Tjamuaha

Tjamuaha (also: Tjamuaha waTjirwe, literally English: Tjamuaha, son of Tjirwe, born ca. 1790 in Otjikune, died December 1861 in Okahandja) was a chief of the Herero people in South-West Africa, today's Namibia, and the father of Maharero. He was a close ally and subordinate of Jonker Afrikaner, Captain of the Oorlam Afrikaners, and stayed with him in Windhoek for most of his chieftaincy.^[1] With Tjamuaha's death hostilities started between the Nama people and the Herero.^[2]

References

Notes

^ Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, T. Entry for Ua Tjirwe Tjamuaha". http://klausdierks.com/Biographies/Biographies_T.htm. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
^ Vedder 1997, p. 319.

Literature

Vedder, Heinrich (1997) (in German). Das alte Südwestafrika. Südwestafrikas Geschichte bis zum Tode Mahareros 1890 [The old South-West Africa. South-West Africa's history until Maharero's death 1890] (7th ed.). Windhoek: Namibia Scientific Society. ISBN 0 949995 33 9.

Paramount Chiefs of the Herero

Tjirwe (before 1842) · Tjamuaha (1842–1861) · Maharero (1861–1890) · Samuel Maharero (1890–1917) · Hosea Kutako (1917–1970) · Clemens Kapuuo (1970–1978) · Kuaima Riruako (1978–)

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Name	Tjamuaha
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Date of death	1861
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