Tjamuaha

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]

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.
Tjamuaha
Chief of the Herero people in South-West Africa
Born(c. 1790
Otjikune
Died1861
Okahandja
Burial
Okahandja
HouseOvaherero
FatherTjirwe
Tombstone for Tjamuaha, Maharero, and Samuel Maharero in Okahandja

References

Notes
  1. Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, T. Entry for Ua Tjirwe Tjamuaha". Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  2. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceded by
Tjirwe		 Paramount Chief of the Herero people
1842–1861		 Succeeded by
Maharero


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