Himba mother and daughters in northern Himba (singular: Omuhimba, plural: Ovahimba) are indigenous peoples of about 20,000 to 50,000 people living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in Angola. There are also few groups left of the Ovatwa, which also belong to the Himba people, but are hunters and gatherers. Himba are mostly a semi-nomadic, pastoral people, closely related to the Herero, and speak Otjihimba, that

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Location: Namibia, Namibia
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Keywords: children, daughters, himba, hunters, kaokaland, kunene, mother, nomads, pastoral, tribe, namibia