Namibia: For This Tribe, Offering Your Wife to a Guest for the Night is 'Normal'

7 December 2018

When a visitor comes around, the man of the house will willingly give his wife to the guest to spend the night with.

If you ever find yourself in Namibia, it would be interesting to take time off your busy diary to visit the people of Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes in the Kunene and Omusati regions in the North of the country.

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