THROUGH THE SILENT DESERT, GENOCIDE MEMORIES STILL LIVE

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2026-05-26

OTJIMBINGWE, 23 May 2026 - Senior Headman and Traditional Leader within the Ovaherero Traditional Authority, Chief Jeremiah Janee Mujahere of Otjimbingwe narrates history of the 1904-1908 Genocide in the Otjimbingwe Settlement. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

By Isabel Bento
(NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE)
OTJIMBINGWE, 26 MAY (NAMPA) - Beneath the cold Atlantic winds of the Erongo coastline, where Swakopmund’s desert sands conceal unmarked graves, descendants of genocide victims say the pain of one of Namibia’s darkest historical chapters continues to echo painfully across generations.
Between 1904 and 1908, German colonial forces carried out a campaign of extermination against the Ovaherero and Nama people...

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OTJIMBINGWE, 23 May 2026 - The Lutheran Church in Otjimbingwe is a historical landmark that served as a site of refuge during the 1904–1908 Namibian genocide by German colonial forces. Built in 1865, the church also became a location where indigenous people were massacred and persecuted(Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 25 May 2026 - The Ovaherero and Nama memorial in Swakopmund, located at the town's Memorial Park (formerly the African Cemetery) in Kramersdorf, which honors the thousands of indigenous Namibians who perished in German concentration camps between 1904 and 1908. Behind the tombstones are the thousands of unmarked graves of the victims of the Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

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