The violence eventually led to a genocide of the Herero and Nama people by the Germans , known as the Herero and Namaqua genocide . In total , 24,000 to 100,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama died . The genocide was characterized by a high number of deaths from starvation and thirst ; the Herero who fled the violence were prevented from returning from the Namib Desert . Some sources also claim that the German colonial army systematically poisoned desert wells . The genocide took place between 1904 and 1907 in German South-West Africa ( now modern day Namibia ) , during the Herero Wars
Herero and Namaqua genocide
Herero and Namaqua genocide
Racism in Africa