Tjamuaha
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.
| Preceded by Tjirwe |
Paramount Chief of the Herero people 1842–1861 |
Succeeded by Maharero |
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