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There is a land in northern Namibia that is already legendary. It is the Kaokoveld. It is renowned for impassable roads, or rather a lack of roads, desert elephant and friendly, beautiful red people who live their traditional way – the Ova-Himba.
Well before the trip, I already wanted to take loads of pictures of these people as I saw their pictures in many publications about Namibia. When I was planning to come there by my own, I did not realise that I would need a secret weapon.
The weapon was an interpreter. Ova-Himba do not speak any other language but their own. So, had I gone there on my own I would have not enjoyed it like I actually did, and more importantly, the Ova-Himba would not have enjoyed it this much, either.
My actual secret weapon was a guide named Kenny. Kenny, as Herero, could converse with the Ova-Himba, because they are a tribe-branch of the Herero. Kenny provided for many various tricks which allowed for a closer approach to the tribe. This way I could also take loads and loads of pictures.
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