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Namibia:
Dealing With the Past - Another German Perspective
Namibian, 29 November 2011
THE repatriation of human remains more than a century after they were taken to Germany has evoked painful memories of colonial wars and about genocide perpetrated in what was then… Read more »
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Namibia:
Collectors of Skulls Had Hidden Agenda - German Ambassador
Namibian, 17 November 2011
THE German Ambassador to Namibia says Namibians who collected human skulls from his country recently had hidden agendas, and created a negative impression about bilateral relations… Read more »
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Namibia:
Bones of Contention
OSISA, 8 November 2011
In October, the skulls of a few of the Namibian victims of the 1904-1908 German colonial genocide were finally returned home. To some it represents the symbolic closure of a tragic… Read more »
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Namibia:
Dr Förster Reveals Skull Trafficking
New Era, 31 October 2011
Three Nama skeletons, whose identities are known, were "acquired" by a member of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory in the early 1980s. Read more »
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Namibia:
Our Human Remains - How Did They End Up in Germany?
New Era, 5 October 2011
Exportation of human remains to Europe for scientific experiments was a big business in the early 1900s. Read more »
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Namibia:
Thousands Welcome Ancestors' Skulls From Germany
Namibian, 5 October 2011
ABOUT 4 000 people from the Ovaherero, Ovambanderu and Nama groups in full tribal regalia and red, black and white flags gathered on the tarmac at the Hosea Kutako International… Read more »
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Namibia:
German Extermination Marginalised Ethnic Groups
IPS, 5 October 2011
Over 100 years after the attempted extermination of Namibia's indigenous men, women and children, 20 of the 300 skulls that had been stolen for racial research have finally… Read more »
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Namibia:
Germans Fail to Apologize Over Atrocities
IPS, 4 October 2011
A delegation of Namibian government representatives and leaders of the indigenous Herero and Nama people who came to Germany to repatriate 20 skulls of their ancestors were once… Read more »
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Namibia:
'Germany Should Recognise Genocide'
New Era, 4 October 2011
The German Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) demanded that the German Federal government officially recognises genocide and crimes committed against humanity by German colonial… Read more »
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Namibia:
OCD 1904 Wants Direct Restoration
Namibian, 4 October 2011
THE Ovaherero/Ovambanderu Council for the Dialogue on the 1904 Genocide (OCD 1904) said the German government should take unconditional responsibility and give an official apology… Read more »
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Namibia:
Kazenambo Satisfied With German Mission
Namibian, 4 October 2011
THE Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture says the Namibian delegation which is in Germany for the repatriation of 20 skulls to Namibia has generally achieved its… Read more »
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Namibia:
Skulls Handed Over Amid Hostility
New Era, 3 October 2011
Amid protests and chants by civil society calling for reparation and a formal apology from the German government, 20 skulls of Herero and Nama people were finally handed over to… Read more »
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Namibia:
Genocide Descendants Angered By German Treatment
Namibian, 3 October 2011
Descendants of the 1904-1908 genocide victims on Friday marched to the German embassy to express their dismay at the treatment received by the Namibian delegation that went to… Read more »
