One of the reasons I did very little shoots during the month
of May was my trip to Northern Namibia, in a villiage near Oshikuku called
Okathitu konkayi, very near to the Angolian border.
For the past 15 or so years, I have always dedicated any of my
holidays going to South Africa, and I felt I needed to change that.
Travel more, see more, explore more. This was the result of that
that decision, which I call My African Adventure.
It was a cultural shock, to say the least. I felt prepared, but it was something
completely different. You rely on your body to get you where you want to go;
you quite literally work for your food.
Take a look:
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| Beans |
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| Mahangu, which is cultivated to make porridge, a staple food in the Ovambo culture. |
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| Prota with a basket of Mahangu |
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| There was no electricity, but trust MTC to provide network ;D |
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| Kennedy. |
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| Passage way inside the village |
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| Passage way inside the village |
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| Kalabash cultivated. They are used for drinking out of |
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Kalabashes are dried and emptied, and a whole is made on the side.
Makes for an easy scoop of water |
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A hut on the Eastern side of the village. Not sure what was inside
it as it was camped off completely. |
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| Mahangu as it grows in the fields |
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Mahangu as it grows in the fields. This variant is used to make the drink
Oshikundu. |
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| Some of the villagers |
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| Me & Kennedy. |
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My friend Josef (orange shirt) with his brother, who's also
named Josef? |
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| On our way to a nearby village. When I said nearby, it's 5km in total ;D |
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The family we visited in the village nearby. When they said they would
dish up pig, I didn't expect half of it's teeth would be involved as well ;D |
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| Cows graze freely & openly. |
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| Mahangu ready to be dried out |
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| Mahangu ready to be dried out |
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| The Mahangu variant used to make the drink Oshikundu |
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| The Mahangu variant used to make the drink Oshikundu |
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| Marula Tree. A huge, massive tree |
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| Erastus & me in Oshikuku on my way back to Oshikati |
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| A Boboab tree. Josef & Erastus walking infront of me. |
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| Efukwa nuts. Highly addictive stuff right here. One does not stop eating!lol |
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