Namibia was first occupied by the European power in 1884, and in 1904, the Herero and Nama peoples − dispossessed of their land and livestock − rose up together in an attempt to expel the Germans. 
Namibia ilitawaliwa kwanza na mabeberu wa kizungu mwaka 1884, na 1904, watu wakabila la Waherero na Wanama − walionyang'anywa ardhi yao na mifugo -waliazimia kwa pamoja kupambana ili kujaribu kuwafukuza Wajerumani.