Called the German-Namibian War by the descendants of the Ovaherero and Nama, the peoples killed for resisting German rule, the extermination strategy had lasting demographic and socioeconomic impacts, and left festering wounds.
Following Germany’s official acknowledgement, government-appointed special envoys began negotiations in late 2015. But major agencies of the Ovaherero and Nama tribes were denied the degree of participation they had expected. Their reference to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the General Assembly in 2007 with the vote of both states, bore no fruit. This framework entitles indigenous people to full participation in any affairs affecting them.
As a “gesture of recognition”, Germany agreed to pay €1.1-billion over 30 years to existing aid programmes.The fund will go to development projects — land reform, water supply, and so on — in seven of the 14 Namibian regions where Ovaherero and Nama residents form ethnic minorities. And while some €50-million has been earmarked for a foundation to promote German-Namibian reconciliation, including cultural projects and youth exchange programmes, it is painfully insufficient.
The ratification of the agreement between the two foreign ministers, planned for June in Windhoek, has been postponed. The Covid-19 pandemic spiralling locally out of control has added to the disruption of the schedule.
So what would be the right way to deal with it?
from 1652 until 1948, it was completely legal to hunt and kill Khoi and San, Khoi and San heads was used as currency to steal land, the more heads, the bigger piece of stolen land, and yet the 'freedom charter' says, the land must be shared with those who stole it
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