The word genocide and its legal definition were coined after World War II (WWII) and in light of the obvious mass atrocities committed by the Nazi regime. Despite having a relatively new name the ...
Mbakumua Hengari grew up in the 1970s on a farm in southern Africa, in what is today the nation of Namibia. The arid soil around his family's homestead was sandy and grassy, a poor fit for staple ...
A short account of the Herero revolt against the German empire in what is now Namibia. Submitted by Mike Harman on March 6, 2017 Present day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As ...
A German official said on Wednesday that the country's slaughter of the Herero people in what is now Namibia was an act of genocide. In this photo, a human skull from the Herero and ethnic Nama people ...
© Jim Naughten/courtesy of Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Even in a continent rich with fantastic traditional garments, the Herero tribe of Namibia stands out ...
In 2011 Jim Naughten spent four months photographing the Herero tribe of Namibia. The London-based photographer drove thousands of miles through the desert, meeting and negotiating with people, ...
Namibia was a German colony for just over a century and in the early 1900s the Herero and the Nama people rose up against the Germans with tragic consequences. Some 65,000 members of the Herero tribe ...
Shot in the vast expanse of the world's largest desert, these stunning portraits of the Herero tribe of Namibia look like they're from a bygone age. But, dressed in the costumes that have been ...
The Herero come to this monument to remember their suffering On a dry, windswept slope overlooking the Namibian town of Okahandja, a makeshift bell summons the local Herero community. There is a grey ...
Herero Massacre General's Descendants Apologize for 'Germany's First Genocide' The family of a German colonial-era commander who ordered a massacre of Namibia's Herero tribe in 1904 has travelled to ...
Editor’s Note: CNN’s Eye On series takes you to a different country each month. In October we visit Namibia highlighting the country’s best and brightest people, plus framing its pressing issues in a ...
Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter When European women jettisoned their ankle-length frocks and the multiple petticoats that kept the frocks full and plump, they gained ...