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On October 14, 2013, Himba chief Kapika, on behalf of his region Epupa and the community which was featured in German RTL reality TV show Wild Girls condemned the misuse of Himba people, individuals and villagers in the show, and demanded the halt of broadcasting any further episodes as they would mock the culture and way of being of the Himba ...
The Himba fear omiti-wielding sorcerers, and some believe that every death is the result of omiti's influence. Omiti characterizes the attack of an evil force on a person. A Himba healer - close to Mukuru - who knows these powers, can identify them and protect the victim against them in a certain way, but does not use them himself, helps the ...
Otjize is a mixture of butterfat and ochre pigment used by the Himba people of Namibia to protect themselves from the harsh desert climate. The paste is often perfumed with the aromatic resin of Commiphora multijuga (omuzumba). [1] [2] The Himba apply otjize to their skin and hair, which is long and plaited into intricate designs.
Kunene is home to the Himba people, a subtribe of the Herero, as well as to Damara people and Nama people. As of 2020, Kunene had 58,548 registered voters. [6] Kunene's western edge is the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. In the north, it borders Angola's Namibe Province, and in the far eastern part of its northern edge it borders Cunene Province ...
November 23, 2012, Zemba communities from Omuhonga and Epupa, together with the Himba people, protested in Okanguati against Namibia's plans to construct a dam in the Kunene River in the Baynes Mountains and against increasing mining operations on their traditional land and human rights violations against them.
The same study found Tikar-related genetic variations amongst the Bakongo people of Democratic Republic of Congo, Bantu ethnic groups in Kenya, the Himba people and Damara people of Namibia, and the Eland Cave Bay remains in South Africa, [28] which are believed to be more than 3,000 years old. [29]
Himba, the dialect of Herero language spoken by the Himba people Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Himba .
The Himba people inhabited Kaokoland, they are the descendants of the earliest Herero's who migrated around the area in the 16th century. Around the middle of the 18th century the pressure of too many people and cattle in the baked environment led them to migrate to the main body of the Herero to the rich lands further down south.