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title: "Herero and Nama Genocide"
year: 1904
country: "Namibia"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1904/herero-nama-genocide"
slug: "herero-nama-genocide"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1904-01-01"
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# Herero and Nama Genocide

> German colonial forces systematically exterminated Herero and Nama peoples in one of history's first genocides.

## Summary

The Herero and Nama genocide, or the Namibian genocide, was the extermination of the Herero and the Nama people in German South West Africa perpetrated by the German Empire between 1904 and 1908. Around 40,000 to 80,000 Hereros and 10,000 Nama died.

## Sources

- [Herero and Nama genocide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Nama_genocide) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/1904/herero-nama-genocide