Namibia: Scuffle erupts between tourist and native woman over unauthorized photos

According to allafrica.com, a Himba woman nearly beat up a tourist for photographing her without her consent on Tuesday. The woman, Uatanaua Nduri, saw a female tourist taking a picture of her, and afterwards asked for payment or for the tourist to delete the picture but a communication breakdown between the two led to a lot of confusion and an argument erupted. “I was busy processing my sheep skin and the tourist started taking pictures of me. I then stood up and confronted her, demanding payment which she refused,” Nduri told a reporter who also witnessed the incident next to the Opuwo Bakery. Read article