Herero
Americannoun
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Hereros,
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Herero
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a member of an Indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
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the Bantu language of the Herero.
noun
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a member of a formerly rich cattle-keeping Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in central Namibia
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the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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This was where thousands of Nama and Herero people were killed by Germany's colonial army during the 1904-1908 genocide.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Many of the scenes were based on real events of the genocide, which took place during a conflict between Germans and Africans known as the Herero and Nama War.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Another opposition leader, RDP president Mike Kavekotora, said the Namibian government should at least get $9 billion from Germany as compensation for the atrocities committed against the Herero and Nama people.
From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2021
For example, initially people in the country's Herero community, which makes up about 7% of the population, appeared to ignore warnings and continued with big traditional gatherings.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2021
On the streets of Windhoek, capital of newly independent Namibia, I saw black Herero people, black Ovambos, whites, and Namas, different again from both blacks and whites.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The City Council eventually ordered the horns removed, angering many Hereros.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2017
But he changed his mind after an incident last year that he and other Hereros regarded as an insult to their culture.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2017
“We as Hereros and we as Namibians don’t want German soldiers in front of our State House.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2017
Hereros and the largest colony of Germans ever to settle anywhere in the former German empire.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ghosts of the thirst-tormented Hereros rise up in their thousands from the African dust, protesting.
From What is Coming? by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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