Bondelswarts

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]

History

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 wich was violently repressed.[2]

References
  1. Big Swords, Jesuits, and Bondelswarts, John S. Lowry, p.64
  2. Crawford, Neta (2002). "6 - Sacred Trust". Argument and Change in World Politics: Ethics, Decolonization and Humanitarian Intervention. Cambridge University Press.

Further reading
  • Freislich, Richard (1964). The Last Tribal War. A History Of The Bondelswart Uprising. 1964: Struik.CS1 maint: location (link)
  • 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

See also
  • Dean McCleland, John Dunn: Part 1 – Background to the Bondelswarts People & the SAC
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