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 ...

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 ...

The Herero are a relatively small group: only around 179,000 remain, less than six percent of Namibia's population, according to the 2023 census. "I feel they fell in love with the dress, they are ...

Every dress tells a story, but in the case of Namibia’s Herero dress, it’s a 100-year-old tale of genocide, oppression, resilience, and — hopefully — redemption. In the early 20th century, 80% of the ...

Twice the targets of systematic racism — an "extermination order" by German colonizers, then brutal segregation by South Africa — they're... Mbakumua Hengari grew up in the 1970s on a farm in southern ...