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A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre

A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. Her long hair is styled in the traditional Himba way and is crowned with a headdress made of lambskin, called erembe. Her large, round white-beaded necklace, called ombwari, is worn by both sexes. Leather garments continue to be worn. The Himba are Herero-speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia

© Nigel Pavitt

The famous White Lady rock painting in Maack's

The famous White Lady rock painting in Maack's Shelter at The Brandberg. The Brandberg, or Fire Mountain, is Namibia's highest mountain east of the Namib Desert and is renowned for its gallery of old rock paintings, which were firs

© Nigel Pavitt

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Dead trees below the dunes in Sossusvlei in Namibia

Dead trees, which are probably hundreds of years old, lying below the apricot-coloured dunes in Deadvlei. This is in the Sossusvlei area of Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia

© David Williams

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