PEOPLE IN PRE-COLONIAL NAMIBIA
There are few records of pre-colonial Namibian history. Much of it is oral knowledge transmitted from generation to generation and some of the things we know or at least assume today is based on archeological findings.
it is believed that the Damara and San people where the first habitants of the region of present-day Namibia.
Archeological findings show that the region has been inhabited by different ethnic groups as early as 25 000 BC.
Some of the early inhabitants of present-day Namibia also created rock paintings in some of the mountains that can teach us about their history.
The rock painting below can still be seen today – at the Brandberg, Namibias highest mountain.
The people had different forms of living, some were hunter gatherers, others pastoralists or farmers. They would later become commercial farmers, traders, miners and fisherman, with traditional rituals and believes.
All ethnic groups used to live in harmony.
Many were ruled by their own kings, chiefs or leaders.
During the so-called Bantu Expansion or Bantu Migration that is believed to have happened from about 3000BC to 1100AD and is considered one of the largest migrational movements in the history of mankind, some Bantu groups also settled along the region of present day Namibia.
The arrows in the map below show the various phases of the Bantu Migration.
OUR ADVISOR
I am Edna Awaras of Damara descent. I was born and raised in Namibia, finished my tertiary education through the Cambridge System. Went on a Working Holiday to England 2002-2004. I obtained a diploma in Holistic Massage Therapy from the City of Bristol College-Uk. For seven years I managed a successful film company in Namibia, that specialized in documentary film making. In August 2013 I moved to Austria and I have been living here since. In Namibia, most of my work is to facilitate on behalf of the film crews, as a facilitator, field producer, and production manager.
I met my wonderful friend Banza through our children who are going to the same school.
When Banza introduced me to Global New Generation (GNG), I was very intrigued by the website and how multinational it is. I met Sonja, the founder of GNG, at Banza’s birthday and later started being involved in GNG’s activities.
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