The statue of Curt von François is removed by municipal workers.
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The erasure of indigenous people living in Windhoek before the German colonisers arrived has angered activists.
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The protests carried on for days and continue to simmer in a country whose social fabric has been torn by toxic masculinity and a violent colonial past.
namibia.
In urban Namibia, performance poetry provides a safe space for women to share their experiences and challenge traditional ideas.
An informal settlement in Windhoek, Namibia.
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Urban dwellers who live in informal city settlements have limited access to basic services, and many of them don’t own the land they live on.
Demonstrators in Berlin demand justice for Namibian victims of German genocide.
Joachim Zeller
The third repatriation of human remains in August this year was another missed opportunity for reconciliation between Germany and Namibia.