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Bondelswarts

Nama ethnic group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.[1][2]

History

They rose up against German colonial rule in the Nama War 1903-1906.[2] They were brutally repressed.[2]

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.[3]

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