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