The Himba (singular: OmuHimba, plural: OvaHimba) are an indigenous people with an estimated population of about 50,000 people living in northern Namibia...

(1/4 of the national average). The most represented ethnic group is the Himba people, who account for about 5,000 of the overall 16,000 inhabitants of Kaokoland...

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...

Namibia. They also include the Zambezi people and Kavango people. Other ethnic groups are the Herero and Himba people, who speak a similar language, and the...

Himba may refer to: Himba language Himba people Himba, the dialect of Herero language spoken by the Himba people This disambiguation page lists articles...

Proto-Bantu language for these words. Herero people Himba people Nama people Oorlam people Namibia: People and Society, CIA Factbook, United States; "about...

in towns throughout Namibia. Other ethnic groups are the Herero and Himba people, who speak the related Herero language, and the Damara, who, like the...

Kamanjab. Kunene is home to the Himba people, a subtribe of the Herero, as well as to Damara people and Nama people. As of 2020[update], Kunene had 58...

region of Omaheke along with the Otjozondjupa and Kunene Regions. The Himba people, who are related to the Herero and Mbanderu, speak a dialect very close...

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,...

refers to the Tjimba people, non-Herero hunter-gatherers who speak Zemba. The spelling Himba should be distinguished from the Himba people and their dialect...

determine the true cause of fairy circles. In the oral myths of the Himba people of the Kunene Region of northern Namibia, these barren patches are said...

Communal Land Reform Act of 2002. Tjimba people Himba people Herero people "Chapter 5. The Himba and Zemba People" (PDF). University of Pretoria. Pretoria...

Southern Africa, the Zulu people conducted methods of sanitation by using water stored in pottery at Ulundi. The Himba people of Namibia and Angola also...

informed others of an individual's status in society. African people such as the Himba people of Namibia have been braiding their hair for centuries. In...

monotheism. The Tikar people of Cameroon have a traditional spirituality that emphasizes the worship of a single god, Nyuy. The Himba people of Namibia practice...

2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013. "KaokoHimba Safaris Namibia - Kaokoland, Epupa Falls Campsite, Himba People, Tours - Epupa Falls". Archived from the...

these can be written as -a kijani, -a majani, -a samwati, etc.) The Himba people use a single word for shades of green and blue: buru. They curiously...

discernible for most people. The Himba have created a very different color scheme which divides the spectrum to dark shades (zuzu in Himba), very light (vapa)...

documenting Nenets people in Siberia, Himba people in Namibia, the Achuar people in Ecuador and the Karim, Yokoim and Chimbu peoples in Papua New Guinea...

languages people Ovambo people Herero people Himba people Kavango people Southern Khoikhoi languages speaking peoples: Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Kalahari...

state. The oral traditions of the Himba people recall two droughts from 1910 to 1917. From 1910 to 1911 the Himba described the drought as "drought of...

Havakona, Zimba and Himba. None of the individuals I have observed differs physically from the neighboring Bantu. These peoples live in desert environments...

Damaraland. A number of tribes remained in Kaokoland: these were the Himba people, who are still there today. During German occupation of South West Africa...

combing, oiling, braiding, twisting, and/or decorating the hair.” The Himba people, for example, styled dreadlocks using ground ochre, goat hair, butter...

nuts. Palm nuts (Elaeis guineensis), important famine food among the Himba people in Africa. Red bopple nut (Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia), native to the...

prestigious university in space. In Binti, Binti is the first member of the Himba people to be accepted into the prestigious intergalactic university Oomza Uni...

cultures around the world. Specifically taking inspiration from the Himba people of Namibia, he implemented elements such as fine ornaments and a fur...

Himba people still wear traditional attire and apply otjize to their skin, a cosmetic mixture of butterfat and ochre pigment. It gives Himba people's...

from blocks of compact snow and used by the Inuit, among others. The Himba people of Namibia construct "desert igloos" of wattle and daub for use as temporary...