Regional1880 – 1892 · 12 years

Maharero's War

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central Namibia

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Long pre-colonial Herero-Nama conflict between Maharero and Hendrik Witbooi over cattle and the central highlands.

Belligerents2

Ovaherero
Nama (Witbooi)

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Maharero's War (1880 – 1892). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/maharero-s-war · Sources & methodology