Bondelswarts Explained

The Bondelswarts are a Nama ethnic group of Southern Africa living in the extreme south of Namibia, in an area centred on the town of Warmbad.^{[1] [2]}

History

They rose up against German colonial rule in the Nama War 1903-1906. They were brutally repressed.

They inhabit an arid region around Fish River Canyon and the Richtersveld.

In 1922 they were involved in the Bondelswarts Rebellion, a revolt against a tax on dogs, which was violently repressed.^[3]

References

Further reading

• Book: Freislich, Richard. The Last Tribal War. A History Of The Bondelswart Uprising.. Struik. 1964.
• John S. Lowry, Big Swords, Jesuits, and Bondelswarts, 2015.
• Brian Wood, Namibia 1884-1984: Readings on Namibia's History and Society, Namibia Support Committee, United Nations Institute for Namibia, 1988
• Alfred T. Moleah, Namibia, the Struggle for Liberation, 1983
• Dean McCleland, John Dunn: Part 1 – Background to the Bondelswarts People & the SAC http://thecasualobserver.co.za/john-dunn-part-1-background-bondelswarts-people-sac/

Notes and References

1. Big Swords, Jesuits, and Bondelswarts, John S. Lowry, p.64
2. Book: Pedersen, Susan . Susan Pedersen (historian) . The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire . 2015 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-957048-5 . 114-115 . 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570485.001.0001/acprof-9780199570485.
3. Book: Crawford, Neta. Argument and Change in World Politics: Ethics, Decolonization and Humanitarian Intervention. Cambridge University Press. 2002. 6 - Sacred Trust.