Publisher's Synopsis
This study describes the manner in which the Herero of Namibia struggled to maintain control of their own freedom in the face of advancing German colonial control. It illustrates how the Herero-German war destroyed Herero society, but it re-emerged and adapted to colonialism. The study ends in 1923 when the death and funeral of Samuel Maharero - first paramount of the Herero and then resistance leader - was the catalyst that brought the disparate groups of Herero together to establish a single unitary Herero identity.
