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Bookmark or Share- Namibia's Himba people caught between traditions and modernity30 August 2017. By Pumza Fihlani,BBC News, Opuwo, Namibia. BBC. Himba women apply red-coloured ochre on their skin as a daily beautification ritual. Having survived genocide by German troops in...
- The Himba - a people in transition - Africa GeographicWednesday, 11 May 2022. Deep in the heart of Kaokaland in the Namibian desert live the Himba people – a group of semi-nomadic pastoralists who have lived there for hundreds of years. But climate change, combined with a lack of government support and ongoing marginalisation, is forcing this iconic tribe to choose which parts of modernity to ...
- One Month with the Himba - Africa GeographicHimba women and girls also like to perfume themselves in a morning ritual. They collect aromatic tree roots, which they mix with herbs, crushing them together using a hot stone, and then burning them to create heavily perfumed smoke. They sit close to the fire, covering themselves with a blanket to absorb the scent.
- Himba people - WikipediaThe Himba (singular: OmuHimba, plural: OvaHimba) are an indigenous people with an estimated population of about 50,000 people living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in southern Angola.
- Namibia, Himba Tribe - Atlas Of HumanityThe Himba, or Ovahimba, are indigenous peoples with an estimated population of about 50.000 people living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in Angola. The Himba are a semi-nomadic, pastoralist people, culturally distinguishable from the Herero people in northern Namibia and ...
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