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    Nama (/ˈnɑːmə/ NAH-mə; Namagowab), Damara (ǂNūkhoegowab), or Nama/Damara and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of the non-Bantu languages...
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    Namibia and Botswana. They traditionally speak the Nama language of the Khoe-Kwadi language family, although many Nama also speak Afrikaans. The Nama...
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    sub-tribe of the Khoikhoi. He led the Nama people during their revolts against the German colonial empire in present-day Namibia, in connection with the events...
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    country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the Khoi, San, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century...
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    The Herero and Nama genocide or Namibian genocide, formerly known also as the 'Herero and Namaqua genocide', was a campaign of ethnic extermination and...
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  • The Nama language is a variety of the Khoekhoe language of Namibia, spoken by the Nama people. Nama may also refer to: The Nama language (Papuan) variety...
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  • Khoi language is Khoikhoi (Nama/Damara) of Namibia. The rest of the family is found predominantly in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. The languages are...
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    Prospects): Namibia has many ethnic groups. The 9 main ethnic groups are: Coloured/Baster people Herero people Kavango people Lozi people Nama/Damara people...
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  • Look up Nama, nama, or nāma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nama or NAMA may refer to: NAMA (gene), a long non-coding RNA gene Nama (plant), a genus...
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    Khoekhoe (category Ethnic groups in Namibia)
    the Nama people of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa (with numerous clans), the Damara of Namibia, the Orana clans of South Africa (such as Nama or Ngqosini)...
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    Khoekhoe language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Rehoboth is a town in central Namibia just north...
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    record. The only widespread Khoisan language is Khoekhoe (also known as Khoekhoegowab, Nàmá or Damara) of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, with a quarter...
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    Oorlam people (redirect from Oorlam Nama)
    Orlaam, Oorlammers, Oerlams, or Orlamse Hottentots) are a subtribe of the Nama people, largely assimilated after their migration from the Cape Colony (today...
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  • main subtribe of the Nama people in Namibia and the oldest Nama group speaking Khoekhoegowab, the language often called Damara/Nama. The main settlement...
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    Namaqualand (category Nama people)
    Namaqualand (Khoikhoi: "Nama-kwa" meaning Nama Khoi people's land) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over...
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    Coloureds and Nama of Khoisan origin. Since the second half of the 19th century, the Rehoboth Baster community has been concentrated in central Namibia, in and...
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    Namaland (category Nama people)
    of the Namas, the in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Nama people...
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  • oldest ethnic group in Namibia, were the creators of these paintings. The Nama only settled in southern Africa and southern Namibia during the first century...
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    Khoekhoe language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Leonardville is a village in eastern Namibia, situated...
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    Herero people (category Language articles citing Ethnologue 25)
    250,000 Herero people in Namibia in 2013. They speak Otjiherero, a Bantu language. Though the Herero primarily reside in Namibia, there are also significant...
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  • symbols from the Khoekhoe language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Gibeon (Nama: Khaxa-tsûs) is a village...
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  • Topnaar people (category Nama people)
    language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Topnaar people (ǂAonin) are a clan of the Nama people...
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    Khoekhoe language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Traditional leadership of Namibia is a governing...
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  • Dawid Boois (category Nama people)
    or other symbols. Dawid Boois (born 13 January 1952 in Berseba) is a Namibian politician and educator. Boois attended St Theresa Secondary School in...
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    was site of Shark Island death camp. It was Namibia's first large-scale death camp. Close to 1,800 Nama prisoners arrived in September 1906, including...
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  • Klaas Afrikaner (category Nama people)
    from the Khoekhoe language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Klaas Afrikaner (Nama name: ǃGaruhamab...
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    there. German is still widely used in Namibia, with the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation operating a German-language radio station and broadcasting television...
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    services in native languages, including Radio Ovambo, broadcasting in the Kwanyama and Ndonga languages, Radio Herero and Radio Damara Nama. The introduction...
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    Khoekhoegowab (Damara/Nama): Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Khoekhoegowab/Damara/Nama (Namibia) Kikamba language (Kamba): Bible translations...
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  • Hoachanas (redirect from Hoachanas, Namibia)
    Maharero in 1880. 13 Nama chiefs ratified the treaty. The original document survived and is stored at the National Archives of Namibia in Windhoek. When...
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