I would like to applaud the actions being taken by the Herero people in trying to get redress for the wrongs the brutal colonial masters visited
upon their peaceful people.
What worries me most is that the other so called benovalent serpent under the guise of good colonizers are always being left off the hook
to redress the wrongs and acrimony that to date continues to simmer
in their former colonies.Is it because these serpents turned around and
duped their former colonies with the concept of a "commonwealth" that
is why no body is demanding reparations from them?
Both the Brits and the Germans were equally brutal and whilst the latter
were openly brutal,the former used subtle ways to brutalise their subjects and hence on the surface they appear more benovalent when
actually they are the most intrepid, insidous and vicious.
When will all the colonized Africans wake up and put these buccaneers on trial?.This is surely going to be one step to equalization and then the
When will all the colonized Africans wake up and put these buccaneers on trial?.This is surely going to be one step to equalization and then the
Musevenis of this world can start talking about building a middle class and also the massive brain drain from Africa will cease.
Just wondering aloud.
Thank you.
Kipenji.
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Germany regrets Namibia 'genocide'Germany's military commander vowed to wipe out the Herero
Germany has expressed its "regret" for the killing of thousands of Namibia's ethnic Hereros during the colonial era. Between 35,000 and 105,000 people were killed after the Hereros rebelled against German rule in 1904.
But Germany's ambassador to Namibia ruled out paying compensation, as the Hereros have demanded in a law suit.
Correspondents say Wolfgang Massing's statement, at a ceremony to commemorate the massacres is the closest Germany has come to an apology.
History could not be undone, he said but "we can give back to the victims and their descendants the dignity and honour of which they were robbed".![]()
Any Herero found within the German borders with or without a gun, with or without cattle, will be shot
General von Trotha
German military commander
"I also wish to express how deeply we regret this unfortunate past," he said at a commemoration of the 12 January, 1904 uprising in Okahandja, the Hereros' former capital 70 kilometres north of the capital, Windhoek.
He said it would be unfair to Namibia's other groups to only compensate the Hereros.
Wells poisoned
But Herero Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako insisted that compensation must be paid.
"The wounds of the past must be healed. Our reparation claim must only be seen as an effort to regain our dignity and help us restore what was wrongfully taken away from us," he said.
"I once again invite the German government to accept the genocide of my people and engage in a dialogue with the Herero to iron out issues of mutual interest".
After the Hereros rebelled, the German military commander, General von Trotha, ordered the Hereros to leave Namibia or be killed.
"I, the great general of the German troops, send this letter to the Herero people... All Hereros must leave this land... Any Herero found within the German borders with or without a gun, with or without cattle, will be shot. I shall no longer receive any women or children; I will drive them back to their people. I will shoot them. This is my decision for the Herero people."
Hereros were massacred with machine guns, their wells poisoned and then driven into the desert to die.
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