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SOUTH WESTAFRICA
THE PEOPLE
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THEIR LAND
PHOTOGRAPHED BYALON REININGER
Fortunate lands often lie between two bountiful rivers. South
West Africa, by contrast, 1s a land between two frightful
deserts. The shifting dunes of the background scene are in the
western desert, the Namib. lt is from the Namib that the
currently fashionable- and possibly future- name of South
West Africa is derived : Namibia. In the sparsely settled central
ateau region the camera of renowned French photographer Alon
Reininger captures the color and
diversity of the peoples of South
West Africa and their buoyant
cultures. A Herero woman is
representative of one of the
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most colorfully dressed of
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any people anywhere. The
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infusion of European stock
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among Namas (Hottentots) of
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southern Africa may be clearly
seen when visiting schaol chil–
dren in the Baster community
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