The Herero are a relatively small group: only around 179,000 remain, less than six percent of Namibia's population, according to the 2023 census. "I feel they fell in love with the dress, they are ...

Award-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury collides the political with the personal in a play that is irreverently funny and seriously brave. A group of actors gather to tell the little-known ...

In 1904, chief Samuel Maharero led the Herero people in a revolt against exploitation and land appropriation by the Germans. In the same year, Namibia's Nama people also staged an uprising.

It was there that he was introduced to Herero tribal chief Hosea Kutako who was lobbying to end apartheid rule in Namibia, then known as South West Africa. Kutako became his mentor, shepherding ...

In South West Africa (now Namibia) the Germans played off the Herero against the Nama. But the Herero soon regretted the treaty of protection they had signed with the Germans; they were forced to ...

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Namibia will host the Global African Hydrogen Summit. The Namibian government has ambitions to turn the country into a leading producer of green hydrogen ...

Namibia's population comprises a rich ethnic and cultural diversity, with various ethnic groups such as the Ovambo, Herero, Nama, and San, each with their own languages and traditions. Despite ...

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