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Namibia's long history of anti|colonial justice


Namibia's long history of anti-colonial justice | Africa at LSE

Namibians have waged a successful, long-term campaign for justice against their former coloniser, writes Fabian Krautwald.

Namibia's long fight for justice - New Internationalist Magazine

One of their worst atrocities was against the Ovaherero and Nama people from Namibia. In 1904, war broke after the local population decided to ...

Colonial repercussions: Germany and Namibia - ECCHR

In the early 20th, today's Namibia was a German colony. ECCHR is working to address colonial crimes in Namibia and Germany's colonial past.

History of Namibia - Britannica

From 1947 Namibians (initially via intermediaries) had begun to petition the United Nations (UN) against South African rule. A series of cases before the ...

Dr Fabian Krautwald | History - UCL – University College London

... history research, commemorations, popular publications, or at public talks. "Namibia's Long History of Anti-Colonial Justice," Africa at LSE, February 9, 2023 ...

Namibia - Colonial Repercussions - ECCHR

In the context of the genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama, this involves thinking about the quandary of historical injustices. Justice is not a fixed concept; it ...

Colonialism, Genocide and Reparations: The German‐Namibian Case

The genocide in South West Africa will then be captured in brief, before turning to the bilateral German-Namibian negotiations. A more detailed ...

Regarding Reconciliation: The Herero's Long Quest for Justice

After more than a century, a minority ethnic group in Namibia insists that history be recognized: reparations are the key to restoring ...

Genocide And Reparations In German Colonial Namibia

Germany's colonial crimes against the Ovaherero, Ovambanderu, and Nama in South West Africa (present-day Namibia) have for too long evaded ...

Namibia: A timeline of Germany's brutal colonial history - DW

No local people are part of these decisions made by European powers. 1890: The Anglo-German Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty comes into force. Germany ...

Namibia - So all good again now? - medico international

And yet, this year marks the 120th anniversary of the events leading to the first genocide of the 20th century. It was waged against the ...

Namibia - Colonialism, Independence, Deserts | Britannica

Namibia - Colonialism, Independence, Deserts: The history of Namibia is not ... A series of cases before the International Court of Justice (World Court) ...

Namibia after 30 Years of Independence - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

During the pre-independence, colonial apartheid era, Namibia was often cited as the world's second-most unequal society, following its ...

the Namibian–German case and struggles for restorative relations

The case of the first genocide of the 20th century, committed by German colonial troops against Ovaherero and Nama peoples in what is today Namibia,

Namibia - African Transitional Justice Hub

The Nama and Herero peoples resisted colonial rule because of arbitrary land seizures by German settlers. An armed conflict ensued in 1904 after ...

The ambiguity of colonial international law: Three approaches to the ...

An interesting case is the 1904–1907 Namibian Genocide. Germany has recently concluded a draft agreement with Namibia on reconciliation and ...

Namibian civil society and German reparations for the genocide of ...

This development illustrates the importance of including civil society in historical research processes on the colonial past of Western countries and/or in ...

Namibian genocide: why Germany's bid to make amends isn't enough

On 28 May, Germany acknowledged that it committed genocide against the Herero and Namas peoples in Namibia between 1904 and 1908.

Germany's Namibia Genocide Apology: the limits of decolonizing the ...

In 1904 and 1905 the Ovaherero and Nama people of central and southern Namibia rose up against colonial rule and dispossession. The revolt was ...

How to pay for genocide: Namibian victims of German colonialism ...

The massacre of the Nama and Herero peoples between 1904-1908, now in present-day Namibia, is widely recognised as an intentional extermination ...