This documentary covers Germany’s use of genocide, concentration camps and ‘extermination’ policies in Africa – decades before World War Two and their use in Europe.
A hundred years ago, three quarters of the Herero people of the German colony of Namibia were killed, many in concentration camps.
Today, the descendants of the survivors are seeking reparations from the German government. This film tells for the first time this forgotten story and its links to German racial theories.
Described by the BBC as the story of Germany’s forgotten genocide. This powerful documentary by David Adetayo Olusoga took a sensitive and uncompromising look at the tragic circumstances leading to the massacre of three quarters of the Namibia population in German concentration camps built in Africa.
The programme included graphic reconstructions and did not shirk from showing disturbing scenes which revealed the savagery of european colonial ideology put into practise.
Click on link: Namibia Genocide
Asa..Thanks for posting this amazing video — like the photo two posts back, I feel like I’ve been kicked in the chest, my soul shaken (telling you now, I am reposting).
Earlier this year, Abagond posted this: “http://abagond.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/the-herero-and-nama-genocide/ — MY FIRST knowledge of these very specific and detailed African Holocausts. This sentence in the post says it all:
“Germany showed itself to be a genocidal nation when Hitler was just 15.”
I didn’t know anything about this until Abagond’s post; they taught me nothing about this in Catholic school, or my movin’ on up, predominantly Black, public school, nor my Alabama HBCU! That, is not only a damned shame — it’s the most effective trick ever played! That’s why we have no unity, Man. We don’t know shit about “those ties that bind” — nor anything at all about those, who bind the ties. Chilling. {smdh}
Even worse, schools still, to this day, mandate the teaching and learning about“The Holocaust” the Jews experienced (as if it were the only “holocaust” ever) — at the hands of these same Germans — but nothing about this! Insulting, to say the very damned least. What about our children having to know and understand this shit along with its historical implications on them, today?
I’m out (or I’ll write my whole post right here). Do, read Abagond’s post (I’m asking to repost it as well), the two, together make plain what was, has been, and continues to go on, still shaping this “New World Order.”
Sis Deb, now that I’m home with the baby on parental leave, I am trying to catch up on my reading and watching a number of videos I have saved. I had no knowledge of this genocide at all… and it’s connection to the Nazi holocaust of the Jews. It indeed kicked me in the chest and shook my soul also. I even know about the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Turks but never heard of this Namibian Genocide! As you correctly state: “That’s why we have no unity, Man. We don’t know shit about “those ties that bind” — nor anything at all about those, who bind the ties. Chilling. {smdh}”
Thanks for the link to Abagond’s post.
Blessings!
Asa…Gotta admit, that parental leave is the shit!
I’m, at once, glad and sad to know my old ass ain’t the only one who knew nothing about this. I knew about the Armenian genocide only because WHen I moved to DC after undergrad, I worked in a there-person journalism center with a young Armenian woman about 10 years older than me who told me about it.
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No problem! Next to AfroSpear, I’ve learned so much shit there I never knew — in 500 words or less (my readers should be so lucky)!
Blessings right back atcha! Can’t forget to extend, that which has been extended to me (even if I’m a little riled right now)! And give the Princess a little tickle-monster action from me — nothing like the face of a thoroughly giddy, laughing child…
I had ABSOLUTLY NO idea about any of this and I’m willing to bet my life that most Germans are unaware if their own history in this matter. And we know the rest of the world is ignorant to it as we’ll.
Thank you soooo much for running this blog. You’re feeding the people. I am greatful. Truly grateful.
Um, Asa? What happened to the video? At first I though it was me I’d started my post about it, and went back to finish and the title of my post and the video were gone! Can’t seem to find it on YouTube either — not the entire, 58 or so min. documentary that you’d posted anyway. Hmmm…
though=thought
I checked youtube also. It states the video has been removed by the user. hmmmm indeed!
I found it again here on google videos: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-899627923732856130
Found it in parts on YouTube, figured I’d just make a quilt (better way to keep track of all the questions and commentary swimming around). Will link to you for the uninterrupted version.