#kaokoland

[quiltofstars]

"Enough lounging, I need to keep moving." // vikas chander

A note by the photographer:

"In the far north west of Namibia lies possibly one of the remotest and least inhabited places on Earth. Kaokoland is home to the ethnic group known as the Himba, but I came here in search of the Lone Men of Kaokoland. They are not marked on any map and blend seamlessly into the landscape making them, difficult to spot. The Lone men have been wired together using small rocks found in the area by artist, Trevor Nott and each of them has a small tag on them with their number and a small caption. Seen here is Lone man # 5 who says – “ Enough lounging, I need to keep moving”. Rumoured to be in excess of about 40 men of stone, I could discover only 18 of them, during my adventures in Kaokoland. The rest await me and for my next trip into the area."

[fashionbooksmilano]

Himba

Sergio Caminata

Federico Motta Editore, Milano 1987, 108 pagine, 30 x 30 cm., ISBN  9788871791258, copia firmata dall’autore con dedica

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La cultura degli Himba, popolazione nomade della Namibia nordoccidentale, narrata dalle fotografie di Sergio Caminata...  Gli Himba sono una popolazione nomade che vivenel Kaokoland, Namibia nordoccidentale, vicino al confine con l’Angola. Hanno mantenuto un’insolita autenticità di costumi, anche grazie alla protezione geografica costituita dal deserto del Namib, che a lungo ha schermato le relazioni con il mondo occidentale. Da cinque secoli conservano le proprie tradizioni e la propria cultura, caratterizzata da una complessa organizzazione sociale e da una ritualità legata al mondo della pastorizia.  Sergio Caminata ha trascorso circa un mese tra gli Himba, spostandosi tra i diversi gruppi in cui è ripartita sul territorio tutta l’etnia. I contatti non sono stati molto facili, considerando che gli Himba comunicano con una loro lingua e non conoscono l’Africans. Nelle duecento fotografie esposte è condensata la memoria visiva di questa strordinaria esperienza. Le grandi stampe in bianco e nero ritraggono gli uomini e le donne Himba quasi sempre in primo piano, l’orizzonte basso sullo sfondo, l’Africa tutto intorno. I loro corpi, per parafrasare Levi Strauss, sono caricati di simboli e messaggi al punto di avere la potenza espressiva di un volto. Monili, braccialetti, cinture parlano un preciso linguaggio che rimanda a gerarchie sociali e all’individuazione di una fortissima identità culturale che è inscindibile dalla natura, dal cielo, dalla terra dell’Africa. (Pietro Gaglianò da Exibart per mostra Firenze 2001)

15/09/22

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[logi1974]

Hoanib Valley Camp is in the Sesfontein Community Conservancy Area, Kaokoland, in the very remote northwest of Namibia. The camp sits on the bank of the Obias River, overlooking the Hoanib River Valley, a linear oasis running through one of the most beautiful deserts in Africa, where desert-adapted elephant, giraffe, lion and rhino move freely. Hoanib Valley Camp is open all year round. In the dry winter months of April to September, the desert is in its iconic state, whilst from November to March the area is carpeted in a lush, green blanket.

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Das Hoanib Valley Camp liegt im Sesfontein Community Conservancy Area, Kaokoland, im sehr abgelegenen Nordwesten Namibias. Das Camp liegt am Ufer des Obias River mit Blick auf das Hoanib River Valley, eine lineare Oase, die durch eine der schönsten Wüsten Afrikas verläuft, wo sich an die Wüste angepasste Elefanten, Giraffen, Löwen und Nashörner frei bewegen. Das Hoanib Valley Camp ist ganzjährig geöffnet. In den trockenen Wintermonaten von April bis September ist die Wüste in ihrem ikonischen Zustand, während die Gegend von November bis März in eine üppige, grüne Decke gehüllt ist.

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Portrait of Himba woman with traditional hair style, Kaokoland, Namibia October 2015

Photographer: Eric Baccega

Portrait of Himba girl with the typical necklace and double plait hairstyle of the pre-adolescent. Kaokoland, Namibia. October 2015

[quo-usque-tandem]

Kaokoland, Namibia

[ethnotribegallery]

Himba lady ,Kaokoland,  Namibia, Africa

by  Mario Gerth

[arutai]

Kaokoland - the Himba by John Kenny

[logi1974]

Kaokoland was an administrative unit and a bantustate in northern South West Africa (now Namibia). Established during the apartheid era, it was intended to be a self-governing homeland of the OvaHimba, but an actual government was never established. Like other homelands in South West Africa, the Kaokoland was abolished in May 1989, at the beginning of the transition of Namibia towards independence. 

The area is one of the wildest and least populated areas in Namibia, with a population density of one person every 2 km² (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. The main settlement in Kaokoland is the town of Opuwo.

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Kaokoland war eine Verwaltungseinheit und ein Bantustaat im nördlichen Südwestafrika (heute Namibia). Es wurde während der Apartheid-Ära gegründet und sollte ein selbstverwaltetes Homeland der OvaHimba sein, aber eine tatsächliche Regierung wurde nie gebildet. Wie andere Homelands in Südwestafrika wurde das Kaokoland im Mai 1989 abgeschafft, zu Beginn in die Unabhängigkeit Namibias.

Das Gebiet ist eines der wildesten und am dünnsten besiedelten Gebiete in Namibia mit einer Bevölkerungsdichte von 1 Person auf 2 km² (1/4 des nationalen Durchschnitts). Die am stärksten vertretene ethnische Gruppe sind die Himba, die etwa 5.000 der insgesamt 16.000 Einwohner des Kaokolandes ausmachen. Die Hauptsiedlung im Kaokoland ist die Stadt Opuwo.