Herero people - Wikipedia
The Herero (Otjiherero: Ovaherero) are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting parts of Southern Africa. 178,987 Namibians identified as Ovaherero in the 2023 census. [2] They speak Otjiherero, a Bantu language. Though the Herero primarily reside in Namibia, there are also significant populations in Botswana and Angola, and a small number in South Africa.
Herero | Herero Tribe, Namibia, Genocide | Britannica
Herero, a group of closely related Bantu-speaking peoples of southwestern Africa. The Herero proper and a segment known as the Mbanderu inhabit parts of central Namibia and Botswana; other related groups, such as the Himba, inhabit the Kaokoveld area of Namibia and parts of southern Angola.
Herero and Nama genocide - Wikipedia
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.
UNHCR Web Archive - Refworld
2012年2月16日 · The Herero [also known as the Ovaherero (Namibian Sun 16 Feb. 2012)] are an ethnic minority in Namibia (IPS 6 Oct. 2011; MRG n.d.; Professor 6 Mar. 2012). According to the World Factbook of the US Central Intelligence Agency, the Herero constitute seven percent of Namibia's estimated population of 2,165,828 people (US 10 Feb. 2012).
The Herero and Namaqua Genocide - The Holocaust Explained
The Herero and Namaqua Genocide was the massacre of approximately 50,000 – 65,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama between 1904 and 1907 by German military forces in German South West Africa (GSWA) – modern-day Namibia .
Remembering the Forgotten Genocide of the Herero and Nama
After Germany had taken over, the Herero and Nama grew sick of the colonization and oppression, and in January 1904, decided to start a rebellion. With their revolt, Germany began a massacre targeting the two ethnic groups.
German-Herero conflict of 1904–07 | African Genocide ...
German-Herero conflict of 1904–07, the conflict between the Herero people and German colonial troops in German South West Africa in 1904 and the ensuing events of the next few years that resulted in the deaths of about 75 percent of the Herero population, considered by most scholars to be genocide.