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Mbanderu People
The Mbanderu (''Ovambanderu'') are a population inhabiting eastern parts of Namibia and western parts of Botswana. They speak Mbanderu (''Otjimbanderu)'' a Bantu language History and Culture Etymology While earlier theories of the meaning of the word ''mbanderu'' stated "People of the reed" (''mbandu'': people and ': reed), the explanation common today is that ''mbanderu'' literally means 'fighters of old'. Origins Results from investigations about similarities in their music point to East Africa as the origin of the all Bantu tribes that today inhabit Namibia. The Ovambo people left this area first and settled in the north of today's Namibia, the Herero people left after that, and the Ovambanderu migrated last. In the 19th century the Ovambanderu had reached Angola and moved from there into Kaokoland and Ovamboland but got into fights with already resident Herero tribes and subsequently settled in the eastern part of South-West Africa. After reaching the area around Oka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaokoland
Kaokoland was an administrative unit and a ''bantustan'' in northern South West Africa (now Namibia). Established during the apartheid era, it was intended to be a self-governing homeland of the OvaHimba, but an actual government was never established. Like other homelands in South West Africa, the Kaokoland bantustan was abolished in May 1989, at the beginning of the transition of Namibia towards independence. "Kaokoland" remains as an informal name for the geographic area, while the political unit of administration since 1990 is Kunene Region. The area is in the Kaokoveld ecoregion. The area is one of the wildest and least populated areas in Namibia, with a population density of one person every 2 km² (1/4 of the national average). The most represented ethnic group is the Himba people, who account for about 5,000 of the overall 16,000 inhabitants of Kaokoland. The main settlement in Kaokoland was the city of Opuwo. Geography The Kaokoland area extends south-north fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnic Groups In Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations. The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since then, the Bantu groups, the largest being the Ovambo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fredrick Nguvauva
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Munjuku Nguvauva II
Munjuku Nguvauva II (January 1, 1923 – January 16, 2008) was a Namibian traditional paramount chief and leader of the Ovambanderu people, a subtribe of the Herero people, Herero. Nguvauva was also deputy chief of Namibia's Traditional Leaders Council. Early life and ascension to chieftaincy Nguvauva, a great-grandson of Mbanderu Chief Kahimemua Nguvauva, was born in Maun, Botswana, on January 1, 1923. He did not receive any formal education but was raised to be a leader of his clan and introduced to traditional and cultural knowledge and skills. He was formally inaugurated as Chief of the Botswana Mbanderu group in 1951, and when he returned to South-West Africa in 1952 he was appointed Chief of the Mbanderu at Epukiro and Aminuis. On 10 October 1960 he was promoted to Paramount Chief. Political activities Nguvauva II supported future President of Namibia, Namibian president Sam Nujoma on his escape into exile in 1960. When he was invited to talks with the United Nations in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahimemua Nguvauva
Kahimemua Nguvauva ( 1850 – 11 June 1896) was chief of the Ovambanderu, a Herero clan in Namibia (then German South West Africa). Nguvauva was born at Musorakuumba, a settlement near Okahandja, and became chief of the Mbanderu in 1880, succeeding his father Munjuku Nguvauva. During his chieftaincy, Nguvauva was involved in constant hostilities with fellow Herero chiefs. He also was an outspoken opponent of the encroaching settlers of Imperial Germany. The Germans supported Samuel Maharero to become Paramount Chief, and when his competitors, among them Nguvauva, did not accept this, they were stripped of their chieftaincy. Nguvauva's resistance eventually led to skirmishes with the German ''Schutztruppe'', the protection force deployed in the colony. He sent his son Hiatuvao Nguvauva with several followers to Ngamiland (part of present-day Botswana), starting an exodus of Ovaherero from South West Africa to Botswana that only ended after the Herero and Namaqua Genocide of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keharanjo Nguvauva
Keharanjo II Xavier Komavau Nguvauva (12 October 1984 – 8 April 2011) was the youngest Chief of the Ovambanderu, a Herero clan in Namibia. Keharanjo was born to the Ovambanderu family to the then Chief Munjuku Nguvauva II and his wife Aletta Karikondua Nguvauva. He was reported dead on the evening of Friday 8 April 2011 in the residential area of Khomasdal, Windhoek where he committed suicide using an electric wire. Education Keharanjo began primary school in Botswana. He passed primary and moved on to Sepopa CJSS for his Junior Certificate until he completed his Form Five from Maun Senior Secondary School. Keharanjo graduated with an LLB from the University of Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa in 2010. He was employed as a legal advisor in the Namibian Ministry of Justice. Early life Keharanjo just like an ordinary Mbanderu young boy, he spent his early years tending his father’s livestock at Ezorongondo, Omaheke Region. In 1988, his father took him to Ondauha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaere
Omaere is a fermented dairy product prepared in Southern Africa through the acidification of buttermilkJane Misihairabgwi and Ahmad CheikhyoussefTraditional fermented foods and beverages of Namibia Journal of Ethnic Foods Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2017, Pages 145-153 It is produced especially in Kunene (formerly known as Kaokoland), Omaheke and Otjozondjupa regions. However, it has become a popular beverage in many households and communities across Namibia and Southern Africa. Names Fermented buttermilk is known as in Ovambo, in Rukwangali, and in Herero. Omaere is common in Namibia and used mostly with cooked ''oruhere'' (porridge, maize meal) by Herero people and by other several indigenous tribes, while many other tribes prefer to drink it on a daily basis. Production In traditional Herero culture, the production of ''omaere'' is performed by the women, who are responsible for milking and acidifying the milk. Girls are taught how to milk and prepare ''omaere'' at an early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Descent
In statistics and machine learning, double descent is the phenomenon where a statistical model with a small number of parameters and a model with an extremely large number of parameters have a small error, but a model whose number of parameters is about the same as the number of data points used to train the model will have a large error. This phenomenon seems to contradict the bias-variance tradeoff in classical statistics, which states that having too many parameters will yield an extremely large error. See also * Bias–variance tradeoff In statistics and machine learning, the bias–variance tradeoff is the property of a model that the variance of the parameter estimated across samples can be reduced by increasing the bias in the estimated parameters. The bias–variance di ... References * * * * * * External links * * Model selection Machine learning Statistical classification {{stat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boteti River
The Boteti River (also Botletle RiverHelgren, David M. (1984) "Historical Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology in the Southwestern Makgadikgadi Basin, Botswana" ''Annals of the Association of American Geographers'' 74(2): pp. 298–307, page 298Johannesburg Sheet 34, Edition 5, TPC, 1970 Series 2201, U.S. Army Map Service or Botletli) is a natural in . It derives flow from the core ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okakarara
Okakarara is a town in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, located southeast of Waterberg National Park. It has an estimated population of 7,000 and is currently growing by 1,500 inhabitants annually. Okakarara consists of the residential areas of ''Pamue'', the former whites-only area, and ''Okakarara Proper'', the former black residential area. It is the district capital of the Okakarara electoral constituency that includes surrounding settlements. History The first house was built by Salathiel Kambamba Kambazembi and Reinard Tjerije who arrived in the area in 1923. The settlement grew over time and was proclaimed a town in 1992. Okakarara became the centre of the Herero Tribal Authority in the early 1970s. Economy and infrastructure The town further features a secondary school, a government hospital, a vocational training centre, and an abattoir. Since 2007, Okakarara hosts the annual Okakarara trade fair, a four-day event to bring the breeders of the communal land area around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South-West Africa
South West Africa ( af, Suidwes-Afrika; german: Südwestafrika; nl, Zuidwest-Afrika) was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day Namibia. It bordered Angola (Portuguese colony before 1975), Botswana ( Bechuanaland before 1966), South Africa, and Zambia (Northern Rhodesia before 1964). Previously the German colony of South West Africa from 1884–1915, it was made a League of Nations mandate of the Union of South Africa following Germany's defeat in the First World War. Although the mandate was abolished by the United Nations in 1966, South African control over the territory continued despite its illegality under international law. The territory was administered directly by the South African government from 1915 to 1978, when the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference laid the groundwork for semi-autonomous rule. During an interim period between 1978 and 1985, South Africa gradually granted South West Africa a limited for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
