Evening in the Kaokoveld
David Shepherd
CBE OBE FRSA FGRA
"Evening in the Kaokoveld"
One of the rarer editions of David's collection.
This is the 1st time we have had this title in our collection of work.
Overall size with frame 39" x 27.5"
Kaokoland was an administrative unit and a bantustan in northern South West Africa (now Namibia).
Established during the apartheid era, it was intended to be a self-governing homeland of the OvaHimba, but an actual government was never established.
Like other homelands in South West Africa, the Kaokoland bantustan was abolished in May 1989, at the beginning of the transition of Namibia towards independence.
"Kaokoland" remains as an informal name for the geographic area, while the political unit of administration since 1990 is Kunene Region.
The area is in the Kaokoveld ecoregion.
The area is one of the wildest and least populated areas in Namibia, with a population density of one person every 2 km² (1/4 of the national average).
The most represented ethnic group is the Himba people, who account for about 5,000 of the overall 16,000 inhabitants of Kaokoland.
The main settlement in Kaokoland was the city of Opuwo.