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Explanation of why learning about events such as the Herero Mass Genocide are so important and why I personally took this project to heart -->read essays/look at captions to pictures first before listening to this because background information to the Herero Genocide is needed to understand this

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oPnmFs2NXIMSp5-hN_KlxNWgYgbKnLnLhnoI7PJJAI0/edit?usp=sharing

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/189XGhA6VGAPKNym-QddosW6H8xWIaLl5FeH-XxhZNHg/edit?usp=sharing

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The Herero flag is a huge part of their culture and is waved in the march that they do every year to commemorate their survival against the Germans
https://fotw.info/flags/na_hist.html

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The Herero people went through a great deal of suffering when they were struck with famine and disease in the early 1900s during German rule
https://espressostalinist.com/genocide/herero-and-namaqua-genocide/

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The Herero women wear headdresses with horns because the cattle is what they use for money and wearing their horns on their heads symbolize their economically rich culture.
https://afktravel.com/93267/history-of-clothing-styles-of-herero-namibia/

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The Herero tribe settled in the savannah and grass lands of South Africa.
https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/work/jessiebear/The-African-Savannah-125673

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He was the chief of the Herero civilization until 1890.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharero

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Samuel Herero took over as the chief after Maharero Tjamuaha's tragic death. This resulted in war with surrounding territories because he was not the heir.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/526710118893670368

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This picture shows the Herero people marching like the Germans did when they took over in remembrance of all that they have lived through
https://margaridasantoslopes.com/2015/04/24/the-german-racial-state-in-namibia-is-a-foreshadow-of-the-crimes-of-the-nazis/

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The people were forced into labor camps by the Germans and were treated with cruelty, The labor camps that the Germans placed the people in were a model that the Germans used for the labor camps that they created in the Holocaust
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/25/germany-moves-to-atone-for-forgotten-genocide-in-namibia

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The older women in the community wear the petticoat heavy dresses daily
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/539165386613757273/

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This picture shows the Germans ruling over the Herero people. If you look at this picture closely, you can see the chains that are around some of the children's necks
https://espressostalinist.com/genocide/herero-and-namaqua-genocide/

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The young women in the community are seen here wearing tribal dress while the older women around them are wearing classic German dress
https://colinprior.co.uk/namibian-odyssey/