I really enjoyed Tribal Wives on BBC2 on the 9th July, all about an “average Jo” British mum who has to leave her young children behind and up sticks to live with the Himba tribe on the remote Skeleton Coast in Namibia.
The Himba are one of the few remaining truly semi-nomadic pastoralist tribes and are in grave danger of extinction. They live in such a desolate area, surviving on very little water and limited livestock, and that’s it - how they have survived for so long is truly amazing. Spending time with the Himba and studying them is like taking a journey several thousands years back in time, and seeing how we used to live in Neolithic times.
I was lucky enough to see this tribe up close and personal 6 years ago, and they really live an extraordinary existence by today’s hi-tech standards. You can’t compare them to Kenya's Samburu or Masai tribes with whom I am more familiar - the Himba really are that rarity; a truly unique tribe. AW
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