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[[File:Opuwo, Namibia, Zemba Girls, June 2013.jpg|thumb|298x298px|A beaming Zemba girls in [[Opuwo]], [[Kunene Region]], [[Namibia]], June 2013]] |
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The '''Zemba''' (singular: '''OmuZemba''', plural: '''OvaZemba''') are an [[indigenous people]], residing in [[Angola]] and in [[Namibia]]. |
The '''Zemba''' (singular: '''OmuZemba''', plural: '''OvaZemba''') are an [[indigenous people]], residing in [[Angola]] and in [[Namibia]]. |
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==Culture== |
==Culture== |
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[[File:A_Zemba_woman.jpg|thumb|A Zemba woman]] |
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=== Economy === |
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The Zemba have a semi-nomadic pastoralist lifestyle, relying on [[Herding|livestock herding]], especially [[cattle]], [[Goat|goats]], [[Donkey|donkeys]] and [[sheep]]. They have traditionally practiced [[transhumance]], moving their livestock seasonally in search of [[Grazing|grazing lands]]. The Zemba also rely on their cattle for [[self-sustainability]] and [[commerce]], as they provide [[milk]], [[meat]], and [[Hide (skin)|hides]]. They place great importance on [[selective breeding]] to ensure the health and productivity of their herds. In addition to their practical functions, cattle hold considerable [[Value (ethics and social sciences)|cultural value]] and are frequently exchanged or sold during significant life events, such as [[Marriage|marriages]] or [[Funeral|funerals]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Chapter 5. The Himba and Zemba People |url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/24256/05chapter5.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=University of Pretoria |pages=118–126 |language=English |publication-place=Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bollig |first=Michael |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Risk_Management_in_a_Hazardous_Environme/SsPO7wYv1VkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=Risk Management in a Hazardous Environment: A Comparative Study of Two Pastoral Societies |publisher=Springer US |year=2006 |isbn=9780387275826 |location=New York City, United States |pages=362 |language=English}}</ref> |
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Apart from [[livestock]], the Zemba practice [[subsistence agriculture]], employing traditional farming techniques to cultivate small [[Land lot|plots of land]] and growing crops such as [[sorghum]], [[millet]], [[maize]], [[Bean|beans]] and [[Vegetable|vegetables]] to supplement their diet. These agricultural activities are highly dependent on seasonal rainfall and access to water sources.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bollig |first=Michael |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Risk_Management_in_a_Hazardous_Environme/SsPO7wYv1VkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=Risk Management in a Hazardous Environment: A Comparative Study of Two Pastoral Societies |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2006 |isbn=9780387275826 |location=New York City, United States |pages=51 |language=English}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
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===Clothing and hair style=== |
===Clothing and hair style=== |
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Revision as of 07:39, 6 July 2023
The Zemba (singular: OmuZemba, plural: OvaZemba) are an indigenous people, residing in Angola and in Namibia.
Culture
Economy
The Zemba have a semi-nomadic pastoralist lifestyle, relying on livestock herding, especially cattle, goats, donkeys and sheep. They have traditionally practiced transhumance, moving their livestock seasonally in search of grazing lands. The Zemba also rely on their cattle for self-sustainability and commerce, as they provide milk, meat, and hides. They place great importance on selective breeding to ensure the health and productivity of their herds. In addition to their practical functions, cattle hold considerable cultural value and are frequently exchanged or sold during significant life events, such as marriages or funerals.[1][2]
Apart from livestock, the Zemba practice subsistence agriculture, employing traditional farming techniques to cultivate small plots of land and growing crops such as sorghum, millet, maize, beans and vegetables to supplement their diet. These agricultural activities are highly dependent on seasonal rainfall and access to water sources.[3][1]
Clothing and hair style
The Zemba women have a unique pure black hairstyle. It is emphasized with the decorations made of thin beads of white, red, blue and yellow colours.[4]
Human rights
February 2012, traditional Zemba issued a human rights complaints declaration[5] to the Government of Namibia, the African Union and to the OHCHR of the United Nations that lists violations of civil, cultural, economic, environmental, social and political rights perpetrated by the Government of Namibia.[6]
In September 2012 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples visited Namibia. He stated that in Namibia there is a lack of recognition of the minority indigenous tribes' communal lands.[7]
November 23, 2012, Zemba communities from Omuhonga and Epupa, together with the Himba people, protested in Okanguati against Namibia's plans to construct a dam in the Kunene River in the Baynes Mountains and against increasing mining operations on their traditional land and human rights violations against them.[8]
March 25, 2013, Zemba joined over thousand Himba people to march in protest again, this time in Opuwo, against the ongoing human rights violations that they endure in Namibia.[9] They expressed their frustration over their chief not being recognized as a "Traditional Authority" by government,[10] plans to build the Orokawe dam in the Baynes Mountains at the Kunene River, culturally inappropriate education, the illegal fencing of parts of their traditional land, the lack of land rights to the territory that they have lived upon for centuries, and against the implementation of the Communal Land Reform Act of 2002.[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Chapter 5. The Himba and Zemba People" (PDF). University of Pretoria. Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. pp. 118–126. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ Bollig, Michael (2006). Risk Management in a Hazardous Environment: A Comparative Study of Two Pastoral Societies. New York City, United States: Springer US. p. 362. ISBN 9780387275826.
- ^ Bollig, Michael (2006). Risk Management in a Hazardous Environment: A Comparative Study of Two Pastoral Societies. New York City, United States: Springer Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 9780387275826.
- ^ "A group of the pregnant Zemba women in Opuwo, October 2017". Independent Travellers. independent-travellers.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Declaration of the Zempa People of Namibia". earthpeoples.org. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Namibia: Indigenous Semi-Nomadic Himba And Zemba March In Protest Against Dam, Mining And Human Rights Violations | Intercontinental Cry". Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- ^ "Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, upon concluding his visit to Namibia from 20-28 September 2012". Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ "Namibia: Indigenous semi-nomadic Himba and Zemba march in protest against dam, mining and human rights violations". earthpeoples.org. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ^ "Namibia's Himba people caught between traditions and modernity". BBC News. 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- ^ "German GIZ directly engaged with dispossessing indigenous peoples of their lands and territories in Namibia". earthpeoples.org. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Sasman, Catherine. "Himba, Zemba reiterate 'no' to Baynes dam". The Namibian. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
