Nomads VII – Thomas Kelly

Camel train crossing Chalbi desert in sunset, Kenya, Africa.

There is drama even in routine migrations. The huts are dismantled and the items rolled up and packed between poles bundled together and wedged between ropes on the camel. All of the packing and loading is done entirely by women. Men take no part in it other than to restrain the camels if they become unruly or to help lift some prohibitively heavy item.