# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/moses-witbooi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:45:31.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/moses-witbooi"
name: "Moses Witbooi"
slug: "moses-witbooi"
description: "Moses Witbooi was the second chief of the Witbooi Nama or ǀKhowesin, a ruling clan of the Oorlam branch of the Nama people. He was the son of Kido Witbooi, founder of the clan. He became the de facto leader in 1870, but official chief only at his father's death on 31 December 1875. In the 1880s, he allied with Jan Jonker Afrikaner against the Herero people. Late in 1887 he was deposed by his son-in-law Paul Visser, who had him executed early the next year. His son Hendrik Witbooi soon after killed Visser and reunited the Oorlam under his rule."
tagline: "Captain of the ǀKhowesin"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Moses_Witbooi_1876.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1807"
deathDate: "1888-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.38
  momentum:             10.5
  historical:           3.937401333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "موسى ويتبوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Witbooi"
    title: "Moses Witbooi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Witbooi"
    title: "Moses Witbooi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Witbooi"
    title: "Moses Witbooi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1949230"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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