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HERERO, or OVAHERERO (" merry people ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 358 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HERERO, or OVAHERERO (" merry See also:people ")  , a See also:Bantu See also:people of See also:German See also:South-See also:West See also:Africa, living in the region known as See also:Damaraland or Ilereroland . They See also:call themselves Ovaherero and their See also:language Otshi-See also:herero . Sometimes they are described as See also:Cattle Damara or " Damara of the Plains " in distinction from the See also:Hill Damara who are of mixed See also:blood and See also:Hottentots in language . The Herero, whose See also:main occupation is that of cattle-rearing, are a warlike See also:race, possessed of considerable military skill, as was shown in their See also:campaigns of 1go4–5 against the Germans .

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