Herero Heroes

[Eric Rosenbloom]

The Herero it seems are for Pynchon a model of what we all must come to
terms with, the hateful legacy upon which our present-day lives are built.

--Eric R

Terrance wrote:
> In 1915 the German occupation of Nambia was replaced by
> South African occupation. On account of the South African
> invasion, the young Herero who had become German soldiers
> were left leaderless and without the social structure that
> had given them status and identity. Left in limbo these
> young men created a new social structure, based on that
> which they knew best, the German army.
> 
> *Herero Heroes* by Jan-Bart Gewald



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