NAMIBIA: NAMIBIAN CUISINE Namibian cuisine is predominantly a reflection of traditional local cooking techniques by the Himba, Herero, and San groups. However, some dishes were introduced in colonial times by those of German, Africana, and British descent. They also played a major role in shaping the country’s cuisine. Some of the common ingredients used in the precolonial period were a wide variety of fruits, nuts, bulbs, leaves, and several other foods collected from wild plants or obtained th