Tjamuaha

Tjamuaha (also: Tjamuaha waTjirwe, literally English: Tjamuaha, son of Tjirwe, born ca. 1790 in Otjikune, died December 1861 in Okahandja) was a chief of the Herero people in South-West Africa, today's Namibia, and the father of Maharero. He was a close ally and subordinate of Jonker Afrikaner, Captain of the Oorlam Afrikaners, and stayed with him in Windhoek for most of his chieftaincy.[1] With Tjamuaha's death, hostilities started between the Nama people and the Herero.[2]

This article is about the traditional Herero leader of the 19th century. For the representative of Hereroland during South African Administration of South-West Africa, see Thimoteus Tjamuaha.

Tjamuaha
Chief of the Herero people in South-West Africa
Born	(c. 1790 Otjikune
Died	1861 Okahandja
Burial	Okahandja
House	Ovaherero
Father	Tjirwe

Tombstone for Tjamuaha, Maharero, and Samuel Maharero in Okahandja

References

Notes

1. Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, T. Entry for Ua Tjirwe Tjamuaha". Retrieved 24 June 2010.
2. Vedder 1997, p. 319.

Literature

• Vedder, Heinrich (1997). Das alte Südwestafrika. Südwestafrikas Geschichte bis zum Tode Mahareros 1890 [The old South-West Africa. South-West Africa's history until Maharero's death 1890] (in German) (7th ed.). Windhoek: Namibia Scientific Society. ISBN 0-949995-33-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Preceded by Tjirwe	Paramount Chief of the Herero people 1842–1861	Succeeded by Maharero