Herero Men Of Namibia: Revisiting Germany's Genocide Catamenia Inward Africa

The Namib Desert inwards Namibia is the oldest desert on Earth,
found inwards Namib Naukluft Park.

The three largest tribal families of Namibia are the Ovambo, Herero, as well as Himba people. The 3 tribes verbalise a like language. Additional tribal families inwards this share include the Khoikhoi aka Nama, also Bantu linguistic communication people, every bit good every bit the oldest inhabitants to the share of Namibia, the San people, a non-Bantu linguistic communication group.

According to the reports of belatedly historian Dr. John Henrik Clarke, from 1884-1914 Deutschland colonized regions of southern Africa, straight off nationally known every bit Namibia (see also Republic of Namibia, Afrikaans - Republiek van Namibië High German - Republik Namibia). One of iv High German colonies inwards Africa, Namibia was a share where the German's tried to exercise what Dr. Clarke calls a "bastard race" through forced co-habitation amongst the native population of primarily Herero tribal women. (see also Dutch as well as High German languages - Baasters Rehobothers also Rehoboth Basters). Dr. Clarke reports that circa 1904, the High German armies took 60,000 Herero women into the Kalahari desert as well as said cohabit or die, an representative of the exercise of sexual warfare towards human populations inwards the modern history of mankind.

Namibia, a state bordered yesteryear 2 deserts

The Herero Battle to Save the Honor of its Women

Dr. Clarke places the history of genocide inwards this share farther into context yesteryear explaining that inside the Herero native culture, the psyche victims of this grave attack, the Herero women, never co-habitated amongst men exterior of the Herero grouping - non fifty-fifty amongst neighboring tribal families on the African continent. According to Dr. Clarke, the Herero tribal tradition expected the history of bringing virginity to the spousal human relationship bed every bit role of solid unit of measurement order. If in that location is said to last a adult woman who has birthed exterior the confines of marriage, she becomes a shame on her solid unit of measurement as well as the whole village.

Photo of women of the Herero tribal solid unit of measurement share inwards southwest Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr. Clarke recounts the floor of an quondam as well as wise King Mandula of the Herero who gathered the men of the families from the network of villages to battle upon learning of the German's kidnapping of the women to the desert region. According to Dr. Clarke, King Mandula announced to the gathered Herero men:

"If nosotros allow this plow over to our women, nosotros are no longer men. We are proud people who walk the basis carrying the Sun on our shoulders. If this happens to our women, without our rescuing them, nosotros are no longer men. We would cause got to cause got off the trousers, cause got assist of the children, milk the cows, as well as select inwards the bread, as well as our women volition no longer honor us every bit men."

retelling of spoken communication from Dr. John Henrik Clarke

King Mandula lost almost one-third of the Herero regular army against the Germans but won this battle for the Herero tribal solid unit of measurement of Africa. For Dr. Clarke reported that the men successfully rescued those women from the desert to the laurels of the people's mightiness to struggle for freedom. The Herero tribe straight off lives inwards the Windhoek share of due south westward Africa inwards Namibia.

Namibia, Africa national anthem: "Namibia, Land of the Brave"

The Herero, Namaqua, as well as Nama Genocides yesteryear Germany

Report on the Natives of South-West Africa as well as Their Treatment yesteryear Germany, Univ. of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries.

Historians study that the Herero, Namaqua, as well as Nama Genocide was a purposeful High German colonial holocaust. It was the offset genocide of the twentieth century, according to the Report on the Natives of South-West Africa as well as Their Treatment yesteryear Deutschland prepared inwards the Administrator's Office, Windhuk, South-West Africa, Jan 1918, available for review from the inwards a higher house link courtesy of University of Florida libraries.

In 1985, the Whitaker Report issued from the UN recognized Germany's attempted genocide against the tribes of Namibia which included poisoning of wells as well as starvation military machine tactics. In 2004, the High German authorities apologized for its imperial acts of genocide against the native families of Namibia during this colonial period.

Skyline over Windhoek, Namibia

References:

• Further Reading: 
• Colonial Dynamics of Genocide: Imperialism, Identity as well as Mass Violence by Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Journal of Conflict Transformation & Security, Apr 2011.
• "Germany's Black Holocaust, 1890-1945, Firpo W. Carr, Ph.D. (A Black scholar's 30-year study of the Holocaust, including the untold floor of a Black woman somebody survivor, as well as the liberation of 8,000 Blacks)
• Encyclopedia of African History, edited yesteryear Kevin Shillington (Vol. 3)
• Documentaries:
• Video documentary of professors Dr. John Henrik Clarke as well as Dr. Ivan Van Sertima which includes the retelling of King Mandula's spoken communication to the Herero hamlet of men. See YouTube video footage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQnQCLo7eA&feature=player_embedded

Quote: "They are slaves who fright to verbalise for the fallen as well as the weak." -- J.R. Lowell