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    tribes adapted representation by having a council of headmen who run tribal affairs. Members of the royal family of the Owamboland are known as aakwanekamba...
    21 KB (2,268 words) - 13:47, 20 August 2024
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    killing of every Herero man, woman and child Von Trotha's proclamation was brutal: "The Herero people must now leave the country... every Herero, with or...
    386 KB (55,102 words) - 12:30, 20 August 2024
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    arrival, he asked local headmen to give him land where he could build an office. The headmen gave him a small plot, and when the headmen tried to give him more...
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    support the interests of all black South West Africans, irrespective of tribe or language. SWAPA's activists were predominantly Herero students, schoolteachers...
    235 KB (29,109 words) - 13:29, 2 October 2024
  • and headmen of the Herero people met and decided to stake all on open war. They were a significantly larger force than the Bondelswarts – the Hereros had...
    150 KB (21,302 words) - 11:20, 21 June 2024