Tjamuaha

This article is about the traditional Herero leader of the 19th century. For the representative of Hereroland during South African Administration of South-West Africa, see Thimoteus Tjamuaha.

Tjamuaha
Chief of the Herero people in South-West Africa
Born	c. 1790 Otjikune
Died	1861 Okahandja
Burial	Okahandja
House	Ovaherero
Father	Tjirwe

Tombstone for Tjamuaha, Maharero, and Samuel Maharero in Okahandja

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]

References

Notes

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

Literature

• 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 Tjirwe

Paramount Chief of the Herero people 1842–1861

Succeeded by Maharero