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Cattle are the most valued domestic animals in the Herero culture, therefore cattle herding is the most significant and substantial activity for the Herero people. In the Herero culture the cattle herding and cattle trading activities are only conducted by males while females are responsible for milking cows, household chores, harvesting small ...
The Herero and Nama genocide or Namibian genocide, [5] formerly known also as the Herero and Namaqua genocide, was a campaign of ethnic extermination and collective punishment which was waged against the Herero (Ovaherero) and the Nama in German South West Africa (now Namibia) by the German Empire.
In a period of four years, approximately 65,000 Herero people perished. Samuel Maharero, the Supreme Chief of the Herero, led his people in a great uprising on January 12, 1904, against the Germans. [8] The Herero, surprising the Germans with their uprising, had initial success. German General Lothar von Trotha took over as leader in May 1904. [9]
The Herero Wars were a series of colonial wars between the German Empire and the Herero people of German South West Africa (present-day Namibia). They took place between 1904 and 1908. They took place between 1904 and 1908.
Hereroland was established as a geographically defined Bantustan under the Odendaal Plan in 1968. [13] Because of internal strife among different Herero groups, no unified institutions were established for the Herero people until 1980.
When the Herero rebelled, they killed over 100 German settlers near the town of Okahandja. Over 15,000 German reinforcements under the command of Lothar Von Trotha defeated the Herero force at the Waterberg River in August 1904. Two months later, the Nama people broke out in a similar rebellion against German colonists.
Herero language, a language of the Bantu family (Niger-Congo group) Herero and Namaqua Genocide; Herero chat, a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae; Herero Day, a gathering of the Herero people of Namibia to commemorate their deceased chieftains; Herero Mall, an informal business area in the Katutura suburb of Windhoek, the capital of ...
Herero Day (also known as Red Flag Day and Red Flag Heroes' Day, Otjiherero: Otjiserandu) [1] is a gathering of the Herero people of Namibia to commemorate their deceased chieftains. It is held in Okahandja in central Namibia annually on August 26, the day and place Herero chief Samuel Maharero's body was reburied alongside his ancestors in ...