The Ovahimba, a community of cattle farmers, live on both sides of the Kunene River that forms the border between Namibia and Angola. From 1997 to 2004, the ethnographer, filmmaker and photographer Rina Sherman shared the life of an extended family during a fieldwork study of seven years. During this time, she created in-depth documentation of some aspects of their everyday and ritual lives. The archival collection “The Ovahimba Years – Les années Ovahimba”, consisting of several hundred hours of video and sound, thousands of photographs and many notes, they compose a unique ensemble of this community, both of universal interest and innovative as ethnographic material. Rina Sherman donated it to the BNF in 2014.
EXHIBITION
Les années Ovahimba de Rina Sherman
Through November 15th, 2015
BNF – François-Mitterrand
Galerie des donateurs
Quai François-Mauriac
75706 Paris Cedex 13
Paris
France
http://www.bnf.fr
http://www.rinasherman.com
