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Seven Years with the Ovahimba

From 1997 to 2004 Rina Sherman lived with the Tjambiru family at their homestead located on oHere hill in the outskirts of Etanga, a village in the north-western Kunene region of Namibia.

During her stay in the field, she documented the lives of the members of the family, their relatives and friends. Over a period of seven years, she established an extensive record of their everyday and ritual lives in text, sound, video and photography.

In 2003, Rina Sherman extended her research to the south-western provinces of Cunene and Namibe in Angola where she documented the lives of the «Otjiherero» speaking peoples, the Ovahakaona, Ovadhimba, Ovagambwe, Ovakuvale, Ovatwa …

Rina Sherman is currently processing the data collected during this period. She is editing a series of films, establishing a catalogue of photographs and sound recordings, and writing up the years of journals kept in the field.

The Ovahimba years is directed by Rina Sherman. It is an independant long-term research project. If you wish to participate in this endeavour aimed at creating a coherent and exhaustive record of the Ovahimba cultural heritage, you can make a donation via PayPal.

Les années Ovahimba est réalisé par Rina Sherman. C'est un project de recherche indépendent de longue terme. Si vous souhaitez participer à cette initiative destiné à créer une trace cohérente et exhaustive de l'héritage culturel Ovahimba, vous pouvez faire un don par PayPal.