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Politics and Society7 years ago
White farmers in Namibia own 70 per cent of agricultural land
As Namibia gets ready for a land conference from the 1st to the 5th of October, a report from the Namibia Land Statistics states that 70%...
African identities7 years ago
Germany returns human remains from Namibian genocide
The German government has returned 25 of possibly hundreds of Herero and Nama skulls taken from Namibia for examination by racial anthropologists in an attempt to...
Arts, Culture and Sport7 years ago
The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress
Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride...
African identities7 years ago
Representatives of the Herero and Nama victims urge for “decolonisation of the city of Hamburg”
In response to the statement by the Senator of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg on the Herero and Nama genocide, the OvaHerero, Mbanderu and...
Politics and Society7 years ago
The age of European enlightenment: The city of Hamburg apologises for its role in African genocide
In a recent reception in Hamburg, Germany, Senator Dr Carsten Brosda addressed the atrocities Germany had inflicted on German South and West Africa, as well as...

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White farmers in Namibia own 70 per cent of agricultural land

Germany returns human remains from Namibian genocide

The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress

Representatives of the Herero and Nama victims urge for “decolonisation of the city of Hamburg”

The age of European enlightenment: The city of Hamburg apologises for its role in African genocide

Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York

Opinion | PanAfricanists must seek a radical cure for the open wound that is the state in Africa

Opinion | The Muhoozi Project is a hoax

Europe has plans for Africa’s resources, and not for Africa’s benefit

In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy

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Climate finance for the Global North and climate reparations for the Global South

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