Vadoma people - the “ostrich people”- strange Zimbabwe

In western Zimbabwe live a small group of people called the Vadoma people, who are more commonly known as the ostrich people or the two-toed tribe.




The reason being that one fourth of the Vadoma people are born with ectrodactyly, a genetic defect in which the middle three toes are missing and the outer two toes are turned inward, giving the appearance of ostrich feet. Since the Vadoma are forbidden to marry outside of the tribe, the defect is passed on from generation to generation.
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