Monument to namibia in Southern Africa bears these words to preserve the colony against the herero uprising with god for emperor and empire glory be to those who are loyal unto death. For 30 years the german colonial rulers governed over the peoples of namibia the shadow of this foreign rule is long and the stories are on forgotten. Did you ever hear the stories told by the elders of the village at the 5. Stories about the battles of the all of them by may. Cure owing stories from the war against colony and this. Being the onto of the systems once upon us. All. The art of resistance in the media march 2018 at the march of genocide in the movie and to recall the slaughter that the german colonial troops carried out against the ancestors of the how they dont and. They were colonial german Army Uniforms its a dark chapter in history that germany prefers to forget in namibia its a history that burdens people to this day. In. The picturesque town of swap more and maybe as atlantic coast. In front of the town hall stands the marine memorial which commemorates the german soldiers who brutally oppressed an uprising by the 100 people of namibia more than 100 years ago. And outreach to city councillor like me said copy introduced a motion for the monuments removal. Thats. Been destroyed it. Does me. In my motion i requested them to take it to them issued so that we can hear that for for this going to get independence so what we want. A group of activists recently splashed blood red paint on the memorial had it all and now more people have gathered for a protest. The statue is a disgrace a monument to colonial and racial oppression. Their way the german people are outraged. Thats their way that this. Nation because they dont recognize what they did and the still were having the blood of their blood. Namibias colonial past is more visible and more than anywhere else in the country. With its. Lifehouse in cafes the town is more reminiscent of a german seaside resort than a provincial capital in Southern Africa. The scenic spotless charm us walk up and trust throngs of tourists to this day the town is still dominated by whites about 2000 people live in the center of. Some of them are descendants of the 1st settlers who came here under german colonial rule. Just a few kilometers from the center of lies another world some 60000 people live in one day so many of them in poverty. Every day life here is shaped by unemployment there arent enough schools or job training opportunities much of the housing is of poor quality. People here struggle with an uncertain future. To the roots of this poverty law and it may be as colonial past. All of that where the isa we have the words and as percent of the demand. For the farms is in the hands of the german people that they did not buy for any single cent they store and. Some of them lend also the. Will to the best think in germany for lindy well i dont have a place to go to the grave. I mean that is 7 now as im talking. Where to this conflict over land began much of south western africa. In the 19th century the inhabitants were nomadic Cattle Breeders hunters and gatherers. The largest groups were the. They traveled the land in search of fertile soil and water. The lack of water was a shared problem there were no fixed borders the people lived according to the principle my land is where my cattle graze. But conflicts over grazing land and cattle theft were common. The land was too arid to support the ever larger herds. To the vast deserts to find the landscape the nominee and the color. In 829 the german relish missionary society sent its 1st missionaries. They took photographs and kept a diary which remains an important historical document. The germans founded missions they named battalion noise and vocal talk. To bring the light of civilization to the dark continent they said. Local people were deeply skeptical about the missionaries arrival. And about to get close but i could see them. To do just. Like this he does to go to so much. In the wake of the missionaries 2 the 1st colonial settlers began to arrive most of them from europe. They came in search of land and cattle and in their view the land was uninhabited. Increased competition over resources intensified local conflicts some of which erupted in violence the delicate balance had been disrupted. The white settlers deliberately fuelled these conflicts sometimes they sold weapons brandy and promises to one. Sometimes to another. The land they captured remains the cornerstone of white farmer holders in namibia to this day. Place the len going old country. And those of us whose parents have been driven away from their lent. Lend and other properties. Which today should have been a way inheritance. And whose due provision led to our people being plunged into generational poverty. For more than 100. 00 g. S. The conflict intensified when i took back all merchant from klayman arrived in namibia and 883. He helped to find Natural Resources such as copper and minerals which he planned to sell in europe at a great profit ringback. Ludovicus was a man of dubious reputation his tobacco plantations in mexico had failed as had his attempts to establish Business Operations in west africa now he had his sights set on the bay of picking that he began negotiations with the local nama people in their negotiations specified english miles but the purchase contract specified german miles 4 and a half times as much land as had been agreed. This fraud accounted for i dont know that since the norm is a state german emperor will hunt the 1st issue to rid of protection and on august 7th 1904 the imperial flag was raised over than a 1000000. I grew up in was renamed its bay. This was just the beginning soon the german protectorate encompassed one and a half times as much land as germany itself. Like elsewhere in europe the population of germany was growing rapidly as was the demand for food. Europe was bursting at the seams and increasingly set its sights on overseas colonies the newly founded german empire was also flexing its muscles in search of Raw Materials cheap labor and land for colonial settlers. They imagined themselves in africa a vast exotic land of opportunity and adventure the european conquest of africa began. German chancellor otto from bismarck wanted to act as mediator issuing invitations to what became known as the berlin conference. In late 1904 the competing european states met to negotiate colonization and trade in africa the race for territory what became known as the scramble for africa was underway germany 2 sought to stake its claim for a place in the sun. These conduct of believe me for a very long time. For holiness and we were told the names of the Condor Partners who believe. The extraordinary skills the diplomatic upness the motivation behind everyone the Pacific Ocean of africa big good deeds of civilization of africa. The courage of the explorers the self forgetting humanism. But nobody. Absolutely nobody pointed to the insult to the disc on that followed as if you were. English in france italy and portugal had already seized land in Africa European colonial powers began to build trade relations they were soon joined by germany which established colonial settlements in togo cameroon east africa and what they called german South West Africa todays namibia. This decision to colonize africa affected the whole africa in its development so africa was left behind African Resources were taken away to europe and as a result we developed as poor people who were left behind so there when its come to you and i mean bia into us not only a question of taking their resources away from us but its also a question of eliminating the population of this country so that has a serious impact on our society. After the berlin conference more and more german settlers began to arrive and then maybe. They triggered conflicts among the local people in order to acquire territory. They signed a treaty of protection with the chief or the herero saying they would defend the herero against the nama a treaty that also serve their own interests. The legendary not much chief hendrik with boy wrote to chief samuel morrow. I learned that you have given yourself into german protection. This dry land is only known by 2 names and our land and number. And. And autonomy is reality. No other captain a leader has any right to force his way home. But you do you captain you have no except in another room and have handed yourself over to a human supremacy for protection. But my dear cant. Do you realize would you have done that will be to you like this son which the jackal carried on his back in which burned him nearly to death. The jackal with the sun on his back the traditional namibian fable as a warning against false friends. Hendrik with boy kept a diary and wrote many letters in afrikaans language that was widely used in Southern Africa at the time today these documents are on the unesco World Heritage list. Hero of the mt colonial resistance portrait adorns the namibian currency. When hendrik record and chief ma herero agreed to make peace german colonial troops should torpor attack the Nama Community at home cards with the aim of eliminating which point the attack was a brutal massacre helpless women and children were killed with boy escaped. With boy wrote and now from whose hands is the blood shed coming the entire world should ask. But the world had little interest and looked away. For the people of namibia the situation grew ever more desperate. Forced labor and Corporal Punishment became the order of the day public executions were commonplace. We do not wish to be beaten. At the last it could be that be osa begin to eat back. The effect of their land and the humiliation at the hands of the german colonial troops united the peoples of namibia the herero revoke the letter of protection with the germans a Resistance Movement was born. Someone had it all wrote. Our people where want and mocked by german merchants. Who was taken away with force. They were from treated. Some men were shot like ducks when they refused to give away their women and children. Our chiefs consulted and determined that the wall could not be there worse than what we had to go through the. War was in the air for the germans this was an insidious insurrection of bloodthirsty savages. For the herero unama it was a war forced upon them. Had it all called for armed struggle. Let us be freer to die together while fighting them rather than by mel treatment apre some. On january 12th 1000 know for the 1st shots were fired. Officers of the German Administration railway stations and shops were attacked and destroyed white farmers were killed their wives and children were spared. On january 21st 1000 or 400 at all wrote. The top or all that dont remember him but maybe coming. All we. Only. Mumble i mean back you know we can all make a movie just you know but only know. How many cows in there he now we know. Oh poor me. The german colonial troops were no match for the heard of they called for reinforcements from germany. Additional military equipment and troops were dispatched and soon some 20000 men landed at. The german emperor installed a new commander at the head. Its very difficult to describe. In a poor amena how it feels to do that the German Authorities of the time. Actually said down. And in a calculated mina. In a coach related manner. Decided to send somebody who was handpicked to come into a specific job. And one thought i came here. And for the 1st time in the history of mankind. Said art they did not settle intended in writing. That. I want my troops to go out there. To wipe our. A whole community. From the face of the earth. In east africa and china no tough one torture had already earned himself a reputation as a harsh and merciless soldier his message for namibia was. Clean it up hang it up shoot it down by destroy the rebellious tribes with streams of blood and streams of money. August 11th 1000 or 4 tens of thousands of head o. P. People were gathered with their families and their herds at the waterbury plateau. There was enough water and food for everyone this was their ancestral land and they plan to defend it and. Heard it all remember the fighting that followed as the battle of. General issued his infamous extermination order. They had had 0 are no longer german subjects within the german borders every hereto with or without a gun with or without cattle will be shot. I will no longer accept women and children i will drive them back to their people oh i will let them be shot at these are my words to the head that oh people the great general of the mighty german emperor. Beheaded all understood this was a call to genocide. In the initial battles to hit all beat back the german troops. Like the colonial troops they were familiar with the climate and the terrain. Wanted to drive the dado into the desert and. Blocked other escape routes a quote from him says the water shall complete what the german weapons had become the annihilation of the herero people. We accompany muddier cut your heater and 1st to the former battlefield for members of the people this is a very important place in our history of genocide. I got emotional touch with this area because i see even now i dont see the bodies of my home and heroes i feel emotionally that they are here and they felt here they showed bravery against. The machinery of germany and no one and i mean we are today is called the land of the brave because i want to show determination to receive it gains what was fighting to take away from what these what they are what what belongs to them. The strategy off the enemy was to circle the place where i feel were getting water and to an extent also poisoning the water so that they were killed or. At least thats what happened and thats why this place is very important in our history. With it. For me its very hey this. Is my 1st time ever. If you hear the history from all the people that you. Belong. Here. Its a its a its its its paying if you feel. That you cannot describe. In words. It was a magic bullet to face. The magic jim and. If you all did. I meant in a Motion Mission in everything. I think theyre going to be they did not have enough. Guys. Not all those big. National issue. But for the love of the our own country they said that little face it. Men women and children if youre going on here and so on even pick up bones in things like that. Today this land belongs to a white farmer whoever wants to enter it must obtain his permission its really really very painful that even. In deep in the media you have to ask for permission for some of to come here while this place should actually belong to us. Only about 1200 had it all were able to escape including some well known how do you know the others were trapped the watering holes have been poisoned by the germans anyone who tried to flee was shot about 85000 people died of hunger and thirst. At the foot of the water bird my fallen german soldiers. They have names dates of birth and death and military honors. The cemetery is supported by the German War Graves Commission ringback there is no mention of genocide guilt or regret. A small plaque is hidden at the rear wall of the cemetery that is supposed to recall the fallen hero warriors but it bears no names or other information. We know where we lived where our sisters are buried we please this while were past those places and they dont belong to us. So it is not something that is forgotten the reality is still there. Grew up talk around i would see the mountain of water back which we saw when bowers this is a buried but we lost it. So you grow up also knowing and. Grandparents would talk about. Once a situation was before we were. After the genocide what was called the necessary labor material became scarce who would do the work needed to operate the colony the country needed new Railway Lines to serve the settlers the military and trade operations including a railway line its the work was hard and the weather near the atlantic was cold and stormy the men and women recruited into forced labor were used to a desert climate thousands died. Traces of their graves are visible alongside the tracks and again they are nameless the graves were only discovered recently. Today you know that as a small colonial town in the south of namibia the fishing and the harbor are the lifeline of the community and the buildings were called the towns glory days when money was earned handover fist inspected lavish celebrations. Diamond deposits brought the area free flourish of prosperity it was the only time in which the colony was economically viable for germany. But little bits also has a much darker history. The infamous shark island today its both a tourist attraction and a memorial this is where the german set up a concentration camp in which they imprisoned any native people they deemed troublesome. It was only one of many concentration camps in the country. Well. As were tracing her familys roots her great great grandmother was imprisoned here. Little is known about her but hopes to find out more. What was her life like in the camp conditions here were terrible every day brought death to many men women and children ready. I think most of the time what she would have been doing is just leave in fear you know fear just tara. If she was the only one from the family that was here you dont know if everybody else have survived the alive they might have a going to see them again. I guess i just died here trying to escape because you dont know what lies ahead from here. More than half of the people imprisoned here perished. The strong and healthy were sold to white farmers 20th century slave trade women in the camp were forced to clean the skulls of the beheaded using shards of glass. Skulls were packed in boxes and sent to the shell get a hospital in berlin for research purposes. This research would evolve into the racial science that flourished under the nazi regime. Some of the women had to clean the heads off you know the men and people that were beheaded you know it could have been a brother could have been an uncle could have been you know somebody who was just here you have to clean. The sexual assaults committed by the german soldiers are also part of this dark history. My whole family from both sides have driven that. My grandmother says a told me that there was german soldiers around there was a captain who then would call for her demand for her to come to the barracks i think the way they used to live so i went my grandmothers sister told me is that then they would put a check in on her and the hat in the woods they would drag her as if shes drunk because theyre both german soldiers would hold her own you know on both sides like this so they shoot so when theyre walking into the gates maybe its simply going to the drug soldier then they would take her to the captains quarters. Was. The most of the rapes were never officially documented but their impact has reverberated down the generations was it the. One was it seems is the whole psychological effect. This kind of a. All this atrocity head on on our people it seems as if somehow someway my people. There i do it. Because somehow in the past this whole thing was killed. By the way we were part of the genocide. You know. Acted with the genocide. So our dignity. Human being our being was really really. Seriously. After the battle of water birth the German Colonial Society proclaimed. Nothing but the memory of the former independence of the head. The Imperial Colonial Office decided to confiscate the assets of native peoples black africans were prohibited from purchasing land and what they already owned was annexed sold and given away. After their victory the colonial authorities introduced regulations to limit freedom of Movement Among the local population. Anyone who wished to leave their assigned home and had to apply to the german colonial administration. From the age of 7 native people were made to wear a metal identification tag that bore an Identification Number and the persons ethnic group. Police stations cropped up around the country and the authorities to monitor and control the native peoples every movement. The native people had lost everything their land their herds much of their families the community. They were forced to work as slaves for the new masters. Colony must finally be made economically viable came the orders from berlin the claim was that this would educate the negro to work. Here and the world is filled with plenty of hardships and difficulties everywhere. Livy is you know. God has disappeared i dont hear anything about him where he might be come up we need is in kind of a man was being encircled has to cry. Slavery concentration camps public executions all in full view of the eyes of the world. A few years later the 1st world war began. In namibia the german colonial forces were vanquished by the english from south africa 1915. After germany was defeated in the 1st world war the treaty of versailles stipulated that it had to surrender its colonies. The administration of no maybe up perhaps to south africa. The german colonial troops left the country passing through and new to its pay. But the german settlers remained on their farms and they kept their minds on all of their possessions the english had no interest in taking control of german farms and the local people were not asked what they wanted. In the 1930 s. The poisonous National Socialist ideology spread from germany to Southern Africa many german settlers hope to regain the lost colony. In southwestern africa heil hitler became a common greeting. Germany was dreaming of world conquest and many believe that maybe i would also become german again. Nationalism and racism also took ever deeper root into. Africa where daniel milan was elected as Prime Minister in 1988. Promised to turn Southern Africa into a white mans land. Apartheid was introduced in south africa and in namibia discrimination and mistreatment of black africans became part of state policy the silent war was now underway. People were separated according to race and cities became white as did the beaches shops and parks black africans were relegated to townships south africa was perfecting the racism but germans had started. In the 1960 s. Black africans began to mobilize they founded South West Africa peoples organization. And. Its 1st leader was the antiapartheid activists. Who would later become the 1st president of namibia swappable fought for independence from south africa and against oppression and the theft of their land many civilians joined the resistance the war of independence was long and claimed many lives. In 1990 swapo defeated the south African Military swapo leaders returned from exile he spent 30 years abroad mainly in tanzania and then. The 1st free elections took place sparking fresh hope the old. And been told it was renamed independence avenue. Namibia was the last african country to gain independence. Namibia now had to forge a new path the relationship between the now independent namibia and germany the former colonial power had to be reinvented. The questions of guilt and responsibility took on renewed importance the German Government decided that monetary compensation would be the way to atone for the past. Germany began to provide namibia with Development Aid more than to any other country but germany didnt acknowledge the genocide in its former colony or issue an official apology. For signs of colonial rule remained ever present like at these nameless graves in a cemetery and. The people of namibia wanted recognition of their suffering and acknowledgement of the lasting wounds of the colonial past. In 2011 representatives of the head you know a number of people went to berlin to reclaim some of the remains that had been sent from the concentration camps nearly a century before. A joint ceremony was planned at the shanty to a hospital where many of the skull still were but all did not go as smoothly as hoped. German government officials were reluctant to receive the emissaries from namibia the delegation was told that the skulls were from head to toe and no more people who had died in namibia. The cause of death and the genocide remained unmentioned. The namibian delegation had hoped for an apology just as the German Government had demanded for turkey with respect to the genocide against the armenians. Oh yes they must apologise they must apologise they must not attract you and if they have a point or just not to apologize theyre in germany to stand there and i want to just they have to come to the Company Maybe up and coming up to their apartment just here in sight. In front of the people. In 2015 lynne appeared to change course the German Government finally acknowledged its historical responsibility for the genocide with this market a new chapter in relations between germany and namibia the washable has struck a condition for german on the stock of knowledge is the heavy burden of guilt that the german colonial troops incurred for crimes against the head. And sun peoples the war of extermination in namibia between 10041000 weight was a war crime and genocide the german blunder stuck there for emphasizes germanys continuing responsibility for the future of namibia i mean. Germany had finally acknowledged the genocide but what would be the result how would berlin address its responsibility i hope question paul ince was appointed chief negotiator but talks were held only within the median government. Descendents up ahead on and nama victims were not invited to the negotiating table. And not by representatives waited 2 years but negotiations stalled in 2017 they went to court in new york filing a Class Action Lawsuit against germany the German Government repeatedly failed to appear for the hearings ignoring the demands of the nama and headed all people. In the march of genocide has come to the cemetery. For the head arrow in naama the past is not over they pay their respects to their ancestors and remember their wounds the government negotiations are still underway. The victims have a clear demand germany must acknowledge the genocide apologize and make reparations payments. Polands responded. As for it there will be no personal monetary compensation because these are the great great grandchildren of the victims germany only paid compensation to immediately tombs after the 2nd world war people who had suffered directly. So who decides who has suffered directly and who has not. In the center of been who there is a monument called the genocide statue. It recalls the suffering experienced of the german colonial occupation and calls upon the various groups to find new ways to deal with the past. We will countries will continue with our demand and deal in germany there will be a generation that is sensible and would understand that this what has happened in the past should be corrected and it will be corrected when the 2 people who are talk to one another and agree. Solution to this problem. Germany came to us as a chapter and we will want to clean up that chapter come with it a new generation a new shipped off development in in progress in the whole that and be part of the well. If you liberty. Our liberty. Covers africa. If you do comes. And im not here. Please come around to my grave. And say quietly. That africa. Is free. And youre not. Cannell paisa classic recipe for success in the desert hindu money and its the 1st ever he said listen if you take. 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