This dam clash is epochal because it is one of the few turning points in history where a small, illiterate band of half-naked mud-hut dwellers have halted – temporarily or for good – a democracy’s proposed use of water," writes James Workman in this comprehensive look at the Himba, proudly defiant and independent natives at Namibia's edge.

"This dam clash is epochal because it is one of the few turning points in history where a small, illiterate band of half-naked mud-hut dwellers have halted – temporarily or for good – a democracy’s proposed use of water," writes James Workman in this comprehensive look at the Himba, proudly defiant and independent natives at Namibia's edge.

Learn how one group, Living With Elephant Foundation (LWE), a Botswana registered NGO, is bringing together elephants–perceived by villagers as destructive and undesirable pests–and orphaned street children–in encounters that are as unpredictable as they are unforgettable.