This post is from the first trip for my ENEMIES Project.  Read more about the project on my website: nelsonguda.com.

Going into the middle of the Samburu-Turkana conflict was difficult, but in the end it was a positive experience.  This was different from my first shoot in the slums of Kibera.  There I met two people who never really considered themselves enemies to begin with.  The conflicts had risen and fallen like a fire flashing across a skim of gasoline – fast and furious and then mostly gone. The Samburu-Turkana conflict has been going on for generations, so it is a very, very different story.

The funny thing is that when I really talked in depth with people on both sides, they said that the conflict was not that big a deal – it almost seemed like they considered it more like a family feud. The Turkana said that their actual serious enemies are another tribe that lives nomadically in the area and raids both the Samburu and Turkana.  In this video I talk about my impressions talking with and meeting people from each side.

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