The Herero people originated in Namibia, which was once call...  ...thwest Africa under German colonial rule. A dozen Herero descendants who live in the U.S. met with officia...  ...in the museum's possession since 1924. They were Herero bones, a legacy of a dark time in history...

The Germans moved into the area of what is now Nam...  ...in 1882, eventually occupying and displacing the Herero people and the Namaqua people, taking their land...  ...for thousands of years, naturally rebelled. The Herero Wars lasted until 1907, when the occupied peoples...  ...ed the area until 1915, after...