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Repatriation of Hereros from Botswana

Background

At the turn of the century, many people of this country especially Hereros were killed by the Germans and the land was taken from them and given to German settlers. This was in line with the German policy that the population should simply be wiped out in order to make room for settler colonizers .

This resulted in numerous battles between the Germans and the people of this country. Thus, the indigenous people lost their land, their freedom and self-determination, their personal dignity and were forced out of their country by the heavily increased German troops and as a result, Hereros ended up settling in Botswana .

Factors that lead to the Repatriation

• While they became Botswana citizens, they kept to their tradition, their language and their costume .
• They lived communally in their traditional small round mud huts - the kind of life many Tswana people regard as still primitive .
• Hereros were finding the going rough in their adopted country, Botswana .
• Botswanans regard them with suspicion and fearing an ethnic crisis]] .