Herero
noun
He·re·ro
hə-ˈrer-(ˌ)ō 
ˈher-ə-ˌrō
plural Herero or Hereros
: a member of a Bantu people of central Namibia
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At the start of the 20th century, tensions escalated between indigenous Herero and Nama people and German settlers, in what was then known as German South West Africa.
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Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 14 May 2024
That actually happened in the genocide of the Herero, starting in 1904, and the genocide of the Armenians, starting in 1915.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
In 2021, Germany, after six years of negotiations with the Namibian government, agreed to pay €1.1 billion for what is regarded as the first genocide of the 20th century, against the Herero and Nama peoples.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023
But Heinrich is no less a problematic figure than his son: his legacy includes one of the most vicious attacks ever carried out by European colonists on Africans, Germany's 1904 War of Extermination against the Herero.
—Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
But that left the Herero people, ancient cattle herders who revere the animals, destitute.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2023
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Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 14 May 2024
That actually happened in the genocide of the Herero, starting in 1904, and the genocide of the Armenians, starting in 1915.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
In 2021, Germany, after six years of negotiations with the Namibian government, agreed to pay €1.1 billion for what is regarded as the first genocide of the 20th century, against the Herero and Nama peoples.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023
But Heinrich is no less a problematic figure than his son: his legacy includes one of the most vicious attacks ever carried out by European colonists on Africans, Germany's 1904 War of Extermination against the Herero.
—Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
But that left the Herero people, ancient cattle herders who revere the animals, destitute.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2023
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“Herero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Herero. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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