Ghanzi In History (Part 9) Marcus Garvey In The Kgalagadi

After London’s 1885 renunciation of its previously proclaimed Hereroland Protectorate, Karcho assisted Maharero in negotiating an accommodation with the German Governor, Ernest Goering (father of Hitler’s deputy Herman Goering). The result was an October 1885 treaty, in which the Ovaherero accepted the Kaiser’s protection in exchange for the ultimately unfulfilled promise of continued autonomy.

The 1890 death of Maharero coincided with the extension of more heavy-handed German authority. Karcho soon fell out with the new Ovaherero paramount, Samuel Maharero, when the latter initially sought to build up his own shaky authority by collaborating with the Germans in wars against other indigenous rulers.