Women in Germany’s

genocide against the

Ovaherero and Namas

and in the ongoing

struggle for reparations

With Esther Muinjangue (Head of Ovaherero Genocide Foundation)and Sima Luipert (Head of Genocide Technical Committeeof the Nama Traditional LeadersAssociation)Moderation: Dr. Claudia Rauhut (Leipzig Postkolonial)

L E I P Z I G P O S T K O L O N I A L I N V I T E S T O A P A N E L D I S C U S S I O N

When? 19.12.2019, 7:30pmWere?  Ost-Passage Theater, Konradstraße 27, Leipzig

leipzig-postkolonial.de

Historisches Seminar

Germany's colonial genocide (1904-08) in what is todayNamibia affected not only the resistant men but alsowomen and children who died of thirst in theOmaheke/Kalahari or were worked and tortured to deathin concentration camps. The Ovaherero and Nama activistsEsther Miunjangue (chair of the Ovaherero GenocideFoundation) and Sima Luipert (vice chair of the GenocideTechnical Committee of the Nama Traditional LeadersAssociation) talk about women's resistance and theircontinuing struggle for recognition of the genocide by theGerman government. They explain why the affectedcommunities demand an official apology and reparations.With this event, Leipzig Postkolonial would like tocontribute to a stronger public awareness of Germany’scolonial legacies, and about historical and politicalresponsibility.The panel will be in English.

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