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  2. Himba people - Wikipedia

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    The Himba (singular: OmuHimba, plural: OvaHimba) are an ethnic group with an estimated population of about 50,000 people [1] living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in southern Angola. [1]

  3. History of Namibia - Wikipedia

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    The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990. From 1884, Namibia was a German colony: German South West Africa .

  4. Kunene Region - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. A new study explains the origin of mysterious 'fairy circles ...

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    The Himba people of Namibia say fairy circles are the "footprints of the gods", made by their ancient ancestor Mukuru. Tour guides have since taken it upon themselves to make up even more exciting ...

  6. Hizetjitwa Indigenous Peoples' Organization - Wikipedia

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    HIZETJITWA is an acronym made up of the first letters of the names of the indigenous tribes that are the focus of the organisation: Himba people, Zemba people, Tjimba people and Twa people. [2] These native, semi nomadic people live in the mountainous and semi deserted areas of North West Kunene in Namibia and Angola.

  7. Kaokoland - Wikipedia

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    Himba woman. The Himba people are the descendants of a Herero group that got isolated from the others in the 19th century. While the Herero people later experienced German rule and drastically changed their lifestyle as well as their costumes, the Himba retained much of their traditional, nomadic and pastoral habits. In recent times, contacts ...

  8. Herero people - Wikipedia

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    In a period of four years, approximately 65,000 Herero people were killed. [22] Omuti-ngau-zepo (The tree must be removed) in Otjinene from which many Herero people were hanged to death. Samuel Maharero, the Paramount Chief of the Herero, led his people in a large-scale uprising on January 12, 1904, against the Germans. [23]

  9. Culture of Namibia - Wikipedia

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    English, the official language, is spoken by 3% of people as their native language. Portuguese was spoken by 4–5% of the total population, i.e. 100,000 people, made up mostly of the Angolan community in 2014. [7] The number of Angolans in Namibia declined from 2014 to 2015. The economic crisis in the neighboring country affected the numbers. [8]