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     The African Planet could be termed a planet of "awe" as many peculiar things are attached to it. Ranging from ancient structures to histories and so on. This research about the African planet has brought another item of attraction, which is, the Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes of Namibia.       The Ovazimba and Ovahimba tribes belong to the Omusati regions of Northern Namibia. They have a population of over 50,000. They are renowned Nomads.               .A Himba male.      Strange things about the tribe          1. The wealth of a family is determined by the number of cattle the family possesses.   2. The women take a smoke bath instead of a water bath.     3. At puberty, the girls are given out in marriage to men chosen by their fathers.    4 . The women possess reddish skins. This is caused by the application of the ojitze paste on their skin. This helps to protect them from the sun and mosquito bites. The ojitze paste is a combination of butter fat, omuzumb

   Truly, there exist tribes all over the world. Also, these tribes differ from one another in terms of their cultures and tradition but there exists a tribe in Zimbabwe that differs completely from other tribes from all over the world with something much more interesting. The tribe is known as the VaDoma tribe.                The  Doma  or  vaDoma  (singular  muDoma ), also known as  Dema , are a tribe living in the  kayemba region in the north of  Zimbabwe  especially in the Urungwe and Sipolilo districts around the basins of Mwazamutanda River, a tributary of the  Zambezi  River Valley.                What really makes this tribe so special?     The tribe is known to have people with the rare congenital abnormality known as  Ectrodactyly . Which brings about the absence of some toes or fingers. But theirs have to do with toes. Due to the similar appearance of their feet with that of ostrich, they are also called the Ostrich footed tribe. They never see this as an abnormal