Moses Witbooi
Kido Moses Witbooi , actually |Gâbeb !A-ǁîmab (* 1807 /1808 in Pella , Cape Colony , now South Africa ; † 22. February 1888 in Gibeon , now Namibia ) was from 1885 until his death Kaptein of Witbooi ( |Khowesin ).
Moses was the son of the chief Kido Witbooi ( ǂA-ǁêib ) and father of Hendrik Witbooi ( ǃNanseb ǀGabemab ). He was sentenced to death in tribal feuds for treason and shot by his own brother-in-law Paul Visser , who then declared himself a captain of the Witbooi and captain of Greater Namaland in the Hornkranz settlement . But Hendrik Witbooi avenged his father, killed Visser on July 12, 1888 and made himself the new captain.
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- ↑ Note: This article contains characters from the alphabet of the Khoisan languages spoken in southern Africa . The display contains characters of the click letters ǀ , ǁ , ǂ and ǃ . For more information on the pronunciation of long or nasal vowels or certain clicks , see e.g. B. under Khoekhoegowab .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alf Wannenburgh writes that Moses Witbooi was exactly 81 years old at the time of his conviction in 1888. - Source: Alf Wannenburgh: Forgotten frontiersmen , Verlag H. Timmins, ISBN 978-0-86978-175-3 . - Other sources give 1808 as the year of birth, e.g. B. here .
- ↑ See also the chapters of the Nama
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Kido Witbooi |
Kaptein der Witbooi ( Kapsteine der Nama ) |
Hendrik Witbooi |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Witbooi, Moses |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Witbooi, Kido Moses |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nama captain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1807 or 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pella , South Africa |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1888 |
| Place of death | Gibeon , German South West Africa (today: Namibia ) |