A dialogue in Namibia this week explored the divisive legacy of the 1904 to 1908 Nama-Ovaherero genocide, the role of women in seeking justice, and paths towards reconciliation with Germany.

Between 1904 and 1908, Germany's colonial forces reacted to a rebellion by Ovaherero and Nama people in Namibia with brutal violence and prison camps. The trauma and political repercussion remain ...

Between 1904-1908 German colonial forces wiped out over 80% of the Nama and Herero people's population in what historians now call "the forgotten genocide". A class action suit is being brought ...

Namibia was a German colony for just over a century and in the early 1900s the Herero and the Nama people rose up against the Germans with tragic consequences. Some 65,000 members of the Herero ...