Ovazemba

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The Ovazemba , also OvaZemba ( singular Omuzemba ), are an indigenous people in Namibia . From the state side they are not considered indigenous in Namibia , unlike z. B. the Ovatue recognized. Nor do they provide their own traditional leader .

The Ovazemba, like the Himba, still live partly as nomadic hunters and gatherers . Their traditional settlement area is around Ruacana in northwestern Namibia . The women of the Ovazemba have a unique all-black hair style . The hair is adorned with small pearls in white, red, blue and yellow.

The Ovazemba are more closely related to the Himba than the Ovatjimba and Ovatue . They are considered to be one of the most marginalized groups in southern Africa .

literature

  • Isaiah Nghitila Ndimwedi: Educational Barriers and Employment Advancement among the Marginalized People in Namibia: The case of the OvaHimba and OvaZemba in the Kunene Region. Dissertation, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, November 2016. ( PDF )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ To Recognize or Not: Ovazemba Quest For A Chief. The Namibian, November 25, 2011.
  2. ^ A group of the pregnant Zemba women in Opuwo, October 2017 . independent-travellers.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Indigenous World 2019: Namibia. IWGIA. Retrieved August 3, 2020.