Generational conflict

Challenging the status quo as Himba youth in Namibia call for change in traditional norms and culture

19.05.23 Rosemary Nalisa

Tjikunda Katjina Kulunga, a founding member of the Namibia Indigenous People’s Advocacy Platform, in conversation with a Himba elder

As technology develops at a dizzying rate, cultures rooted in traditions that go back centuries are struggling to adapt, with older generations either unimpressed or frightened by the tidal wave of change that threatens them with extinction. Will peoples such…