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Posted On: April 11th 2026, 05:59 pm
Many thanks to everyone who joined our protest in solidarity with the Ovaherero and Nama today! 🙌🏾✨
We demand justice for the Genocide. And we demand: Hands off Shark Island. Now!
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Background:
The German Empire committed genocide against the Ovaherero and Nama, as well as the Damara and San, in what is now Namibia between 1904 and 1908. To this day, the German federal government refuses to legally recognize this genocide. Instead of genuine reckoning, Germany is negotiating an agreement with Namibia—without the legitimate representatives of the affected communities. This agreement avoids reparations and primarily serves German interests.
At the same time, German companies such as Enertrag, with political support from the federal government, are pushing forward a mega-project to produce “green” hydrogen. The problem is that it is planned on land that was taken from the Nama during the genocide. In addition, the region where the Hyphen project is to be implemented includes Shark Island—one of the central memorial sites of the genocide. A concentration camp was located on the peninsula, where an estimated 4,000 Ovaherero and Nama died. For the descendants of the survivors, Shark Island is a place of mourning, remembrance, and resistance.
We demand justice for the Genocide. And we demand: Hands off Shark Island. Now!
——
Background:
The German Empire committed genocide against the Ovaherero and Nama, as well as the Damara and San, in what is now Namibia between 1904 and 1908. To this day, the German federal government refuses to legally recognize this genocide. Instead of genuine reckoning, Germany is negotiating an agreement with Namibia—without the legitimate representatives of the affected communities. This agreement avoids reparations and primarily serves German interests.
At the same time, German companies such as Enertrag, with political support from the federal government, are pushing forward a mega-project to produce “green” hydrogen. The problem is that it is planned on land that was taken from the Nama during the genocide. In addition, the region where the Hyphen project is to be implemented includes Shark Island—one of the central memorial sites of the genocide. A concentration camp was located on the peninsula, where an estimated 4,000 Ovaherero and Nama died. For the descendants of the survivors, Shark Island is a place of mourning, remembrance, and resistance.
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