Himba people
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The Himba are an ethnic group with an estimated population of about 50,000 people living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region and on the other side of the Kunene River in southern Angola. There a
Himba (OmuHimba) woman
Himba herders in Kaokoland
Himba woman preparing incense. The smoke is used as an antimicrobial body cleansing agent, deodorant and fragrant, made by burning aromatic herbs and resins.
Pubescent Himba girl with hair headdress styled to veil her face
Herero people
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The Herero are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting parts of Southern Africa. 178,987 Namibians identified as Ovaherero in the 2023 census. They speak Otjiherero, a Bantu language. Though the Herero primar
Himba people
…a few groups left of the OvaTwa, who the OvaHimba consider to be part of their tribe, but are hunter-gatherers. Culturally distinguishable from the Herero people, the OvaHimba are a semi-nomadic, pastoralist people and speak OtjiHimba, a language related to the Herero, which belongs to the Bantu family within…
Herero women
Herero woman in traditional dress.
Herero, at the end of the 19th century
Omuti-ngau-zepo (The tree must be removed) in Otjinene from which many Herero people were hanged to death.