Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thalita Tjindjo is a senior among the Herero living in Mondesa. She greeted us in Herero dress adapted from early colonial influence: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img863a.jpg.html The Herero are part of the same ethnic group as the Himba, that I showed a photo of a while back (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img227a.jpg.html) but in the early 20th century some Herero modernised while others did not. The divide remains today. Oma Lena is the Chief of the Damara living in Mondesa. She was born under German colonial rule and lived through British and South African control of South-West Africa before Namibia's independence in 1990. This is her with part of her huge extended family: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img861a.jpg.html Leica MP, Hexanon 50/2, Tri-X, yellow filter for the first, no filter for the second. Comments etc appreciated. Marty