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A tribe where men offer wives to visitors for sex in appreciation for their visits

In the Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes in the Kunene and Omusati regions in Northern Namibia, a woman has the option to decline to have sex with the visitor while they sleep in the same room, but has no say in the decision to spend the night in the same room with him.

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However, in Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes in the Kunene and Omusati regions in Northern Namibia wives are made to have sex with other men with the full consent of their husbands.

According to the Guardian.ng, in the Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes when a man has a male visitor, what he offers him to show appreciation for the visit is to offer the visitor his wife to sleep with, while the husband himself comfortably sleeps in a different room or outside if there is no other room available.

The news portal said the woman has the option to decline to have sex with the visitor while they sleep in the same room, but has no say in the decision to spend the night in the same room with him.

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With a population of over 50,000, the main occupation of the Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes is cattle rearing, and the number of cattle one has determines their wealth.

The men are mostly polygamous and are always busy hunting while their wives engage in milking the cattle and discharging other household chores including caring for the children.

They have a red colour on their skin called the otjize paste, which is a combination of butterfat, omuzumba scrub and ochre. Reports say the red colour is meant to protect their skin from the sun and insect bites.

This practice has come to light at a time when women cheating on their husbands have become a big issue across Africa and is currently dominating media discussions in Ghana.

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It is not clear how the Ovahimba and Ovazimba people ensure that the practice is not abused in terms of men taking advantage to deliberately visit friends whose wives are beautiful and attaractive.

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