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What a mistake! 1. Ovaherero people have no link with the Damara people. The description 'Cattle Damara' or "Damara of the Plains" - that refers to another group of Damara people (and it's even not common - in fact some whites during the colonial era have developed such derogative names.) Ovaherero people consist of a number of other groups, viz. Ovahimba, Ovambanderu, Ovatjimba, Ovatue, etc. 2. We are not a war-like race! When we fought the German Army, we where defending what is ours - our Ancestral Land. That prompted the war for Liberation which toook us over 100 years. We are a peace-loving tribe! It is very disturbing to read what some insensitive idiots writes and, without verifying, publish such poor work internationally. That does not only disturb that paricular nation/tribe, but it's an embarrassment to the authors too. Thanks for having made a provission for comments and it is my hope and wish that you will alter the mistakes in question.

our language is not otshiherero but rather otjiherero wich you pronounce the tj the same as sh. Ovaherero people were not originaly a waring people as they are mere cattle raisers and were forced in an ugly situation when their vast plains where they raise their cattle were ocupied forcefully by Germans and as a result had to revolt and many died for their land (80) percent. Ovaherero are peace loving Namibians who are still living like foreigners in their own land as their land is still in the hands of those who stole it from them.

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