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Keystrokes ... Herero History
from Haynes McFadden, 03.09.2008
Omaruru/Namibia To understand the history of the Herero tribe one must study Wilhelm Christiaan Zeraeua (1800-1876).
We know little of the first forty years of his life. His tribe is Herero and seems to trace itself back matrilineally to a single woman. In the early to middle 1840’s he organized several men from his tribe into a “Troope” and started what in its day was probably equal to a “Security Company”. The Nama and Herero tribes both used flags in their Wars to mark their military troops. Both used a White Flag to mark their war troops.
