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.

History
They rose up against German colonial rule in the Nama War 1903-1906. They were brutally repressed.

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, which was violently repressed.