Samuel Maherero News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from Samuel maherero. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In Samuel Maherero Today - Breaking & Trending Today

Namibia's Blue Book of record: Part one - The Mail & Guardian


Namibia’s Blue Book of record: Part one
4 Feb 2021
On 27 January, the world remembers the victims of the Holocaust, but it is also worth remembering the victims of Germany’s other, earlier genocide in Namibia. A rare book, commissioned by Britain in the early 1900s, stands as a record of the crimes against the Herero and the Nama
(Photo by Fotografisches Atelier Ullstein/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
The Blue Book: a chronicle of crimes
When Major Thomas Leslie O’Reilly received the assignment from the Union of South Africa to gather evidence of the so-called natives’ “anxiety to live under British rule”, most likely one of his first candidates to interview was Chief Hosea Kutako. Chief Kutako (1870-1970), would have been about halfway through his 100 year-long life when he contributed to what would become the Blue Book.  ....

United Kingdom , Sachsen Anhalt , South Africa , Free State , City Of , Union Of South Africa , South African , South Africans , Samuel Maherero , Chris Saunders , Chris Hellier Corbis , Michael Scott , Canon Collins , Tshekedi Khama , Hosea Kutako , Pedzisai Maedza , Thomas Leslie Oreilly , Jan Smuts , Samuel Kariko , Foreign Office , Imperial Colonial Office , Blue Book , Major Thomas Leslieo Reilly , Chief Hosea , Chief Kutako , Imperial Germany ,