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On January 20, 2012, the traditional Himba

tribal leaders of Kaokoland in Namibia made a

declaration that was presented to the African

Union and the United Nations. Though Africa

is the only continent that lies in all four

hemispheres, the concerns and grievances of

the Himba are consistent with those of myriad

tribal nations in the Four Directions. Both the

contemporary circumstances and the historical

reference points presented by the Himba

have a distressing synergy with tribal

reality on every continent. The experience

is known, endured, and confronted by tribal

people in the Four Directions, be their

indigenous nations familiar or obscure to the

mainstream. We recognize ourselves in the

Himba. The Himba will recognizes us.

We are the Global Indigenous Council.

“I am Himba!”