Hundreds of Herero and Nama individuals had been killed by German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908 after the tribes rebelled towards German rule of the colony, then named German South-West Africa.
Izinkulungwane zaboHlanga lwamaHerero kanye naboHlanga lwamaNama babulawa ngamabutho amakoloni aseGermany phakathi kowe-1904 nowe-1908, ngemuva kokuthi lezi zizwe zahlubuka ekubuseni kwamaJalimane kuleli koloni, elabe libizwa ngeGerman South West Africa.