Abagusii could do head surgery before modern medicine, and the chances of survival and healing were 90%+. The surgeon with his team could even take a break to take some busaa before proceeding with the procedure. Epic!
The back of a Namibian laborer covered in scar tissue from years of whipping by a German farmer named Ludwig Cramer, (1912–1913).
Taken by the Rhenish missionary Johann Jakob Irle.
If you see a helicopter towing one of these over your neighborhood, bad news: your town is getting a data center. They’re running airborne electromagnetic surveys to map groundwater in the area.
TRANSLATION: figuring out how much water they can divert before people notice.