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These are pictures from my travels in Africa in 1995. Most are from when I was doing anthropological research while living with the Himba, a tribe that lives in northwestern Namibia. They are a wonderful people and were very welcoming to all of us.
The moonrise in Otutati, Kaokoland, Namibia
A young Himba woman making yogurt
A boy with a bucket of milk (R). Milk and cows are very important to the Himba diet. They often drink soured milk, somewhat like our yogurt.
This was one of the neighbor's children, Kyamakora. She was a great pal to me and we would often play together as well as make funny faces at each other from a distance. Here she is eating some of our leftover mealimeal (sort-of like cream-of-wheat made with maize)
At an Omakumoka one night. This ceremony was to help someone who was feeling ill. We danced so that the spirit that was making her sick would tell us what its demands were.
A sunset on the rare day of rain in the bush.
A view of Otutati from a nearby hill. I climbed a tall tree to take the picture. I gave my camera to a friend and then fell right out of the tree onto my back. Ouch. But a good picture anyway...
This is me with Kavetonua. He was one of the finest people I have ever met, a great sense of humor and very wise. He also did some great animal impressions.
This is me with a friend, Vita. His name means "War" and yet he was one of the kindest men I have ever known. He was a doting grandfather and a loving father to his children.
Namibia has some of the tallest dunes in the world. It was like a gigantic sandbox, so much fun
This was taken of me on Zanzibar, off the east coast of Africa. It was paradise.