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Himba clans are led by the eldest male in the clan. Sons live with their father's clan, and when daughters marry, they go to live with the clan of their husband. However, inheritance of wealth does not follow the patriclan but is determined by the matriclan, that is, a son does not inherit his father's cattle but his maternal uncle's instead.
November 23, 2012, hundreds of Himba and Zemba from Omuhonga and Epupa region protested in Okanguati against Namibia’s plans to construct a dam in the Kunene River in the Baynes Mountains, against increasing mining operations on their traditional land and human rights violations against them.
Under bilateral descent, every tribe member belongs to two clans, one through the father (a patriclan) and another through the mother (a matriclan). For example, among the Himba, clans are led by the eldest male in the clan. Sons live with their father's clan and when daughters marry they go to live with the clan of their husband.
Chhimba are variously described as a caste community and a Sikh clan of India. [1]Their traditional occupation in the Samba district of India was dying and hand-printing calico fabric.
Swartbooisdrift is populated by 150 - 300 semi-nomadic people of Himba and Herero descent, depending on the season. [1] The settlement is named after the Swartbooi clan of the Nama people who crossed the Kunene here to explore Angola in the 19th century. [2] The Dorsland Trekkers also crossed the Kunene River here in 1881 to move into Angola. [3]
The Himba fear omiti-wielding sorcerers, and some believe that every death is the result of omiti's influence. Omiti characterizes the attack of an evil force on a person. A Himba healer - close to Mukuru - who knows these powers, can identify them and protect the victim against them in a certain way, but does not use them himself, helps the ...
Himba, the dialect of Herero language spoken by the Himba people Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Himba .
For a traditional leader to be accepted by government, they must be appointed according to the customary law of their clan, without major disputes about their current reign. [2] Leaders and their administrative staff are not paid by the state. Instead the traditional group's members are expected to sustain their leadership.