© 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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

A lawsuit has been filed against Namibia's agreement with Germany to recognize the colonial-era genocide of the Herero and Nama. Representatives claim that it's illegal because descendants are not ...

Models pose while presenting a collection by Namibian designer McBright Kavari. The designer embraces Namibia's colonial history in his designs and gives new life to traditional attire. Photo: AFP ...

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For a long time, it was "the forgotten genocide". Eclipsed by the Holocaust and Germany's role in it, the mass killings of Herero and Nama people in Namibia from 1904 to 1908 have only recently been ...

Chief Vekuii Rukoro, has died aged 66 from COVID complications. The veteran politician thrust his people's plight into the spotlight, urging German reparations for colonial-era atrocities. Vekuii ...

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 ...