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Nama ethnic group
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 .
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History
They rose up against German colonial rule in the
Nama War 1903-1906.
[2] They were brutally repressed.
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They inhabit an arid region around
Fish River Canyon and the
Richtersveld .
In 1922 they were involved in the
Bondelswarts Rebellion , a revolt against a tax on dogs, which was violently repressed.
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References
Notes
Further reading
Freislich, Richard (1964).
The Last Tribal War. A History Of The Bondelswart Uprising . Struik.
John S. Lowry, Big Swords, Jesuits, and Bondelswarts , 2015.
Brian Wood, Namibia 1884-1984: Readings on Namibia's History and Society , Namibia Support Committee, United Nations Institute for Namibia, 1988
Alfred T. Moleah, Namibia, the Struggle for Liberation , 1983
Dean McCleland, John Dunn: Part 1 – Background to the Bondelswarts People & the SAC
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