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Nama people, the Glossary

Nama (in older sources also called Namaqua) are an African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.^[1]

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African nomads
Ethnic groups in Botswana
Ethnic groups in Namibia

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Allgemeine Zeitung (Namibia)

The Allgemeine Zeitung (AZ, literally in English 'General Newspaper') founded in 1916, is the oldest daily newspaper in Namibia and the only German-language daily in Africa to survive World War I.

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Apartheid

Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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Bethanie, Namibia

Bethanie (often in German: Bethanien, and in English: Bethany, previously Klipfontein, Khoekhoegowab: ǀUiǂgandes) is a village in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia.

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The Bondelswarts are a Nama ethnic group of Southern Africa living in the extreme south of Namibia, in an area centred on the town of Warmbad. Nama people and Bondelswarts are ethnic groups in Namibia.

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Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.

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Cape of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope (Kaap die Goeie Hoop) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Concentration camp

A concentration camp is a form of internment camp for confining political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or minority ethnic groups, on the grounds of state security, or for exploitation or punishment.

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Curt von François

Curt Karl Bruno von François (2 October 1852 – 28 December 1931) was a German geographer, cartographer, Schutztruppe officer and commissioner of the imperial colonial army of the German Empire, particularly in German South West Africa (today's Namibia) where he was responsible on behalf of Kaiser for the foundation of the city of Windhoek on 18 October 1890 and the harbor of Swakopmund on 4 August 1892.

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ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park

The ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a peace park straddling the border between South Africa and Namibia.

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Damaraland

Damaraland was a name given to the north-central part of South West Africa, which later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras.

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Democratic Action for Namas

Democratic Action for Namas was a political party in Namibia with ethnic affiliation to the Nama people.

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Diamond rush

A diamond rush is a period of feverish migration of workers to an area where diamonds were newly discovered.

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Dutch East India Company

The United East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, abbreviated as VOC), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.

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Ethnicity

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.

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German colonial empire

The German colonial empire (Deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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German South West Africa

German South West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.

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Gibeon, Namibia

Gibeon (Nama: Khaxa-tsûs) is a village in Gibeon Constituency in the Hardap Region of Namibia.

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Gochas

Gochas is a village in the Hardap Region of Namibia.

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Griqua people

The Griquas are a subgroup of mixed-race heterogeneous formerly Xiri-speaking nations in South Africa with a unique origin in the early history of the Dutch Cape Colony. Nama people and Griqua people are Coloureds.

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Hendrik Witbooi (Namaqua chief)

Hendrik Witbooi (c. 1830 – 29 October 1905) was a chief of the ǀKhowesin people, a sub-tribe of the Khoikhoi.

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Herero and Nama genocide

The Herero and Nama genocide, formerly known also as the 'Herero and Namaqua genocide', was a campaign of ethnic extermination and collective punishment which was waged against the Herero (Ovaherero) and the Nama in German South West Africa (now Namibia) by the German Empire.

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Herero people

The Herero (Ovaherero) are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting parts of Southern Africa. Nama people and Herero people are ethnic groups in Botswana.

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Hoachanas

Hoachanas (Khoekhoe: ǃHoaxaǃnâs) is a settlement of 3,000 inhabitants in the Hardap Region of southern central Namibia, located northeast of Kalkrand.

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Indigenous peoples

There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Islam in Namibia

Namibia is a predominantly Christian country and is home to a small Muslim community.

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Jan van Riebeeck

Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) was a Dutch navigator, ambassador and colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company.

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Kaross

A kaross is a cloak made of sheepskin, or the hide of other animals, with the hair left on.

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Keetmanshoop

Keetmanshoop is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, lying on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa.

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Khoe languages

The Khoe languages are the largest of the non-Bantu language families indigenous to Southern Africa.

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Khoekhoe

Khoekhoe (/ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ ''KOY-koy'') (or Khoikhoi in former orthography) are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa. Nama people and Khoekhoe are African nomads, Coloureds and ethnic groups in Namibia.

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Khoekhoe language

Khoekhoe (Khoekhoegowab), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (Namagowab), Damara (ǂNūkhoegowab), or Nama/Damara and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of the non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that make heavy use of click consonants and therefore were formerly classified as Khoisan, a grouping now recognized as obsolete.

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Khoisan

Khoisan, or Khoe-Sān, is a catch-all term for the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who traditionally speak non-Bantu languages, combining the Khoekhoen (formerly "Hottentots") and the Sān peoples (also called "Bushmen"). Nama people and Khoisan are African nomads.

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Kido Witbooi

Cupido Witbooi, variations: Kido and Kiwitti Witbooi, Nama name: ǂA-ǁêib ǃGâmemab, (– 31 December 1875) was the first Kaptein of the ǀKhowesin (Witbooi Nama), a subtribe of the Orlam of South-West Africa, present-day Namibia.

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Koës

Koës is a village in the ǁKaras Region of south-eastern Namibia.

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Lokgwabe

Lokgwabe is a village in Kgalagadi District of Botswana.

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Lothar von Trotha

General Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (3 July 1848 – 31 March 1920) was a German military commander during the European new colonial era.

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Madagascar

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.

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Maharero

Maharero kaTjamuaha (Otjiherero: Maharero, son of Tjamuaha, short: Maharero; 1820 – 7 October 1890) was one of the most powerful paramount chiefs of the Herero people in South-West Africa, today's Namibia.

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Mariental, Namibia

Mariental is a town of 10,000 inhabitants in south-central Namibia, lying on the B1 national road north of Keetmanshoop and southeast of Windhoek.

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Namaqualand

Namaqualand (Khoikhoi: "Nama-kwa" meaning Nama Khoi people's land) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over and covering a total area of.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.

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Namibian Black German

Namibian Black German, also NBG, (Küchendeutsch, "kitchen German") is a pidgin language of Namibia that derives from standard German.

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Namibian Sun

The Namibian Sun is a daily newspaper in Namibia.

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New Era (Namibia)

The New Era is a daily national newspaper owned by the government of Namibia.

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Nguni cattle

The Nguni is a cattle breed indigenous to Southern Africa.

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Nomad

Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas.

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Oorlam people

The Oorlam or Orlam people (also known as Orlaam, Oorlammers, Oerlams, or Orlamse Hottentots) are a subtribe of the Nama people, largely assimilated after their migration from the Cape Colony (today, part of South Africa) to Namaqualand and Damaraland (now in Namibia). Nama people and Oorlam people are Coloureds and ethnic groups in Namibia.

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Orange River

The Orange River (from Afrikaans/Dutch: Oranjerivier) is a river in Southern Africa.

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Port Nolloth

Port Nolloth is a town and small domestic seaport in the Namaqualand region on the northwestern coast of South Africa, northwest of Springbok.

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Red Nation (Namibia)

The Red Nation (Khaiǁkhaun) is the main subtribe of the Nama people in Namibia and the oldest Nama group speaking Khoekhoegowab, the language often called Damara/Nama. Nama people and Red Nation (Namibia) are ethnic groups in Namibia.

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Rehoboth, Namibia

Rehoboth is a town in central Namibia just north of the Tropic of Capricorn.

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Republikein

Republikein is an Afrikaans-language newspaper published daily in Namibia and the country's largest Afrikaans-language newspaper in terms of print circulation.

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Rhenish Missionary Society

The Rhenish Missionary Society (Rhenish of the river Rhine; Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft, RMG) was one of the largest Protestant missionary societies in Germany.

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Schlip

Schlip is a settlement of about 1,500 inhabitants in the Hardap Region of central Namibia.

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Schutztruppe

Schutztruppe (Protection Force) was the official name of the colonial troops in the African territories of the German colonial empire from the late 19th century to 1918. Similar to other colonial armies, the Schutztruppen consisted of volunteer European commissioned and non-commissioned officers, medical and veterinary officers.

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Shark Island concentration camp

Shark Island or "Death Island" was one of five concentration camps in German South West Africa.

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The Namibian

The Namibian is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia.

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Theodor Leutwein

Theodor Gotthilf Leutwein (9 May 1849 – 13 April 1921) was a German military officer and colonial administrator who served as Landeshauptmann and governor of German Southwest Africa from 1894 to 1905.

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Topnaar people

The Topnaar people (ǂAonin) are a clan of the Nama people in Namibia. Nama people and Topnaar people are ethnic groups in Namibia.

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Traditional African religions

The beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse, including various ethnic religions.

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Utuseb

Utuseb is a small settlement in the Erongo Region in western central Namibia.

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Warmbad, Namibia

Warmbad (Afrikaans and German for Warm Bath, Nama: |Aixa-aibes) is a settlement located in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia.

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Wilhelm II

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nama_people

Also known as !Ama, Nama Hottentot, Namaqua peoples, Namaquas.

, Nomad, Oorlam people, Orange River, Port Nolloth, Red Nation (Namibia), Rehoboth, Namibia, Republikein, Rhenish Missionary Society, Schlip, Schutztruppe, Shark Island concentration camp, The Namibian, Theodor Leutwein, Topnaar people, Traditional African religions, Utuseb, Warmbad, Namibia, Wilhelm II.

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African nomads

Ethnic groups in Botswana

Ethnic groups in Namibia

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