Bondelswarts
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
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]
References
Notes
- ^ Big Swords, Jesuits, and Bondelswarts, John S. Lowry, p.64
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-957048-5.
- ^ Crawford, Neta (2002). "6 - Sacred Trust". Argument and Change in World Politics: Ethics, Decolonization and Humanitarian Intervention. Cambridge University Press.
Further reading
- Freislich, Richard (1964). The Last Tribal War. A History Of The Bondelswart Uprising. Struik.
- John S. Lowry, Big Swords, Jesuits, and Bondelswarts, 2015.
- Brian Wood, Namibia 1884-1984: Readings on Namibia's History and Society, Namibia Support Committee, United Nations Institute for Namibia, 1988
- Alfred T. Moleah, Namibia, the Struggle for Liberation, 1983
- Dean McCleland, John Dunn: Part 1 – Background to the Bondelswarts People & the SAC [1]
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