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.

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 ...

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 ...