How to pay for genocide: Namibian victims of German colonialism want a say
For years, Namibian groups rallied for redress of systemic violence. When an agreement was reached, they were excluded.
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For years, Namibian groups rallied for redress of systemic violence. When an agreement was reached, they were excluded.
What happens when a colonial power apologizes for genocide and offers to pay more than €1 billion in restitution? In Namibia, descendants of the victims are suing.
What happens when a colonial power apologizes for genocide and offers to pay more than €1 billion in restitution? In Namibia, descendants of the victims are suing.
Germany is set to apologise to Namibia for a genocide more than 100 years ago - and to pay an as yet unknown amount of money.
German deal an “insult” to Namibia’s Ovaherero and Nama Members of a delegation of Ovaherero and Nama leaders attend a ceremony held at Berlin’s Charité – Universitätsmedizin hospital on 30 September 2011 to mark the return of 20 human skulls from Germany to Namibia. The skulls, which belonged to the victims of the Ovaherero and Nama genocide of 1904 to 1908, were originally sent to Berlin by German colonial forces for now-discredited research to prove the racial superiority of white Europeans. (Reuters/Alamy Stock Photo) Share this page Members of a delegation of Ovaherero and Na...