The German Empire 's '' Schutztruppe '' defeated both the Nama and the Herero during this war . Manasse ǃNoreseb and Hendrik Witbooi died in 1905 , survivors were detained in concentration camps , much the same way as the British had set up camps for forced labour in their colony of South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899 – 1902 . Thousands of people , including women and children , died in these concentration camps from illness , neglect , and malnutrition , leading to a genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples
genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples
Herero and Namaqua genocide
Red Nation (Namibia)