Down in the Kunene and Omusati regions of Northern Namibia, are the semi-nomadic people of Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes.
November 24, 2024
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Simon Turner, one of the judges for Mcdan Youth Connect Train has underscored the need of raising future prospect through entrepreneurships.
In an interview with sompaonline, the astute judge said, the Mcdan youth connect train is an initiative by Dr Daniel McKorley to engage young entrepreneurs’ and to share his life and entrepreneurship experience for young people to build up career and bring positive impact on the nation.
“The idea is to tour around all the universities in Ghana, Dr McKorley shares his life and entrepreneurship experience and create opportunities for young ones to build their career and change Ghana, he said.
He explained that the Mcdan Entrepreneurship Challenge has reached its second Tv reality show.
According to him, each university has the opportunity to present 10 pictures and the best of the pictures will go through the Tv show.
Reacting to the prospects in the country, he said Ghana is blessed with talents but the system is a bit challenging.
“Ye Ghana is bless with lot of talents among the youth, sometimes it is lack of opportunity, they only have to take charge and be in control of their life, it’s not easy, and that is why Mcdan is given them the opportunity now, he said.
He maintained that entrepreneurship is not for everyone, it takes the resilient to pass through.
McDan Group of Companies is taking its Youth Connect Train to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) today after a successful challenge at the Ho Polytechnic, and the University Of Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale.
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Sheikh Dr. Amin Bonsu, the National Chairman of the Ghana Muslim Mission (GMM), at the weekend inaugurated 1,000 capacity mosque complex constructed at the cost of GHC300,000 in Sunyani.
The Youth and Educational Awareness Society, a local Non-governmental organization sought funding from the people of Kuwait to construct the mosque situated at the enclave of the Sunyani main garage to provide a decent worship center for the mission in the Bono Region.
The interesting and unique people of the Himba tribe inspired the character 'Binti' in Nnedi Okorafor's novella trilogy 'Binti'.
It is customary, for them, for the the women to engage in daily activities of milking cows, taking care of the children while the men go hunting, sometimes leaving for long periods of time.
With a population of over 50,000, the Himba are a polygamous people where Himba girls are married off to male partners selected by their fathers once they attain puberty.
Most of their cultures have been upheld despite western influence and agitation.
Among these is the "Man comes first" tradition. The woman has little or no opinion in the decision making. Submission to her husband’s demands come first.
According to the Guardian, "When a visitor comes knocking, a man shows his approval and pleasure of seeing his guest by giving him the Okujepisa Omukazendu treatment — the wife is given to his guest to spend the night while the husband sleeps in another room. In a case where there is no available room, her husband will sleep outside."
This, apparently, reduces jealousy and fosters relationships.
Another tradition that has stood the test of time is the "bathing is forbidden" rule. Rather than take their baths, the women take a smoke bath and apply aromatic resins on their skin. They are also guided by the belief that the colour red signifies “Earth and blood”. Their red skin is one of the things that make them extremely unique. The red colour is from the otjize paste (a combination of butterfat, omuzumba scrub and ochre) and its function is to protect their skin from the harsh desert sun and insect bites.
Himba Influence in African Literature
The Himba people haven't been represented a lot in Literature. However, in Nnedi Okorafor Binti, the lead character 'Binti' is of the Himba poeple. Okorafor describes the tribe as a "tribe in Namibia who use ‘sweet smelling otjize’, a mixture of ochre and butterfat over their skin, rolling it into their hair as protection against the desert sun". In the novella, the Himba don't travel, which directly contrasts the real Himba people who are nomads.
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