Maharero

Maharero waTjamuaha
Personal details
Bornc. 1820
Okahandja
Died7 October 1890
Okahandja
Tombstone for Tjamuaha, Maharero, and Samuel Maharero in Okahandja

Maharero kaTjamuaha (Otjiherero: Maharero, son of Tjamuaha, short: Maharero; c. 1820 – 7 October 1890)[1] was one of the most powerful paramount chiefs of the Herero people in South-West Africa, today's Namibia.

  1. ^ Shampapi, Shiremo (14 October 2011). "Maharero kaTjamuaha: The Consolidator of the Ovaherero Polity (1820-1890) Part II". New Era.