Himba
[aka Dhimba, Dimba, Otjidhimba]Classification: Niger-Congo
·vulnerable
Classification: Niger-Congo
·vulnerable
BBC News Online looks at the impact the Aids/HIV virus is having on one isolated community in Namibia. Customs such as polygamy and overdependence on cattle as a pillar around which all economic activity revolves are making the Himba particularly vulnerable to HIV/Aids.
Sept. 22, 2003 |
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