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]

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

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Notes

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  1. ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, T. Entry for Ua Tjirwe Tjamuaha". Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  2. ^ Vedder 1997, p. 319.

Literature

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  • 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.
Preceded by Paramount Chief of the Herero people
1842–1861
Succeeded by