The family of a German colonial-era commander who ordered a massacre of Namibia's Herero tribe in 1904 has travelled to Namibia to apologize for what historians call Germany's first genocide. Some ...

Historians have examined the Herero genocide in German South West Africa extensively. The role of the Prusso-German general staff has received only rudimentary treatment, however. The following study ...

On Wednesday, Namibia commemorates for the first time the mass killings of Herero and Nama people, committed by Germany, at the beginning of the 20th century. The genocide, termed by historians as ...

The Herero were killed after an uprising against German settlers in the then German South West Africa. On August 11-12 1904 German troops shot thousands of Herero after trapping them on an arid plain.

Object Details photographer Naughten, Jim Summary The magnificent traditional costume of the Herero of Namibia, southern Africa, is a stark reminder of the country's tumultuous past. In the late 19th ...

Nama and Herero leaders such as Hendrik Witbooi and Samuel Maharero marshaled their people’s resistance to the colonizers. In 1903, a full-fledged revolt broke out. Brought in to quash the ...

The Herero want preferential access to the land that was taken from them. But their numbers — less than 10 percent of the population — are too low to give them sway in the Namibian government ...

Germany Confronts the Forgotten Story of Its Other Genocide A war in Namibia, considered the first mass ethnic killing of the 20th century, is today at the center of negotiations over an apology ...

The Herero are a relatively small group: only around 179,000 remain, less than six percent of Namibia's population, according to the 2023 census. "I feel they fell in love with the dress, they are ...

Colonial rule may be history for the Herero tribe of Namibia but the style conventions of their 19th-century German oppressors live on – albeit with a certain bovine-inspired twist ...