# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-morenga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:56:04.715Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-morenga"
name: "Jacob Morenga"
slug: "jacob-morenga"
description: "Jacob Morenga, also Jakob, Jacobus, Marengo, and Marenga, known as the \"black Napoleon\", was an important figure in Namibia, then the German colony of German South West Africa. He was chief leader in the insurrection against the German Empire which took place between 1904 and 1908, and was best known for forging an alliance between the rival Herero and Nama tribes."
tagline: "Namibian freedom fighter (1875-1907)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jakob_Morenga.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1875"
deathDate: "1907"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.423436000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0"
    title: "Якоб Моренга"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakobus_Morenga"
    title: "Jakobus Morenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Morenga"
    title: "Jacob Morenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Morenga"
    title: "Jakob Morenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Morenga"
    title: "Jacob Morenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Morenga"
    title: "Jacob Morenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Morenga"
    title: "Jakob Morenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Моренга, Якоб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump