Herero
latest news & developmentsOPINION | Genocide: It’s never far away if people are not prepared to stand up and oppose it
Research has shown that more than 150 000 people have been killed, injured, or displaced in xenophobic incidents across South Africa since 1994.
O, Canada! Art bears witness to ‘dark secrets’ of colonised places
An installation and a documentary about the notorious residential school system amplify calls to define such deaths worldwide as genocide
Namibia’s Blue Book of record: Part one
On 27 January, the world remembers the victims of the Holocaust, but it is also worth remembering the victims of Germany’s other, earlier genocide in Namibia. A rare book,…
Germany returns human remains from Namibia genocide
Namibian activists have called on Berlin to apologise for massacring thousands and provide reparations
Activists ramp up Herero and Nama reparation demands on film
Filmmaker Vincent Moloi hopes to raise the profile of reparation with ‘Skulls of My People’.
Herero make new claim for genocide reparations against Germany
Namibians have brought a renewed lawsuit in the United States against Germany’s extermination policy.
Returned Namibian skulls ignite anger, not peace
Historians say the genocide committed by German soldiers in what they called South West Africa was a precursor to the Nazi holocaust of the Jews.
Namibia demands return of ‘genocide’ skulls
Namibia’s ambassador to Berlin has demanded that German universities return dozens of human skulls, remains of the colonial-era Herero massacre.