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 ...

From his humble Windhoek workshop, Namibia's leading fashion designer is keeping alive the love for the Herero people's traditional dress with horned headgear, a full-length skirt and a link to ...

In 1904, chief Samuel Maharero led the Herero people in a revolt against exploitation and land appropriation by the Germans. In the same year, Namibia's Nama people also staged an uprising.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Surviving Herero after an escape through the arid desert of Omaheke in German Southwest ...

In South West Africa (now Namibia) the Germans played off the Herero against the Nama. But the Herero soon regretted the treaty of protection they had signed with the Germans; they were forced to ...

However, the extent to which politicians still avoided acknowledging the genocide and crimes against humanity in the case of Namibia is illustrated by the handing over in 2011 of 20 Herero skulls to a ...

Between 1904 and 1908, some 100,000 indigenous Herero and Nama people were killed ... with German South West Africa - now modern-day Namibia. Skulls of victims were sent back to Germany for ...

From his humble Windhoek workshop, Namibia's leading fashion designer is keeping alive the love for the Herero people's traditional dress with horned headgear, a full-length skirt and a link to German ...