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Uwe Timm. Morenga. Breon Mitchell, tr. New York. New Directions. 2005 (© 2003). 340 pages. $15.95. ISBN 0-8112-1626-8
THE BACKGROUND for Uwe Timm's novel Morenga is provided by the 1905-7 war in German South West Africa (present-day Namibia) between the German colonial army and the rebellious tribes of Hottentots and Hereros, led by the brilliant and charismatic Morenga. The heroic struggle of the small bands of rebels, led by Morenga's shrewd tactics, involved several humiliating defeats for the vastly superior number of German troops but inevitably resulted in the submission of the native forces and the death...