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Herero may refer to:

  • Herero people, a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members alive today
  • 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 Namibia
  • Herero Wars, a series of colonial wars between the German Empire and the Herero people of German South-West Africa (1904–1908)

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Herero and Nama genocide

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The Herero and Nama genocide (formerly, also 'Herero and Namaqua genocide') was a campaign of ethnic extermination and collective punishment which was...

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Herero people

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The Herero (Otjiherero: Ovaherero) are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting parts of Southern Africa. There were an estimated 250,000 Herero people in Namibia...

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Herero Wars

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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...

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Herero

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Look up Herero or herero in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Herero may refer to: Herero people, a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240...

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Herero language

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Herero (Otjiherero) is a Bantu language spoken by the Herero and Mbanderu peoples in Namibia and Botswana, as well as by small communities of people in...

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German South West Africa

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culminated in a campaign of German reprisals from 1904 to 1908 known as the Herero and Namaqua genocide. In 1915, during World War I, German South West Africa...

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History of Namibia

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what today is Windhoek, on the borders of Herero territory. The Afrikaners soon came in conflict with the Herero who entered Damaraland from the south at...

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Herero chat

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The Herero chat (Namibornis herero) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is monotypic within the genus Namibornis. It is endemic to the...

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Herero Mall

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Herero Mall is an informal business area in the Katutura suburb of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is situated in Clemens Kapuuo Street and was established...

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Nama people

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and the Herero (a group of Bantu pastoralists), leading to the Herero and Namaqua genocide and a large loss of life for both the Nama and Herero populations...

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Lothar von Trotha

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suppressed a native rebellion during the Herero Wars. He was widely condemned for his brutality in the Herero Wars, particularly for his role in the genocide...

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Ethnic groups in Botswana

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denoted with the prefix 'ba', which means 'the people of...'.Therefore, the Herero are known as Baherero, and the Kgalagadi as Bakgalagadi, and so on. Botswana's...

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Zemba language

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is closely related to Herero, and is often considered a dialect of that language, especially as the Zemba are ethnically Herero. There are various spellings...

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Namibia

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Between 1904 and 1908, German troops waged a punitive campaign against the Herero and Nama which escalated into the first genocide of the 20th century. German...

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War of annihilation

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criticize the action against the insurgents during the Herero Wars. In January 1904, the Herero and Namaqua genocide began in the German colony German...

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Ovambo language

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Ovambo people. The language is closely related to that of the Herero and Himba, the Herero language (Otjiherero). An obvious sign of proximity is the prefix...

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German Empire

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uprising which then resulted in the Herero and Namaqua Genocide. In total, some 65,000 Herero (80% of the total Herero population), and 10,000 Nama (50%...

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Shark Island concentration camp

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was used by the German Empire during the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904–08. Between 1,032 and 3,000 Herero and Namaqua men, women, and children died...

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Himba people

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distinguishable from the Herero people, the OvaHimba are a semi-nomadic, pastoralist people and speak OtjiHimba, a variety of Herero, which belongs to the...

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Scramble for Africa

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a genocide of the population. In total, as many as 65,000 Herero (80% of the total Herero population), and 10,000 Namaqua (50% of the total Namaqua population)...

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Samuel Maharero

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of the Herero people in German South West Africa (today Namibia) during their revolts and in connection with the events surrounding the Herero genocide...

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Herero Day

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Herero Day (also known as Red Flag Day and Red Flag Heroes' Day, Otjiherero: Otjiserandu) is a gathering of the Herero people of Namibia to commemorate...

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Germany

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Namibia), from 1904 to 1907, carried out the annihilation of the local Herero and Namaqua peoples as punishment for an uprising; this was the 20th century's...

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Battle of Waterberg

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Namibia), and was the decisive battle in the German campaign against the Herero. The German Imperial Forces were under the command of Lieutenant General...

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Khoisan

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average only white people owned property adequate to meet the test. In the Herero and Namaqua genocide in German South-West Africa, over 10,000 Nama are estimated...

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German colonial empire

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settlers, who now claimed the Herero's cattle for themselves. In 1904, the situation finally escalated into the revolt of the Herero and the Nama, which the...

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