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Namibia: Christuskirche and the shadow of genocide in Namibia – News

Namibia: Christuskirche and the shadow of genocide in Namibia – News

Africa Links 24 with Mitchelin Kangootui
Published on 2026-05-28 09:00:00

As Namibia commemorates the second Genocide Remembrance Day, the solemn occasion once again casts a spotlight on one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history – the genocide committed against the Ovaherero and Nama communities during German colonial rule between 1904 and 1908.

Every year, descendants of the Ovaherero and Nama communities honour the memory of thousands who were massacred and dispossessed of their land during the war of resistance against German colonial…

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