Himba

The Himba are pastoralists of the arid country around the Kunene River in southwestern Africa. Their herds of cattle and goats move between grazing grounds and water, while kinship ties connect families across the dry region. Himba traditions trace their ancestors' movement along the Kunene into the northwest during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Portuguese mariners recorded cattle, sheep and goat herders in neighbouring southern Angola in the sixteenth century, showing the long history of pastoral life in this part of Africa.