Namibia: The Nama and Ovaherero Genocide – Memory and Retraumatising Interpretations

The colonial era during the German South West Africa period is narrated as a brief spell, without due consideration to how remarkably it shaped present day Namibia.

Particularly, the period’s legal, economic, political and social landscape formed the foundational premise of Namibia’s governance.

The official narrative in Namibia often positions the oppressive apartheid regime to bury the memory of German colonial brutality, forgetting that Germany laid a firm foundation for racial oppression and…