of the ancient Xianbei
Folks

The Tu (Monguor), a Frontier People of the Qinghai Highlands

On the northeastern edge of the Tibetan plateau, in the loess hills and valleys of Qinghai and Gansu, live the Tu, known in their own tongue as the Monguor, one

A Panjurli daiva kola, the spirit-possession ritual of the Tulu people
Folks

The Tulu People, a Dravidian Culture of the Karnataka Coast

On the green coast of south-western India, between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, live the Tulu people, a Dravidian nation with their own language and one of Indias

Tumbuka people of the border country of Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania.
Folks

The Tumbuka, the Highland People of Northern Malawi

On the high plateaus of northern Malawi and eastern Zambia, between Lake Malawi and the Luangwa, live the Tumbuka, the dominant people of Malawi`s north. Farmers and herders of the

A Turkana person in traditional dress, from the arid plains of northwestern Kenya.
Folks

The Turkana, the Herders of the Jade Sea

The Turkana are an Eastern Nilotic pastoral people of the arid plains of northwestern Kenya, one of the great herding nations of the East African drylands. Numbering around a million,

A Rwandan chief on the move, photographed in 1904; the Tutsi formed the old aristocracy.
Folks

The Tutsi, the Cattle Aristocracy of the Great Lakes

The Tutsi, or Batutsi, are a people of Rwanda and Burundi in the highlands of the Great Lakes region of Central Africa, forming a substantial minority traditionally associated with cattle-keeping