Tagged: traditions

1024209-leopard-tortoise-rooiputs-21032010 2

The Tale of the Tortoise Shell

Christmas is a time of traditions, stories and folklore.  In Africa it is no different, although the folk tales are told throughout the year to many willing listeners.  With acknowledgements to Chinua Achebe, the...

The Himba – Namibia’s proud people of the past 0

The Himba – Namibia’s proud people of the past

It is hard to imagine that just a few hours drive from the teeming metropolis of modern Windhoek, there lives a small native tribe who exist pretty much as they have done for hundreds of...