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Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Zambesi river

Black and white lantern Slide of Zambesi river - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection. Slide number 17 Zambesi River - The Zambezi (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. The 3, 540-kilometre-long river (2, 200 mi) has its source in Zambia and flows through eastern Angola, along the eastern border of Namibia and the northern border of Botswana, then along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe to Mozambique, where it crosses that country to empty into the Indian Ocean. Date: circa 1890s

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

Deserted camp of Himba tribe, Northwestern Namibia, Africa

The Himba are indigenous peoples with an estimated population of about 50, 000 people living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in Angola. There are also a few groups left of the Ovatwa, who are also OvaHimba, but are hunters and gatherers. The OvaHimba are a semi-nomadic, pastoral people, culturally distinguishable from the Herero people in northern Namibia and southern Angola, and speak OtjiHimba (a Herero language dialect), which belongs to the language family of the Bantu. The OvaHimba are considered the last (semi-) nomadic people of Namibia

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The top of a staff with a figure representing Christ on the Cross

The top of a staff with a figure representing Christ on the Cross. Portuguese influence and the temporary adoption of Christianity led to the incorporation of Christian symbols into the iconography of the sculpture of Equatorial Africa. Country of Origin: Angola/ Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Africa. Culture: Kongo. Date/Period: 17th century. Material Size: Brass. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive / Musee Royal Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. Location: 05

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