Tjamuaha

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This article is about the traditional Herero leader of the 19th century. For the representative of Hereroland during South African Administration of South-West Africa, see Thimoteus Tjamuaha.

Tombstone for Tjamuaha, Maharero, and Samuel Maharero in Okahandja

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". Retrieved 24 June 2010.
↑ Vedder 1997, p. 319.

Literature

Vedder, Heinrich (1997). 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] (in German) (7th ed.). Windhoek: Namibia Scientific Society. ISBN 0-949995-33-9.

v t e 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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Short description	Namibian chief
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1861
Place of death

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