The Konso people live in a steep, erosion-prone area with unreliable rainfall. Over the years, they’ve developed a complex system of agroforestry, water harvesting, terracing and manure ...

The tradition of erecting generation marking stones called daga-hela, quarried, transported and erected through a ritual process, makes the Konso one of the last megalithic people. The traditional ...

Perhaps, in Konso, one might feel this could be an election campaign as men and women of a highly indefatigable people, wearing colorful shirts promoting the ruling party. Nevertheless ...

A month ago, regional authorities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional state warned that the persistent drought in the Konso zone has threatened the lives of many.

Hundreds of Konso people turned out in their famed town, 600 kilometres (375 miles) southwest of Addis Ababa, for the recent formal inauguration of their inclusion in UNESCO's heritage list. UNESCO ...

For more than 400 years, the people of the Konso highlands in Ethiopia have used terracing and traditional farming methods to adapting to their harsh environment, building a globally recognize ...

If people were found to be scraping antelope hides 100,000 years ago, for example, that might help tell us when they started making prepared clothing, Brandt said. The Konso project "is vitally ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In southern Ethiopia, the Konso people have maintained a 400-year-old stone terracing system, essential for farming in the region’s semiarid ...

18 - Cultural Properties - Konso Cultural Landscape (Ethiopia) 2010 34COM 8B.11 - Cultural Properties - Konso Cultural Landscape (Ethiopia) The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are ...