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Culture in Namibia is a blend of many different people and its culture and customs have absorbed both African and European elements and fused them into a blend of the two. Although the country is urbanising rapidly, a majority of Namibians still live in rural areas and lead largely impoverished lives.
Damara man wearing a ǃgūb (loincloth) Damara women in ankle length Victorian style Damara Dresses adopted from the wives of missionaries The Damara, plural Damaran (Khoekhoegowab: ǂNūkhoen, Black people, German: Bergdamara, referring to their extended stay in hilly and mountainous sites, also called at various times the Daman or the Damaqua) are an ethnic group who make up 8.5% of Namibia ...
The Topnaars began settling in the area of Walvis Bay and along the Kuiseb River during the start of the 19th century. [3] They first occupied the area at the mouth of the Swakop River, today the city of Swakopmund, and moved south beyond Walvis Bay to the Kuiseb mouth between 1820 and 1830.
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 .
David Witbooi was the first Khoikhoi leader to establish a permanent Namaqua settlement north Orange River beginning in the mid-1840s. In 1863, he eventually led his people to Gibeon (south-central Namibia) where he developed a communialist society centered on cattle, trade and Christianity. After his death in 1875 Moses Witbooi (Hendrik ...
Coloured people in Namibia are people with both European and African, especially Khoisan and Bantu ancestry, as well as Indian, Malay, and Malagasy ancestry especially along the coast and areas bordering South Africa. Coloureds have immigrated to Namibia, been born in Namibia or returned to the country. These distinctively different periods of ...
21st century in Namibia (10 C, 1 P) C. Crimes in Namibia by century (2 C) D. Disasters in Namibia by century (2 C) W. Centuries in Windhoek (2 C)
Pages in category "Society of Namibia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Crime in Namibia; Culture of Namibia; N. Namibian Czechs; O.