The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990.
Herero circa 1910
The first council of the Rehoboth Basters 1872, with the constitution lying on the table.
Lüderitz in 1884.
Namaqua chief Hendrik Witbooi
The Herero are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting parts of Southern Africa. There were an estimated 250,000 Herero people in Namibia in 2013. They speak Otjiherero, a Bantu language. Though the Herero primarily reside in Namibia, there are also significant populations in Botswana and Angola, and a small number in South Africa. The Hereros in Botswana and South Africa are there because of displacement during the 1904 - 1908 genocide committed by the German Empire.
Herero women
Herero woman in traditional dress.
Herero, at the end of the 19th century
Omuti-ngau-zepo (The tree must be removed) in Otjinene from which many Herero people were hanged to death.