When systems absorb crisis, disruption doesn’t end—it continues. This InnerKwest analysis examines how history repeats without resolution, linking colonial-era violence to modern conflict through patterns of continuity.
Namibia’s Forgotten Wound: The First Genocide of the 20th Century
Between 1904 and 1908, German colonial forces in Namibia carried out the first genocide of the 20th century, killing tens of thousands of Herero and Nama. While Germany continues to pay reparations in Europe, its African victims remain uncompensated. The debt of this forgotten genocide is still unpaid.