In the Herero language, Opuwo means “the end”, a fairly accurate name for one of the most remote and wild populations of Namibia. Located in the northwest of the country, it is the capital of the Kaokoveld region, a place of arid, isolated, dusty hills. Only one road reaches there, a rattling track like almost all of the region.To arrive until this city today is still how to get to the end of the road. Opuwo is still a village, large, but not much more than a cluster of small round houses, quiet almost sleepy, with only a couple of paved streets (partially) and no more than two stories … Yes, it has three noisy bars that attract the population powerfully at night.<br /> <br /> The truth is that the town does not stand out at all for its beauty. But the road to get there and, above all, the road to the Angolan border delimited by the Kunene River makes it worthwhile to go to this corner of the country. And more if you have a minimum interest to know one of the most special and striking ethnic groups of South Africa: the himba. A nomadic ethnic group that stands out for keeping its lifestyle practically intact for centuries, hardly altered by European colonization, known for the peculiar protection that women and children apply to their skins, which dyes them red, as does their hair . It is called otjize.