Herero
noun
He·re·ro
hə-ˈrer-(ˌ)ō 
ˈher-ə-ˌrō
plural Herero or Hereros
: a member of a Bantu people of central Namibia
Examples of Herero in a Sentence
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This was an elite capture, in order to enable a colonial ethnographic museum that literally contained the bones of the Herero.
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Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
Conceived in 2015, Goliath’s Elegy comprises performance and video, and addresses femicide killings of trans and gay people in South Africa as well as the Herero and Nama massacre conducted by German colonial forces in the 1900s in what is now Namibia.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
25 Mar. 2026
German colonialism was brutal if also feeble in some cases, but the book leaves little doubt that the Germans conducted a genocide in Namibia, building five concentration camps for the Herero and Nama peoples and killing tens of thousands.
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Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
The first serious rupture between the Germans and the Herero occurred when a German official’s camel passed between a chief’s villa and the holy fire—a terrible omen.
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Aatish Taseer,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Oct. 2025
As the nation embarks on a new tourism push, African Parks, which has managed Iona since 2019, is spearheading biodiversity restoration—including the reintroduction of the Angola giraffe—and projects with the local Himba and Herero communities.
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Cnt Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Sep. 2025
The Herero massacre wasn’t even really talked about until mid-1990s.
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Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Forensic Architecture is gathering evidence to support calls by Nama and Herero people for direct reparations for the genocide.
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Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk,
theweek,
14 May 2024
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Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
Conceived in 2015, Goliath’s Elegy comprises performance and video, and addresses femicide killings of trans and gay people in South Africa as well as the Herero and Nama massacre conducted by German colonial forces in the 1900s in what is now Namibia.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
25 Mar. 2026
German colonialism was brutal if also feeble in some cases, but the book leaves little doubt that the Germans conducted a genocide in Namibia, building five concentration camps for the Herero and Nama peoples and killing tens of thousands.
—
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
The first serious rupture between the Germans and the Herero occurred when a German official’s camel passed between a chief’s villa and the holy fire—a terrible omen.
—
Aatish Taseer,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Oct. 2025
As the nation embarks on a new tourism push, African Parks, which has managed Iona since 2019, is spearheading biodiversity restoration—including the reintroduction of the Angola giraffe—and projects with the local Himba and Herero communities.
—
Cnt Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Sep. 2025
The Herero massacre wasn’t even really talked about until mid-1990s.
—
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Forensic Architecture is gathering evidence to support calls by Nama and Herero people for direct reparations for the genocide.
—
Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk,
theweek,
14 May 2024
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“Herero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Herero. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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