This dam clash is epochal because it is one of the few turning points in history where a small, illiterate band of half-naked mud-hut dwellers have halted – temporarily or for good – a democracy’s proposed use of water," writes James Workman in this comprehensive look at the Himba, proudly defiant and independent natives at Namibia's edge.

"This dam clash is epochal because it is one of the few turning points in history where a small, illiterate band of half-naked mud-hut dwellers have halted – temporarily or for good – a democracy’s proposed use of water," writes James Workman in this comprehensive look at the Himba, proudly defiant and independent natives at Namibia's edge.