The Herero and Himba people are a pastoral, cattle-breeding tribe who migrated to Namibia several centuries ago. The traditional Herero live in the north of the country in the Kunene region and ...

Windhoek — Although business is at times slow for Monika Nashimbuli, 32, who makes and sells Owambo traditional attire, she says it is better than sitting at home doing nothing. New Era caught ...

From his humble Windhoek workshop, Namibia's leading fashion designer is keeping alive the love for the Herero people's traditional dress with horned headgear, a full-length skirt and a link to ...

"The hair and whole body is covered with a certain kind of mud to protect them from the sun, and the clothes are mostly made of goat skin." While her traditional dress certainly made her stand out ...

But since Namibia's independence in the early 1990s ... Mr Kataparo says he feels he needs to assimilate to fit in. "When I'm in traditional clothes outside the village, I get strange looks.