Manasse Tyiseseta

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Theodor Leutwein (seated left), Zacharias Zeraua (2nd from left) and Manasse Tyiseseta (seated, 4th from left), Samuel Maharero (right), 1895

Manasse Tyiseseta (after another spelling Tjiseseta ) (born April 25, 1850 in Otjimbingwe ; † April 17, 1898 in Omaruru ) was leader of the Ovaherero around Omaruru in the former German Southwest Africa , now Namibia , from November 25, 1884 until his death .

Life

Manasse Tyiseseta was a student of the Otjimbingwer Augustineum . With Christian Wilhelm Zeraua he moved to Omaruru in 1867 (former name: Okonjose). Here Manasse worked as a school teacher from 1871 to 1882 and married one of Zeraua's daughters, Albertina (1851–1951). They had the children

  • Michael Tyiseseta (1872-1924)
  • Hugo Tyiseseta (1877–1951)
  • Charlotte Tyiseseta Zeraua (1881–1951)

Victor Franke reported that during the rinderpest epidemic of 1897 Manasse Tyiseseta refused to vaccinate his cattle.

Manasse died of typhus on April 17, 1898. His burial took place next to the resting place of Christian Wilhelm Zeraua in the old cemetery in Omaruru.

Reign

Manasse Tyiseseta was a half-brother of Chief Tjaherani (reigned from about 1860 to 1884) and after his death in 1884 became leader of the Ovaherero of Omaruru (according to other sources on November 29, 1876 after the death of Christian Wilhelm Zeraua). On November 3, 1885 protection agreement between Manasseh and was Heinrich Ernst Göring as a representative of the German Reich in the presence of the missionaries Carl Gotthilf Büttner and as interpreters working Gottlieb Viehe completed. Manasse managed to maintain the independence of his tribe from the Germans and the Oberführer Samuel Maharero for many years . His trade relations with the Cape Colony contributed to this, especially the trade in arms and ammunition as well as his own armed forces.

In August 1891, Samuel Maharero was recognized by the German authorities as supreme Ovaherero leader. However, other leaders of the Ovaherero did not accept this, such as Manasse Tyiseseta from Omaruru, Kandji Tjetjo from Owikokorero, the Ovambanderu leader Kahimemua Nguvauva and Riarua. These themselves made claims to the Ovaherero leadership. On November 26th, Theodor Leutwein brokered a meeting between the Otjimbingwern Samuel Maharero and Zacharias Zeraua with Manasse Tyiseseta near Omaruru in order to reach an agreement. Thereupon Manasse lost its independent position and Omaruru received a German military garrison .

literature

  • Joris de Vries: Manasse Tjiseseta, chief of Omaruru 1884–1898, Namibia . Publishing house Köppe, Cologne 1999

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albertina Tjiseseta in the database of Find a Grave . Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ Michael Tyiseseta in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  3. ^ Hugo Tyiseseta in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ Charlotte Tyiseseta Zeraua in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ Archive of German Colonial Law, page 271. Dr. Norbert B. Wagner, 2008, accessed January 23, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Klaus Dierks: Herero Day in Okahandja: In memory of the return of the dead Samuel Maharero: August 23/26, 1923. Retrieved January 23, 2014 .
predecessor Office successor
Tjaherani King of the Tjamuaha Royal House
( Traditional Herero Leader ) 		Michael Tyiseseta
personal data
SURNAME Tyiseseta, Manasseh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tjiseseta, Manasseh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Leader of the Herero around Omaruru in German South West Africa
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Otjimbingwe
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1898
Place of death Omaruru