THE VANISHING HIMBA
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With the death of a culture, no matter how small, one more perspective on "the different ways of seeing the world" is lost forever.
Having survived genocide by German troops in the early 1900s, Namibia's Himba are now facing the biggest threat to their way of life. They face an ongoing struggle to protect their land rights. There have been reports of mining undertaken on Himba land without community consent. Government plans to build a dam that overflows much Himba grazing area have alarmed the Himba and their supporters. |