The
Himba (singular:
OmuHimba, plural:
OvaHimba) are
indigenous peoples with an estimated population of about 50,000 people living in northern
Namibia, in the
Kunene region (formerly
Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in
Angola. There are also a few groups left of the
Ovatwa, who are also OvaHimba, but are
hunters and gatherers. The OvaHimba are a semi-
nomadic,
pastoral people, culturally distinguishable from the
Herero people in northern Namibia and southern Angola, and speak OtjiHimba (a
Herero language dialect), which belongs to the language family of the
Bantu. The OvaHimba are considered the last (semi-) nomadic people of Namibia.