Maharero

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Maharero
Paramount chief of the Herero
Reign1863 – 7 October 1890
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorSamuel Maharero
BornMaharero waTjamuaha
c. 1820
Okahandja
Died7 October 1890(1890-10-07) (aged 69–70)
Okahandja, German South West Africa

Maharero kaTjamuaha (c. 1820 – 7 October 1890) was the first paramount chief of the Herero people, reigning from around 1863 until his death in 1890. He oversaw the Hereros' split from the Oorlam Afrikaners and subsequent conflicts between the two ethnic groups, as well as the colonisation of modern Namibia by the German Empire.

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