Thanks for all the engagement on this video. I want to take a moment to address some of the common arguments I’ve seen in the comments: 1)”The land wasn’t stolen-it was bought.” Let’s be clear: the land was bought by colonizers, from colonizers, after it was stolen from Indigenous people through violence and genocide. Calling that legitimate is ignoring the injustice at the root of these transactions! 2)“The land is tough to farm, and Indigenous people didn’t have the knowledge.” This is simply false. Indigenous communities lived off the land sustainably for centuries. The lands with abundant water resources, like Waterberg, were seized through genocide and force. The dispossession of Indigenous people destroyed their ability to continue these practices! 3)”Colonialism is the past; why blame descendants?” While colonialism may be considered “the past,” its legacies persist in systemic inequalities and unresolved grievances. Plus, as long as statues, flags and other symbols which glorify the German colonial period persist, and their meanings are not explicitly revoked, the past remains the present! And until Germany includes the genocides they committed in Namibia and other African countries in their national history, and until the land is redistributed, WE WILL NOT BE SILENT!!! Finally, I encourage everyone to explore the work of Forensic Architecture, a research agency that investigates human rights violations through architectural and media analysis. Their project on the Namibian genocide carefully reconstructs historical events to support demands for land restitution and reparations. Learn more here: forensic-architecture.org/investigation/restituting-evidence-genocide-and-reparations-in-german-colonial-namibia-phase-1 Let’s continue this dialogue with respect and a commitment to understanding the complexities of history and its enduring impact.
@planB-BacktoAfrica Do these people seriously believe that Africans don't know how to farm? Africans are farming all over Africa. I just got back from Kenya and most families farm in some ways outside of Nairobi. This racist assertion has been used against Zimbabweans and South Africans as justification to steal land from them.
This is one of the most shocking and most captivating colonial stories that I've ever listened to. As African, I can't help but harbor some fear for the White Man considering the hurrible experiences that people of African descent endure all across the western world, particularly in the United States where I lived for 25 years until the year 2020.
Firstly i must state that this violent colonialism was horrible and my heart went out to the Herero people when i first heard this story about a year ago. However ,What did land redistribution do in Zimbabwe? Plunged a thriving country that was the bread basket of Southern Africa into a failed starving state, because the rural Zimbabweans didn't know how to run modern mechanized large scale farming. What did it achieve in all the communist countries were such things were implemented? All plunged into poverty/famine.China,USSR,North Korea,Cuba etc Such vast Lands should be given to farmers and agricultural corporations that have expertise in mechanized modern large scale farming. People also have to have a passion for farming not just acquiring land ,that's why successful farms stay in families for generations and people without a passion for farming usually fail.The farmers can be made to pay a bit more in taxes, reparations should be given to the indigenes and some land can be redistributed for housing or Govt/communal use, but agriculture and cattle rearing should be left in the hands of experts or else you will have USSR or North korean style famine with mass deaths or hyperinflation. You can sit in a classroom and teach all day about racism and colonialism and make "academic" recommendations but the practical implications do not always pan out for the best,in reality. You were shocked at certain things because you expected indigenous Namibians to be more hateful and pro active about driving every last German off their land,but the reality is that colonist/indigene relationships are a bit more complex, just like most human interactions.The same colonists who killed their ancestors later built hospitals which saved their kids and educated them.They now share similar religions, they trade together, some earn their living by working in German companies, etc.I do support the ongoing efforts to rename streets and teach proper history. Lastly, when we get so riled up hearing the atrocities of colonialism, we must also not lose sight of the abuse and genocide of Africans by their own Govts and fellow Africans.The poverty/underdevelopment that so many in Africa endure is because of corruption by Africans themselves.If you ask me ,those abuses are what ails the continent today ,more than colonialism. Unfortunately, Colonialism was a symptom of a deeper issue. 400yrs after European colonialism ,which was made possible because Africans didn't have guns, no African country still manufactures weapons......see my drift. Africans are at the mercy of the prevailing Western led human rights ideology. There isn't a single subsaharan African country that can take on any Western country or East Asian Nation like China in the event of an invasion today.America/China will not invade North korea because they developed nukes after the Korean war.
Because if you were to do so it would take away what little respect the world already has for the west. Germany was involved in massive injustice in the 20th century, not just against the Jewish people but the people of Africa.
@@illwitness The west are seen as brave and galiant, victorious, wealthy and progressive because of everything they did. They have never thought less of themselves just for these people.
My grandfather had to run to south africa because of genocide. He was 5 years old. Got lost from his family, and an old lady look after him. He never reconnect with his fam. Thank you for this video. It made me want to go there and reconnect with them. We are from nama and damara.
My other family fled to Botswana and settled in the town of molepolole 70 klm from Gaborone.In this town the chief made my refugee ancestors part of his tribe thus we were under protection of the British government..My ancestors ran away to escape the genocide in Namibia
farms are not that profitable. we have land reform in the philippines where the lands were distributed to the poor. those lands go to waste, not much agriculture, and the farmers remain poor or even poorer than before.
Thank you for making this video, I'm from Namibia and am writing a memoir growing up in Namibia and not learning about this history, I appreciate that you are spreading the word. We ultimately want our land back.
Its very simple, they can change the law and take back the land, uganda and zimbabwe did it, the namibia government are a joke, it take 15 minutes to change the law and give them 90 days to vacate
Uganda is going to do it again because Museveni and his Rwandese have been taking Uganda’s property since Museveni came. But Namibian needs a leader like Idi Amin
What they did in this country will soon come back to them by the generation of today in Namibia, they w drive them out and it won't be long. They will do them like the Haitians did to the French
That is a good idea. Take back everything. THEY will come to rebuild the country in 50 years. Just like in Zimbabwe. Namibia is one of the least populated countries. The problem is you want to take whatever others have built up. There is plenty of land, you just can't do anything with it....
An too make children bcz is less peoples there I don’t what Germany did to them in the past 😢big country but only 3millions and 1millions are Germany descendants 😢
@@kaulumapaulus9234that's when u don't care about what the west think and take it by force. Like if a family have 100 acres take 95 and leave them with 5 acres
This is the mentality Namibia is weak they are not a Fighters they need to wake up and start a revolution. In Somalia we never adopted the colonists language. We have our own language and we write.
The fact that 44% of the land in Namibia is owned by Europeans is unacceptable! I'm African American from the US. For the Namibia government to allow that to happen long after they received their independence from Germany is evil. To learn that some of the land is now owned by Europeans that are not descended from former Namibia colonizers is terrible. I agree that the people of Namibia need to get all of their land back.
@@Simphiweful I'm African American and my family still owns the lands that our great grandparents and our grandparents bought after slavey ended in these here Divided States of America. However, we do pay the annual taxes on the land to our local county government. In most states, it is called property tax. In South Carolina, the land that was passed down from our ancestors is called heirs property. The property tax laws vary from state to state in the US. In South Carolina, if you don't pay your land tax, your land will be auctioned off to buyers. If someone pays your land tax before an auction when they see that it's unpaid, they become owner of the land if the land tax is not paid by you within one year. You do have one year to pay the land tax and you can regain your land back. The county them repays the money back to the buyer or the person who paid your land tax. if you pay your land tax off within one year of the due date, you won't lose your land.
@@pietiegrobbelaar3989 The closest thing to communal land in South Carolina is Heirs property which is land that's been passed down to family members who are heirs/descendants of the landowner. Heirs property is when the original land deed is still in the name of the deceased last landowner. in Africa, communal land is owned outright by the family descendants and no taxes are paid on the communal land. However, here in the US, property taxes are paid on heirs property and on residential property and commercial property. Europeans brought the land taxes system to the US from Europe. Property taxes in the US are used by the counties to fund county services like schools and education, law enforcement and fire services, libraries, roads and infrastructure and parks & recreation.
The biggest problem we have on the continent is the old leaders who are still afraid of their slave owners and colonisers. We need young leaders like President Ibrahim Traore in Burkina Faso. We need leaders who fully understand the same tactics they use and how to overcome them. Unity is key, doing what Zimbabwe and Haiti alone makes you a target and you are used as an example. But if the whole continent acts in union we will know who has power and who's fake. Zimbabwe was threatened by the west, they wanted to use military force like they did in Lybia. They chose devaluation of their currency, and to date they don't have a stable currency. It's by design by the west.
Yes, important historical awareness. Well said, Belgian-colonizer's-Congo-son. Land is to be shared. Share; operative word. So much more to cultural identity than just outright land ownership. Ask Eddie Mabo. RIP.
@@yonasghebre7940 Yes, I want to hear her talk about her own country which only gave up slavery in 1943 (one of the last African countries to do so). It is estimated at the time that almost 1 in 3 Ethiopians was a slave.
I travelled there in 2022. As my plain entered the Namibian airspace I saw the farms. I instantly knew the color of the owners. Vast stretches of land few houses. When i Landed i asked my driver to take me to where native Africans lived. He asked if i had no interest in the wildlife . I responded: I came to see the people not the animals. He took me to Soweto. A place where plants cannot grow, cows cannot graze, no indoor plumbing; it was appalling. I wondered why the government did not remove these intruders from their land. We have much to do to free ourselves. The men without knees embodied evil and to this day continue to perpetrate their evil. I was shocked. Thank you for this video. I concur with your presentation. Thank you
Are you sure you came to Namibia? The only Soweto I know in Namibia is in Katutura, Windhoek. And it is mainly a middle to upper middle class neighborhood. Even ministers live there. Or perhaps you are referring to DRC in Swakopmund. Majority of those inhabitants have land back at the village. Families here own minimum of 5 hectares of land. Don't confuse their urban situation with lack of land. That is simply due to rapid urban migration
Talking of animals the neo-colonial SWAPO misgovernment treats those animals better than human beings! That is how thorough the neo-colonial slaves in government service Massa so-called 'White' man!
@@M_KKMy brother don't waste your time with these fake pan africanists, we tell them the same thing about the informal settlements in the periphery of south african cities that the inhabitants of those structures have huge tracts of land in their villages and also have livestock, they are in the cities to make more money that they invest back into their villages. People that grew up in the west will unfortunately never understand the mindset of africans.
When it comes to Africa's land issues, I just can't fathom it out. My heart aches, and my blood pressure starts boiling when I think about injustices against the indigenous people 😢
Thank you for sharing. A few years ago, I worked with a German who grew up in Namibia. I didn't know the history and saw this man as my colleague and friend. One day he said something which showed his dislike for me as a Black man. There was a hatred which I didn't understand and where it came from. He looked down on the whole continent of Africa. We must work together to unite Africa to regain its dignity lost over the last 500 years. We can do it. We can do it !!!
@DavidLewis-uh1hj: That man's attitude is common among a lot of white settlers and Indians and Arabs in Africa. Vietnamese and Indonesians did it the right way. Africans thought they could cut deals with hate crazed racist psychopaths backed the self described western human rights champions.
The land of the brave, my motherland, Namibia 🇳🇦 My people went through colonialism, massacre, genocide, concentration camps, We have suffered beyond measure and repair. One day my son will own land in his country.
You appropriately raise awareness of the German colonial atrocities but you should clarify that Namibia was taken from Germany after WW1. The League of Nations gave it to South Africa. Germany had nothing to say in Namibia after that point. Germans were kept busy by their own destruction and occupation by foreigners.
Instead of learning about the Namibian genocide, we were taught more about Hitler, the Berlin Conference, and the stories of the Big Three in school. I even have a friend in Namibia named Hitler. I also saw a Lothar von Trotha's grave in the Fish River Canyon.
What are the Namibians - both home and abroad doing to recapture their past? Are the schools and Government doing enough to educate and uplift their people?
Nothing, I see many comments of indigenous Namibian saying their country free from racism and they welcome white South African. Go to any video about white South Africa they are there inviting white farmers 😢
@@Jazz-fg2dm yes its not in theor nature to have military, technology or any power to do anything, except sit there and accept, accept and accept whatever comes their way.
After watching this master piece I went straight and hit the subscribe button… i mean German colonial atrocities is everywhere on the continent and stretches right up to my backyard. I’m watching this masterpiece at time when I’m thinking of conducting a PhD research on this subject matter on colonialism and its legacy today on the entire African continent. Thank you for this!
They OWN the LAND But BROKE Impoverished just like Zimbabwe just BIG ignorant Mouths Reign Supreme While their PEOPLE Starve and are Homeless , AND Black Americans likes to JUDGE and insert themselves in OTHER CountY'S Affairs Disguised as PAN Africans, Meantime their NEIGHBOURHOODS are Controlled by Local GANGS and Mass Shootings?GO Figure, Try to Humble yourself and Observe and Learn.Especially an Ethiopian Who's People are Desperate to leave their Country to START SPAZZA Shops selling Epired Food For Quick Money. You PEOPLE are the ENEMY of AFRICA, You Should be Ashamed youselves HYPOCRITES.
@masjm7278 You watch too much cnn and bbc. No gang controls our community. AA are the richest black people in the world. If we were a country, we would be the tents richest country in the world. We invented almost everything of value in America. Google black inventors and scientists of America and learn our true history. America would not be powerful and rich without AA. We are the best Americans in history. Do your research fool!!!!
@masjm7278 you must be from SA. An African country that is completely controlled economically by white people. Absolutely pathetic. So is namibia. You need to travel to Nigeria to see how they really live. They have poor. Middle class and rich people just like any other country. The difference is that unlike SA and namibia, they actually own their land.
Minute 4:04 the large landowners of Namibia are referred to here as "foreigners". If someone in Germany comes up with the idea of referring to the descendants of our Turkish or Arab immigrants as "foreigners", they will get into serious trouble with neighbors, employers, and teachers. But the other way around, this doesn't seem to be a problem!
@nomfundovilakazi5857 The video makes no distinction between Germans, like me, and Namibians with German ancestors who live there legally. The latter have the same position there that Germans with Turkish ancestors have in Germany. I don't like it when there are double standards.
A note of appreciation from someone helping a Herero family cope with and rise from the total inequitable conditions in Namibia for over 20 years. The principle grip is experienced in access to and quality of education, insanely low wages, and living conditions that are rough and unsuitable.
Dear Weini Tesfai, Well done! It is great to see you travelling with your children, giving them the best education on the African continent, and on the way confronting and exposing the hypocrisy on the injustice Africans are facing in such a massive manner.
Absolutely some of the best journalism out there. You probably do not consider yourself a journalist but this is journalism. Thank you for all what you do
Without the Germen, Namibia would still be a shit hole like Nigeria today. You have a peaceful country, leave it that way. If the economy work and people can live, why attacking whites to commit the same mistake that south Africa and Zimbabwe did.
I am Namibian, born in exile during apartheid rule. My parents died within 3 years after independence, they did not manage to own land for me to inherit. Instead i bought a plot of 600 square for half a million in the city suburbs. What will my children and grandchildren pay? Let's share the land in an amicable way, you didn't buy that land, it's that simple. Thank you for spreading the message my sister from another African country.
This is the country that’s consistently ranked as having the best road network in Africa! It’s truly heartbreaking what the indigenous population went through in the hands of the colonizers! Watching from kenya 🇰🇪
Those are not indigenous peoples,the real once were massacre,genocided hunted for over 500years by British empire Belgium France Portuguese combined but people don't want to talk about it.
@giantgrow It is not the same Khoisan people suffered at the hands of blacks and Europeans,Namibia was never colonize by Germans but it was under protection of Germany against blacks and European nations,Khoisan Emperor made the deal with Germany royal house to protect the land and his people this groups that are in the country today allied with Europeans to destroy the country and they took over the land,Emperors descendents have to hide until Osiris comes back.
What a well done yet heart wrenching piece! An eye opener to the evil and unacceptable state of affairs. Perhaps the best podcast i have listened from you. Keep on Weyni!
Greetings from Namibia, Windhoek. As a San woman, it is heartbreaking to hear about land issues!! Yes, we are constantly in dispute about land here in Namibia, because our land was taken away by Europeans back in Colonial days. Our ancestral land was taken away back on 1954, which is today called ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK!! Till this day, Hai//om San people are fighting to get their ancestral land back. The real owners of land, the San people do not own land in Namibia, that is the most heartbreaking part 😢 Of course, we are fighting and will keep fighting until the government hear our cry!!'unfortunately not only San people faces this land issue, but the rest of the Namibians want ther land back!!
The government is corrupt and weak, but it's our fault we have such a government. We Namibians are far too complacent and tolerate too much. The government knows it can tax those rich farmers and get bribes from the in the form of donations, so they allow them to keep land. We have the power, but we are too reluctant to do anything. Our ancestors proved one man doesn't need so much land, it's a disgrace.
It breaks my heart to hear and see all this 💔 I wonder what can be done? I would love to see more Namibian people on the world stage telling and reclaiming their own story🙏🏾
I really thank you for this video. I am from Angola and I live in Canada and your videos was very educational. I learned more about my neighbor country Namibia and I love to watch documentaries, I will definitely watch that one you suggested. Happy New Year!!
The author of this - shocking experience - movie is german and studied in Germany. I asked myself why the author ignores the fact, what Namibia nowadays is: a prosperous and stable democracy, a constitutional state! The Presidents and Ministers in charge are indigenous black people who are voted by the majority of the population. The majority is black and not white colonialists. I asked myself why the author tries to polarize people and tries to create hate and disharmony. I guess the author as a German likes the fact that property is best respected in Germany and that she can live a living of luxury traveling because she is shure that her properties are respected by German laws. Does she really think that this should be different in Namibia. It is racism when you try to bash people due to their skin color that they own land and take care of it. Yes, history was not nice and full of violence. The same counts for Europe by the way as well. But we live in the here and now and not in the dreadful part of our all history. And last but not least when it comes to the fact, that she tries to emphasize that huge portions of farmland are owned by white people which are namibian citizens: Why didn’t she mention that in her own country there are also a few very wealthy families which own literally billions of € and employ often more than 10.000 people. Is that also injustice? What is the author up to?: Back to communism, expropriate the evil whites or what is the message? Has the author travelled to Zimbabwe which was formerly known as the breadbasket of Africa? She will not like what she will see there. Here injustice expropriation took place in history and the fertile and productive farmland never recuparted and is a total mess until today. The author should explain to the audience why she thinks that 2022 the GDP per capita in Namibia is 5,200 USD and Zimbabwe has to cope with GDP per capita of 1,300 USD! Thank you Namibian Government that you know pretty well which is the best for your people. I am German by the way and love Namibia a lot because it always gives me a warmhearted welcome when I travel and I feel myself very secure in this country. I love the multiethnic appearance and the tolerance I get here in Namibia. Thank you!
@@thebossman4875 Namibia is a vast country. Even now, we're only about 3 millions in a territory that is as large as several other countries, taken together. Area as a metric doesn't equal into anything commercially relevant, unless some are speculating about mining, petroleum or other industry settlement. Namibians are commonly obsessed with the idea that land ownership translates into anything rewarding. I'd suspect most people commenting on this video have never even experienced life on a Namibian farm and would probably not be willing to have their manicured fingernails dirty with such ugly peasant's work.
Dear Weyni, just stumbled upon your channel and was hooked within a minute. Thank you from a fellow Habesh who got sick & tired of Europe and moved out back to the motherland temporarily. Your channel is truly needed. Best wishes for the new year🎉
Very interesting information about Namibia, I am Jamaican and my daughter went to Namibia in 2023 and said it is one of the most beautiful country on the African continent. She has visited several other African countries.
It's so touching, as a Nama speaking Namibian, these atrocities cause serious damage to Nama speaking Namibias culturally as well economically. We the decentance of the colonial passed urge the Namibian Government to play the role. Thank you for telling this as it is. Happiest 2025. God blessed
I hear you and your sorrow. A very happy and blessed 2025 to you, too. However, back in the days of early German colonialism, one of the reasons for the Ovaherero 'kapteins' to sign treaties were mostly about protection aganist the then ravaging 'Afrikaaners', which, by that time, meant partly Afrikaans and Khoekhoe-speaking, marauding bandits, mostly coming from the southern Griqua Lands, and recruiting some similarly Khoekhoe-speaking Namaqua sub-tribes in what is now Namibia. Those increasing Afrikaaners/Namaqua raids, mostly directed against Ovaherero, forced the then Ovaherero leadership into signing protection contracts, including Samuel Maherero and his father. Except for the Bondelswaarts, Namaqua sub-tribes did not engage in the 1904-08 warfare. One can still read those documents by Samuel Maherero (always being wary about him being partial, however!), because he happened to be one of the first students of Augustineum in Otjimbingwe. Kaptein Maherero was a proliferous writer. May he, as much as the Swaartbooi kapteins, rest in peace.
I knew a bit about the horrors indigenous Namibians faced under German colonialism and torture - but I did not know it was this awful. I shouldn't be surprised though. So much of Africa's vast and varied history is obscured and tucked away to justify the continuous violence and exploitation of the multitudes of people there to this day. There's no rush to iron this in because they don't see certain people as equally human. Very happy you're online sharing this historical information!
You would think this precious research uncoveres a troubling period in the timeline of history, you would be wrong. This is the fabric of eternity. The white man does like Gandalf! They have been to Africa many , many , many , times prior to this. They saw their opportunity and decided to entertain themselves, it certainly wasn't for the sake of developing markets or expanding empire. They will return if you don't ecknowledge their ways , it is their purpose.
You became an expert on Namibia after being here for 3 days. Absolutely clueless 😂😂😂. Just because you are black you assume you have something in common with Namibians
You became an expert on Namibia after being here for 3 days. Absolutely clueless 😂😂😂. Just because you are black you assume you have something in common with Namibians
Hi Weyni, thank you for your sincere but frank feedback review and good reporting of your experience in Namibia. I was recently in Swakopmund, at a German restaurant and the racism was palpable in the atmosphere. I was the only black Namibian, the rest local whites and tourists. The only welcoming smile I received was from a group of french tourists sitting across me. Apart from getting a fried sole(instead of grilled), and even after a generous tip, the German waitress showed absolutely no interest or good gesture for my presence. As a Namibian, I wasn't the least shocked but disappointing that this is still the social climate.
Thank you madam for properly interrogating the brutal history of Namibia. Sadly, this is the reality of many African countries that were under colonial rule, including my beloved Kenya. When one visits Namibia, at first you get fooled by great infrastructures until you meet the locals (indigenous namibians)and feel a sense of hopelessness and desperation among the locals. Lot's of poor black people living on handouts. Huge tracts of land are still owned by the whites. There needs to be land reforms Otherwise we will see what happened in Zimbabwe and South Africa replicating in Namibia. Good piece sister.
@@muhammadnawaz5039 yes Zim. But also in SA the cases of xenophobia is because the locals are tired of foreigners coming to take their "opportunities" after years of apartheid.
In Zimbabwe we took back our land the same way it was taken from us and we have known no peace since then. Our country and our leaders are consistently demonised in global western media. All this to make us an example to Namibia and south africa in particular on what can happen when black people dare to take back what is theirs. We have been forced to agree to pay back billions to the white farm owners as compensation for 'improvements' that they had made on the seized land. However you cannot keep a people down. I challenge anyone to read about tobacco farming in Zimbabwe. We are the biggest producer in africa and in the top 6 globally competing with giants like China USA Brazil India. Production initially dropped after the land reform but has now recovered and transformed. the structure of the industry has been completely overturned. 1,500 mostly white large-scale tobacco farmers grew 97% of the crop in 2000, but 110,000 small-scale tobacco farmers grew 65% of the crop in 2013. From the seized peri urban farms, many new suburbs have been developed to provide decent homes for black Zimbabweans. Weyni you are welcome to visit Zimbabwe and see for yourself.
For those who are asking what the Namibia Swapo government is going to do about their land question, the simple answer is nothing. The example of Zimbabwe had a chilling effect on Namibias black leaders. They are not going to do anything about their land issues. Please Google the talk to al jazeera with the late Namibia president hage geingob im 2023 or 2024 where he openly said that they do not want to end up like Zimbabwe, so they are only going to use constitutional means to redress the land issue. Evidently Mr Geingob did not understand that his country's Lancaster house constitution was designed (just like the south africa constitution and before that the Zimbabwe Lancaster house constitution) to keep land in the hands of the sellers
I am a descendant of the Khoisan people of the griqua tribe.When diamonds were discovered on our in the Kimberley area.The British government annexed our land and our people were sent on a trial of tears.That is how the big companies took over and grew rich on the dispossession of our land.
Aweh Godfrey, actually the diamond fields were discovered on Boer land and the British stole it from the Orange Free State... you guys got into bed with them. I was born in Kimberley.
@sunnya4310 wrong. Boer land is Eurasia, southern & northern africa, new zealand, australia, north and south america, greenland, antarctica, the moon and wherever the fuck we feel like going next. Hurry up with the bags. That last part was a joke. I think weve learned our lesson and we'll go it alone this time. Youre welcome to stay behind and starve in any of the places we leave over. 🤙
Thank you for bringing this part of history to light. They would like to have it buried...but we will never let that happen as long as we continue to tell our story. Thank you sister!
The Africans for the most part play it as if Buffalloes completely pretend not recognize the Lions privilege, perhaps upon acquaintance we were unaware. But now we have studied the white man characteristics enough. He is neither a total enemy nor a complete friend, owner of great technology, he attains certain privileges. Rights he often RELISHES to exercise. They really did treat Namibian lives for sport , as long as "Money" was the matter. It is important to know in this said reality, whites will systematicaly always try to show the boundaries of the perception of reality. Like a computer intelligence model would struggle to understand. Like they redefining the boundaries of form and matter in their own nations. They really will never stop because it is their nature. In this function they attain natural purpose. The ignorance is to ignore that.
A very interesting talk. It is indeed a sad history. But true decolonisation means rejecting everything the Germans brought i.e. their roads, electricity, buildings, schools, hospitals, laws, medicines and their ways of farming. Would you really want to do that? You yourself benefit for the colonisers AirBnB. Colonization is the way of history. All Europeans were colonized and massacred themselves at some point either by the Romans, Germanic tribes, Islamic Moors, Vikings, Normans, the Ottomans. Colonization comes with the good and bad.
Honestly, through out the entire video, i have been a student. Attending a lecture about a painful past on our African brother's history. In Uganda, we are lucky we dint have any such scars in our history, though our brothers next door, Kenya, had such a horrible experience. What happened to the people of Namibia, hearing it for the first time from you, made me emotional at some point. Your narrative gave me a vivid image of the brutality and felt the misery and suffering our brothers were subjected to. My heart n thought go to our lost brother's lives. Thank you sister Weyni, am a new subscriber, given the content you present is full of researched facts. I have benefited a lot !
You need to do your research deeper into the the land situation in Namibia. The Namibian government handles the problem the best in Southern Africa. They buy farms when it's on the market and let it to the indigenous people. If the new farmers are capable to farm, they will receive ownership of the farm. Landgrabbers are now in dire straits, and must be helped by other countries to survive. Zimbabwe is an example. Look at Angola, they grabbed the land and now the population is dying of hunger. As a very dry country, Namibia needs big farms to make a living. Will the indigenous people go and stay on land with very little water, very low rainfall, land which is not suitable for agriculture? No, they are living in the best agricultural part of the country, which is the northern part of Namibia. We all agree that colonial rule was bad, but we must not be fools to make more bad decisions by grabbing land and destroy the economy. Will the people be better of by doing that? Please ask the people in Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and many other countries how their situation changed and we may come to a more logical conclusion.
@@daniebuys9138 thats true keep lands in the hands of those who can get the best out of it , especially those dry and semi dry areas..as a kenyan, our land issues were not resolved even after britain gave money to buy back lands from settlers.. black colonialists took some of it.
Your few videos i have watched on you tube are very interesting. It shows you always do extensive research before publishing them. Keep it up, shout out from Tanzania 🇹🇿.
It starts with correcting the injustice that was done, reconciliation is not effective without correcting (reclaiming) our land, it's the only way we can also accomodate those in the diaspora. Land is everything, that's why even those who took it know it
How to recover from such a trauma ? 1 Putting the light on the perpetrators ( German and Afrikaner) actions through videos and films worldwide ( in Pekin, in Moscow, in New Delhi, in Vietnam, in Algeria) 2 in educating the new elected representatives ( Legislators) in Namibia to pass laws to correct this injustice 3 in legislating a program to make it mandatory for all senior high school graduates in Namibia to visit museum section on genocide and colonization and submit a related one-page paper retroaction.
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At minute 25:42 you accuse Israel of "genocide" and claim that Germany supports it. Who in the world chose you to teach children about history in German schools? It's appalling!
4:15 Namibia exports beef products to the EU same case to Botswana( the only two african countries that got approved to export) So, it literally means the beneficiaries are Europeans themselves whilst using illegaly acquired African people's land fir commercial activities, i wonder if namibia is just the same case
That is true. Although most of the cattle is actually owned by black farmers up north. That is where majority of black people live and fully own their land there. The northern areas receive more rain than the arid areas where the white farmers live. But due to lack of disease control because there is no fence between the northern areas and the neighboring countries, the farmers in the northern areas can't access Europe markets. But with the new trade agreements, they'll be able to access the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries
It is the 'white' farmers that export meat to the EU. There is a colonial veterinary cordon line they call the 'RED LINE'. This RED LINE stops 'black' people from taking meat products from the 'north' to 'south' of the cordon line. The corrupted and debauched SWAPO promised to remove the so-called "RED LINE" upon taking over the government that they will remove the bloody line but alas it is over 3 decades since they promised in 1989 the bloody, colonial and criminal 'white' privilege cordon line is still there
@vanhuvanhuvese2738 exploitation of labour is not a racial thing in Namibia. Black business people are even worse. We have black billionaires here that don't pay their low skilled employees salaries for months. Basically low skilled workers are exploited by all. At least with the newly introduced minimum wage law, all of them will have to comply.
@@M_KK So black business people oppress landless whites in Namibia and in the rest of southern Africa exactly the same way that whites have done to black people? Sure...
@@timotheusn.h.nakashona1001 If you accept prosperity with whites then Namibia or SA is your country. Then you must accept the inferior of the African
As an Egyptian, thank you for this detailed explanation. While I was sort of aware of the past of colonization in Namibia but never realized how bad it was and the situation today
The fact of the matter is, whatever problems the german government and the affected community have, the government of the day is to blame 50% in so many ways. Thanks for your presentation.
This Women is a goddess. I've never listened to similar story about Namibia narrated so amazingly, you get a perfect idea what's going on in Namibia with regards to neocolonialism. This story reminds me of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe and South Africa. In my opinion, Mugabe was one of the best things that ever happened to the Zims during his reign. People of African descent shall prevail against neocolonialism. ❤ all the way from Nigeria.
Thank you! I am from South Africa. I am part of the "coloured" race in South Africa. I am the direct result of may years of colonization. I am now in my later stage of my life I am learning about the true history of South Africa which was omitted from our history which is taught in school. So most people in SA have no clue of their past. We were taught complete lies in school and as stated MOST South Africans have no clue of their past. I am learning the truth of my past through people like yourself who bring the facts through real experiences of what has happened in African and what is still happenng in South Africa and Africa. Thank you...
>>I am part of the "coloured" race in South Africa There's no race called "coloured". This is a pure and malefic invention of the colonizers and you're still believing in this lie until today. This says a lot about yourself.
Colonialism continues and remains truly barbaric. They even "coloured" some? Without ever accepting they must by that logic be "colourless" - when true white has all the colours of the rainbow inside. People institutionalising blind folly, and feeling superior for it. Hope humanity dismantles this nonsense in our lifetime for the sake of a beautiful world forgone.
This breaks my heart and as Ethiopian I really respect my ancestors for their sacrifice they made against colonialists unfortunately Ethiopia now fulled with ungrateful and slavery lovers they don’t know what this people and other colonized nations went through I wish full independence for Namibians 😢
As a Namibian, thanks for shedding light on the farm issues, as we speak many Namibians dont even own land, in their own country. The story is just too painful, but that's the reality.
Start mobilising and change the law to take your land back. We did it in Uganda. When we got our independence, all took back all land owned by the British in our country. It was called “Crown land”. We made it government land and Ugandans started owning it. Zimbabwe did it too. The Western world put sanctions on them to cripple their economy but now they are slowly recovering with their land fully in their hands. They then started spreading propaganda that Zimbabwean economy was collapsing due to failure to manage the farms but really it was the sanctions crippling them. They slowly learnt how to live with them painfully but resiliently
@Weyni Tesfai, I am a Kenyan. Sadly, white settlers still own such big chunks of land in Kenya. Some in the name of wildlife reserves. Most of Laikipia and parts of Meru are owned by white settlers some familiy with over 60k acres of land.
Ethiopian is she? Why don't you ask her why her country only gave up slavery in 1943 and to this day refers to Bantu People as slaves. Yes, in that case she is a hypocrite.
HOGWASH! '... he said ... she said ... allegations! To call a citizen, that have lived in a country for many generations, a FOREIGNER is untrue! For that same argument the Bantu (Ovambo, Herero, Damara etc), who migrated from Cameroon into Namibia, are also FOREIGNERS (in Namibia). The Bantu from Cameroon forcefully took the land from the KHOI/SAN people who had been in Southern Africa for 70 000 years prior to the Bantu migrants. This one is trying to get likes through cheap publicity. Why is black skinned FOREIGNERS labelled different from white skinned foreigners in Namibia? All over the planet 'land' is paid for in 1. money or 2. blood.
Weyni your awesome. I respect your perspective and opinion everywhere you visit. You have a great ability to see the beauty and the truth all at once. Once you become a conscious being it's impossible to ignore the truth when you see it. Keep shining your light and don't give in to the common sugar coated YT traveler theme. On the flip side you keep one eye on business opportunities all along the way. Your the one whom I first learned that Amazon just launched in South Africa. I started a business in Kenya and will move there soon from the U.S. So all your advice is well taken. Yaqeneyalay
You are so beautiful and intelligent. Thank you for opening the eyes of a lot of us about our African history which many of us didn't know and that was deliberately hidden from the world. Its a pity that all over Africa, including my country Botswana, the colonizers' still up to this day control big chunks of prime, fertile land when the natives, who are in the millions, have nothing or were pushed to barren, unproductive land. God bless you my African sister and continue the good work.
I hope that,having played this video,the tourists market will definitely increase as i also plan to visit these areas! You are a STAR,giving the exact light we desperately need at the right time,easily accessible and at the comfort of our home! So impressed as this information has been so difficult to access,all shared before were snippets with no real source!
Thank you my dear. First time I follow yiur video. Both images and your articulation of tge issue is impeccable. Such good work. Please continue. I HAVE JUST SUSCRIBED. You deserve the attrntion of people. I an also sending this to everyone I know. That's thousands of people! Good year to you!❤❤❤
Those flags remind me of the confederate flags here in the US and how certain people feel about them and the history behind it. All of those people whose families committed those evil acts across the whole globe say the same thing, that they didn't do it it was their ancestors, yet they are benefitting off of what their ancestors did.
Well done. And thank you for the enlightening history lesson. I am 75 years old and at the age of 15, we were taught in school, about the Jewish holocaust. We children were not taught about any history of Africa except that the Africans were backwards and needed god. Keep up the good work. There are many people from every group who has never heard about the holocaust and genocide perpetrated upon the Namibian people.
Very informative piece of video, but Namibian politics is laden with a lot of corruption and kickbacks. To really understand the workings of this country, you really have to live in it to fully understand it.
Trust a Namibian to bring in corruption in every topic. What has that got to do with the issue at hand? You make it sound like corruption in Namibia is worse than other countries. Compared to other African countries, ours is at kindergarten level.
I agree. Also, there are mind game playing in the land issues and it might not be resolved. Politicians, their friends and family grab the land given back to the Namibian via the Ministry of Land and Agricultural for themselves in obession of wealth, power and status. This has further deepen land issues and divided the country.
Thank you very much. Your video is really touching. As a Namibian I appreciate you for this. Bless you and hope this video reaches hearts of both people within the country and abroad. Continue spreading your awareness of all that needs to be addressed. May your platform continue to be epicenter of truth and also may the light be with you always.
This cuts short and sharp, deep and long.😭 Just like a double edged blade going through my chest. I hope this feeling stays right here in 2024. Tomorrow is the new year and I wish you all the best in life and all the love in the world.❤ Happy new year to you all.
I loved this episode. But on the same note, please discuss the genocide committed against Tigrayans by the federal government of Ethiopia and Eritrea. If not, that makes you a hypocrite.
The horrors our Namibian brothers and sisters went through are harrowing even today and the landlessness and poverty they have spawned are still with us.. Minus the horrific genocide besides the settlers' superiority of armaments against blacks, South Africa is no different. All these injustices have been swept under the proverbial carpet by the Anglo-Saxon-imposed Constitutions here in South Africa, and most probably in Namibia and Zimbabwe as well. The liberation movements which entered into negotiations with colonial powers and their Western sponsors did so in good faith, but were naive not see the colonists evil hand that was behind the writing of hollow Constitutions which preserved/overlooked past injustices while condemning the original inhabitants to perpetual servitude, landlessness and forever injustice .. I must say now we are talking sister.. The African people of today, and the people of the world need to hear this badly.. Thanks for another very awesome content..
The current African governments can take back the land but they are cowards. Zimbabwe did it. Uganda did it. Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya are still sleeping.
Happy new year my sister. This is amazing in-depth analysis of Namibia that many have glossed over. I ❤ to the historical perspective you did. Keep it up
Dear Weyni Tesfai, What a courageous young lady you are to present such a noble history of Namibia. I had some basic history of Namibia got colonized by Germany. Knowing the history of Germany and the world war during the Fascist Hitler where genocide was committed. I can imagine what those Germany during that period did to the people of Namibia. Namibia gained Independence March 21, 1990 so late people might have forgotten about it. We know the European Colnizers met in Berlin known The Conference of Berlin November 15, 1884 - 1885 to colonize Africa. The rest is history we Africans know what happened. Most of African Nations got Independence starting 1960s all the way 1970s. Here and there there are late liberated nations. Dear Weyni, I am surprised by your report and the courage to show to the world the hidden history what the Germans did to the Namibia people. It was late that paid compensation of $1.3 billion for the colonial and genocide paid in 2021 still that is nothing in value what they committed during the Colonial Rule. I am so surprised the story not clear and written very well for history. I believe when Independence was declared the first native leaders purposely with agreement with the Colonial leaders hide the facts and documents. You are inspiring young lady to do this report and documentation with your 2 young children driving saw with your own eyes facts and stories. I am here in USA and I will fellow to get books and movies in documented form. I found you today accidentally and will fellow on UA-cam if you have on Horn of Africa. Salute you for doing such a story. Keep up and congratulations!
It's not shocking, they hide this ugly history on purpose but we need to open people's eyes to see the horror these people have exerted on Africa and yet they refuse our people to come to Europe😢 how ironic....thanks for teaching people about the history of Africa.
What is shocking for me is the whites in southern africa lying about bantus coming after them in southern africa. Noooo, colonizers found us and the Sans here. We were always here
The information and data you shared here Weyni is so critical for all to know! I am fortunate and so glad to have run into your very informative video🙏
Namibia has to walk a fine line; if they take back their land, the Western world will impose international sanctions as they have done in Zimbabwe. Libration will take time , starting with a good political government and then gradually taking back farmland from Germany one by one, replacing European tourists and investment by imposing strict visa controls.
How are they going to gradually take back the land. Zimbabwe initially tried it and it didn't work. If you try to do it at the pace of the muzungu it will take a thousand years.
@@Tatenda71 Zimbabwe used blunt force.African need to use the same tools that the use to take the land in the first place. Start with legal challenges that’s the land was stolen and the introduce legislation that the disputed land cannot be sold. That will reduce the value of the land and place the white owner on immense legal financial burden.
@sulaak: Western propaganda is powerful. The same westerners who have spent generations undermining land reform in Africa accuse China of colonization...
Well-educated women and brave enough to go this far-putting it in an interesting way. I’ve never heard of a country considered free but still colonized. Keep up the good work , you’re a great history teacher!
Thanks for all the engagement on this video. I want to take a moment to address some of the common arguments I’ve seen in the comments:
1)”The land wasn’t stolen-it was bought.” Let’s be clear: the land was bought by colonizers, from colonizers, after it was stolen from Indigenous people through violence and genocide. Calling that legitimate is ignoring the injustice at the root of these transactions!
2)“The land is tough to farm, and Indigenous people didn’t have the knowledge.” This is simply false. Indigenous communities lived off the land sustainably for centuries. The lands with abundant water resources, like Waterberg, were seized through genocide and force. The dispossession of Indigenous people destroyed their ability to continue these practices!
3)”Colonialism is the past; why blame descendants?”
While colonialism may be considered “the past,” its legacies persist in systemic inequalities and unresolved grievances. Plus, as long as statues, flags and other symbols which glorify the German colonial period persist, and their meanings are not explicitly revoked, the past remains the present! And until Germany includes the genocides they committed in Namibia and other African countries in their national history, and until the land is redistributed, WE WILL NOT BE SILENT!!!
Finally, I encourage everyone to explore the work of Forensic Architecture, a research agency that investigates human rights violations through architectural and media analysis. Their project on the Namibian genocide carefully reconstructs historical events to support demands for land restitution and reparations. Learn more here:
forensic-architecture.org/investigation/restituting-evidence-genocide-and-reparations-in-german-colonial-namibia-phase-1
Let’s continue this dialogue with respect and a commitment to understanding the complexities of history and its enduring impact.
@planB-BacktoAfrica Do these people seriously believe that Africans don't know how to farm? Africans are farming all over Africa. I just got back from Kenya and most families farm in some ways outside of Nairobi. This racist assertion has been used against Zimbabweans and South Africans as justification to steal land from them.
@@qrankmw. Mbote na biso. Olabaka Lingala papa?
Kitoko makasi !
This is one of the most shocking and most captivating colonial stories that I've ever listened to. As African, I can't help but harbor some fear for the White Man considering the hurrible experiences that people of African descent endure all across the western world, particularly in the United States where I lived for 25 years until the year 2020.
Firstly i must state that this violent colonialism was horrible and my heart went out to the Herero people when i first heard this story about a year ago. However ,What did land redistribution do in Zimbabwe? Plunged a thriving country that was the bread basket of Southern Africa into a failed starving state, because the rural Zimbabweans didn't know how to run modern mechanized large scale farming. What did it achieve in all the communist countries were such things were implemented? All plunged into poverty/famine.China,USSR,North Korea,Cuba etc
Such vast Lands should be given to farmers and agricultural corporations that have expertise in mechanized modern large scale farming.
People also have to have a passion for farming not just acquiring land ,that's why successful farms stay in families for generations and people without a passion for farming usually fail.The farmers can be made to pay a bit more in taxes, reparations should be given to the indigenes and some land can be redistributed for housing or Govt/communal use, but agriculture and cattle rearing should be left in the hands of experts or else you will have USSR or North korean style famine with mass deaths or hyperinflation.
You can sit in a classroom and teach all day about racism and colonialism and make "academic" recommendations but the practical implications do not always pan out for the best,in reality.
You were shocked at certain things because you expected indigenous Namibians to be more hateful and pro active about driving every last German off their land,but the reality is that colonist/indigene relationships are a bit more complex, just like most human interactions.The same colonists who killed their ancestors later built hospitals which saved their kids and educated them.They now share similar religions, they trade together, some earn their living by working in German companies, etc.I do support the ongoing efforts to rename streets and teach proper history.
Lastly, when we get so riled up hearing the atrocities of colonialism, we must also not lose sight of the abuse and genocide of Africans by their own Govts and fellow Africans.The poverty/underdevelopment that so many in Africa endure is because of corruption by Africans themselves.If you ask me ,those abuses are what ails the continent today ,more than colonialism. Unfortunately, Colonialism was a symptom of a deeper issue. 400yrs after European colonialism ,which was made possible because Africans didn't have guns, no African country still manufactures weapons......see my drift.
Africans are at the mercy of the prevailing Western led human rights ideology. There isn't a single subsaharan African country that can take on any Western country or East Asian Nation like China in the event of an invasion today.America/China will not invade North korea because they developed nukes after the Korean war.
@balafama2120 The illegal European sanctions destroyed Zimbabwe. Get yr facts right. Mugabe was right to take back the land
I don't understand why no one has made a movie about about Namibia genocide? Their story needs to be told
Because if you were to do so it would take away what little respect the world already has for the west. Germany was involved in massive injustice in the 20th century, not just against the Jewish people but the people of Africa.
@@illwitness The west are seen as brave and galiant, victorious, wealthy and progressive because of everything they did. They have never thought less of themselves just for these people.
Namibia was the first genocide done by Germany.
Lol movies 🎬 are fake ...no movies tell the truth ok
@Tadao-Lao-q6t How about African genocides against other Africans? Why are they ignored?
My grandfather had to run to south africa because of genocide. He was 5 years old. Got lost from his family, and an old lady look after him. He never reconnect with his fam. Thank you for this video. It made me want to go there and reconnect with them. We are from nama and damara.
My other family fled to Botswana and settled in the town of molepolole 70 klm from Gaborone.In this town the chief made my refugee ancestors part of his tribe thus we were under protection of the British government..My ancestors ran away to escape the genocide in Namibia
If you can, you must go now and do something about it.
Damn. I'm sorry.
it was bought with the GENOCIDE BLOOD MONEY BE EXPLICIT, im related to the HERERO Nation
@@Margerita873 you must. DNA can help you accomplish this
The most sad part of one person owning such huge land in Namibia is that, No person from Namibia can own the same size of land in Germany 😢😢
farms are not that profitable. we have land reform in the philippines where the lands were distributed to the poor. those lands go to waste, not much agriculture, and the farmers remain poor or even poorer than before.
@@jakosalemYou don't get it. It's not about farming. It's about disturbing the land to the rightful owners.
@@jakosalemPhilippines are naturally poor both in land and human resources
The Germans have dignity and self respect. That’s why.
@EightyFour-s3z Yeah, that's why there are still US troops in Germany up to this day to keep an eye on them. You are always weaker than someone else.
Thank you for making this video, I'm from Namibia and am writing a memoir growing up in Namibia and not learning about this history, I appreciate that you are spreading the word. We ultimately want our land back.
As a Namibian it is our sad reality.
You guys are weak
As a Namibian, in particular a Herero you told our story with so much passion, thank you!
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Thank you so much. I stand with you 🫶🏾
What are you Namibians doing against this inhumanity?
@@samuelchukwuebuka4934 yes, what will do about it?
Yo, put pressure on your leaders to even things out
Its very simple, they can change the law and take back the land, uganda and zimbabwe did it, the namibia government are a joke, it take 15 minutes to change the law and give them 90 days to vacate
That's it. And if they refuse, we'll study the history of Vietnam, North Korea and Algeria, you'll get the message.
Uganda is going to do it again because Museveni and his Rwandese have been taking Uganda’s property since Museveni came. But Namibian needs a leader like Idi Amin
What they did in this country will soon come back to them by the generation of today in Namibia, they w drive them out and it won't be long. They will do them like the Haitians did to the French
That is a good idea. Take back everything. THEY will come to rebuild the country in 50 years. Just like in Zimbabwe. Namibia is one of the least populated countries. The problem is you want to take whatever others have built up. There is plenty of land, you just can't do anything with it....
Doesn't matter,whether in usage or not it has to revert to the original people or state.
The Namibians need to take their land back that was taken unjustly.
Yes because that will happen
we are trying but the laws are in their favour from the first days, plus the western countries are against it. but we still trying.
An too make children bcz is less peoples there I don’t what Germany did to them in the past 😢big country but only 3millions and 1millions are Germany descendants 😢
@@kaulumapaulus9234that's when u don't care about what the west think and take it by force. Like if a family have 100 acres take 95 and leave them with 5 acres
Well, @@evelynemugeni2369, there was mass genocide of the indigenous people.
In Somalia 🇸🇴 the Italians wanted to do the same they were kicked out in 3 days, I rather be poor in my country than to be colonized by Europeans
Then why plenty migrate to Europe?
I better go to Namibia rather than Somalia Somalia is much worser
@@AfricanMaverick there are 35 million Somalis living in Somalia we we doing well
@@AfricanMavericksome migrate but majority live in africa. Africans in europe ~8 mlns, in Africa ~1 bln
This is the mentality Namibia is weak they are not a Fighters they need to wake up and start a revolution. In Somalia we never adopted the colonists language. We have our own language and we write.
The fact that 44% of the land in Namibia is owned by Europeans is unacceptable! I'm African American from the US. For the Namibia government to allow that to happen long after they received their independence from Germany is evil. To learn that some of the land is now owned by Europeans that are not descended from former Namibia colonizers is terrible. I agree that the people of Namibia need to get all of their land back.
In the entire America land is owned by Europeans and everyone speaks European languages 😢
What about all the Communial Land?
@@Simphiweful I'm African American and my family still owns the lands that our great grandparents and our grandparents bought after slavey ended in these here Divided States of America. However, we do pay the annual taxes on the land to our local county government. In most states, it is called property tax. In South Carolina, the land that was passed down from our ancestors is called heirs property. The property tax laws vary from state to state in the US. In South Carolina, if you don't pay your land tax, your land will be auctioned off to buyers. If someone pays your land tax before an auction when they see that it's unpaid, they become owner of the land if the land tax is not paid by you within one year. You do have one year to pay the land tax and you can regain your land back. The county them repays the money back to the buyer or the person who paid your land tax. if you pay your land tax off within one year of the due date, you won't lose your land.
@@pietiegrobbelaar3989 The closest thing to communal land in South Carolina is Heirs property which is land that's been passed down to family members who are heirs/descendants of the landowner. Heirs property is when the original land deed is still in the name of the deceased last landowner. in Africa, communal land is owned outright by the family descendants and no taxes are paid on the communal land. However, here in the US, property taxes are paid on heirs property and on residential property and commercial property. Europeans brought the land taxes system to the US from Europe. Property taxes in the US are used by the counties to fund county services like schools and education, law enforcement and fire services, libraries, roads and infrastructure and parks & recreation.
Независимость Намибия получила от юар , а не от Германии
The biggest problem we have on the continent is the old leaders who are still afraid of their slave owners and colonisers. We need young leaders like President Ibrahim Traore in Burkina Faso. We need leaders who fully understand the same tactics they use and how to overcome them. Unity is key, doing what Zimbabwe and Haiti alone makes you a target and you are used as an example. But if the whole continent acts in union we will know who has power and who's fake. Zimbabwe was threatened by the west, they wanted to use military force like they did in Lybia. They chose devaluation of their currency, and to date they don't have a stable currency. It's by design by the west.
Exactly.
Now there an alternative to western monetary system, Zimbabwe will saved by the BRICS system, at least they've got back their land.
Yeah wee need both the world can have 3 major trade nexus. We need to keep the roads and houses infrastructures
Zimbabwean leadership will say to you "HOLD MY BEER" Loool
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Dear Weyni, as a son of a Belgian Colonial father in Congo, I admire your courage to speak out like this! Please continue!!
Yes, important historical awareness. Well said, Belgian-colonizer's-Congo-son. Land is to be shared. Share; operative word. So much more to cultural identity than just outright land ownership. Ask Eddie Mabo. RIP.
She didn't talk about her country which owns the land 100% by local and the country poor than namibia
@@yonasghebre7940that’s changing soon - it will be finfinee. You can’t say Tigrayans benefited from tplf most did not.
@@yonasghebre7940 Yes, I want to hear her talk about her own country which only gave up slavery in 1943 (one of the last African countries to do so). It is estimated at the time that almost 1 in 3 Ethiopians was a slave.
I travelled there in 2022. As my plain entered the Namibian airspace I saw the farms. I instantly knew the color of the owners. Vast stretches of land few houses. When i Landed i asked my driver to take me to where native Africans lived. He asked if i had no interest in the wildlife . I responded: I came to see the people not the animals. He took me to Soweto. A place where plants cannot grow, cows cannot graze, no indoor plumbing; it was appalling. I wondered why the government did not remove these intruders from their land. We have much to do to free ourselves. The men without knees embodied evil and to this day continue to perpetrate their evil. I was shocked. Thank you for this video. I concur with your presentation. Thank you
Are you sure you came to Namibia?
The only Soweto I know in Namibia is in Katutura, Windhoek. And it is mainly a middle to upper middle class neighborhood. Even ministers live there.
Or perhaps you are referring to DRC in Swakopmund. Majority of those inhabitants have land back at the village. Families here own minimum of 5 hectares of land. Don't confuse their urban situation with lack of land. That is simply due to rapid urban migration
Talking of animals the neo-colonial SWAPO misgovernment treats those animals better than human beings! That is how thorough the neo-colonial slaves in government service Massa so-called 'White' man!
Wow this so sad and embarrassing the WHOLE continent have the same story
@@M_KKMy brother don't waste your time with these fake pan africanists, we tell them the same thing about the informal settlements in the periphery of south african cities that the inhabitants of those structures have huge tracts of land in their villages and also have livestock, they are in the cities to make more money that they invest back into their villages. People that grew up in the west will unfortunately never understand the mindset of africans.
@@M_KKHow many hectares are owned by whites?
You’ve nailed the topic perfectly. Well done.
When it comes to Africa's land issues, I just can't fathom it out. My heart aches, and my blood pressure starts boiling when I think about injustices against the indigenous people 😢
@@ReggaePNW just like me bro
They don't have a problem with it and enjoy these people more than others...
You probably know nothing about Africa
only southern africans did not chase the colonial invaders in their land
Not indigenous, locals.
Thank you for sharing. A few years ago, I worked with a German who grew up in Namibia. I didn't know the history and saw this man as my colleague and friend. One day he said something which showed his dislike for me as a Black man. There was a hatred which I didn't understand and where it came from. He looked down on the whole continent of Africa. We must work together to unite Africa to regain its dignity lost over the last 500 years. We can do it. We can do it !!!
@DavidLewis-uh1hj: That man's attitude is common among a lot of white settlers and Indians and Arabs in Africa. Vietnamese and Indonesians did it the right way. Africans thought they could cut deals with hate crazed racist psychopaths backed the self described western human rights champions.
The land of the brave, my motherland, Namibia 🇳🇦
My people went through colonialism, massacre, genocide, concentration camps, We have suffered beyond measure and repair. One day my son will own land in his country.
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You are just stupid and silent. Why. Don't. Take it. Back
It's painful to see why. Namibian. New. President. Is. Still fearful. Like achild.
But why.
It's seems for the Namibian people it's not a first priority.
They are too slow for me
You appropriately raise awareness of the German colonial atrocities but you should clarify that Namibia was taken from Germany after WW1. The League of Nations gave it to South Africa. Germany had nothing to say in Namibia after that point. Germans were kept busy by their own destruction and occupation by foreigners.
Instead of learning about the Namibian genocide, we were taught more about Hitler, the Berlin Conference, and the stories of the Big Three in school. I even have a friend in Namibia named Hitler. I also saw a Lothar von Trotha's grave in the Fish River Canyon.
What are the Namibians - both home and abroad doing to recapture their past? Are the schools and Government doing enough to educate and uplift their people?
Nothing as usual
Nothing, I see many comments of indigenous Namibian saying their country free from racism and they welcome white South African. Go to any video about white South Africa they are there inviting white farmers 😢
@@Jazz-fg2dm yes its not in theor nature to have military, technology or any power to do anything, except sit there and accept, accept and accept whatever comes their way.
Nothing at all it's quite sad
They are voting for the new colonialists
After watching this master piece I went straight and hit the subscribe button… i mean German colonial atrocities is everywhere on the continent and stretches right up to my backyard. I’m watching this masterpiece at time when I’m thinking of conducting a PhD research on this subject matter on colonialism and its legacy today on the entire African continent. Thank you for this!
Me too. That is exactle what i did.
Can we join hands? Mine will be a masters thesis in kenya
@@petermacharia7171 sure, I mean why not!
@nubitgharaphaelbanti4965 yes. 💯
As an African American ,this is the reason I love Nigeria so much. They own 99% of their land and business.
Zimbabweans now own most of their land and that's why they hate Mugabe. Mugabe was not perfect just like any other president but he tried.
They OWN the LAND But BROKE Impoverished just like Zimbabwe just BIG ignorant Mouths Reign Supreme While their PEOPLE Starve and are Homeless , AND Black Americans likes to JUDGE and insert themselves in OTHER CountY'S Affairs Disguised as PAN Africans, Meantime their NEIGHBOURHOODS are Controlled by Local GANGS and Mass Shootings?GO Figure, Try to Humble yourself and Observe and Learn.Especially an Ethiopian Who's People are Desperate to leave their Country to START SPAZZA Shops selling Epired Food For Quick Money. You PEOPLE are the ENEMY of AFRICA, You Should be Ashamed youselves HYPOCRITES.
@masjm7278 You watch too much cnn and bbc. No gang controls our community. AA are the richest black people in the world. If we were a country, we would be the tents richest country in the world. We invented almost everything of value in America. Google black inventors and scientists of America and learn our true history. America would not be powerful and rich without AA. We are the best Americans in history. Do your research fool!!!!
@masjm7278 you must be from SA. An African country that is completely controlled economically by white people. Absolutely pathetic. So is namibia. You need to travel to Nigeria to see how they really live. They have poor. Middle class and rich people just like any other country. The difference is that unlike SA and namibia, they actually own their land.
@masjm7278 you are lucky you tube removed my comment
Minute 4:04 the large landowners of Namibia are referred to here as "foreigners". If someone in Germany comes up with the idea of referring to the descendants of our Turkish or Arab immigrants as "foreigners", they will get into serious trouble with neighbors, employers, and teachers. But the other way around, this doesn't seem to be a problem!
The Turks went through legal means to settle there😂 colonizers not so much
@nomfundovilakazi5857 The video makes no distinction between Germans, like me, and Namibians with German ancestors who live there legally. The latter have the same position there that Germans with Turkish ancestors have in Germany. I don't like it when there are double standards.
A note of appreciation from someone helping a Herero family cope with and rise from the total inequitable conditions in Namibia for over 20 years. The principle grip is experienced in access to and quality of education, insanely low wages, and living conditions that are rough and unsuitable.
Dear Weini Tesfai,
Well done! It is great to see you travelling with your children, giving them the best education on the African continent, and on the way confronting and exposing the hypocrisy on the injustice Africans are facing in such a massive manner.
Absolutely some of the best journalism out there. You probably do not consider yourself a journalist but this is journalism. Thank you for all what you do
❤
😎 💜 👉✅ 🚀 💎🔥 I can"t agree more
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The Namibians need to deal with the land issue themselves because Germany is never going to help. The longer they wait the harder it'll be.
Germary owns Namibia.
Deal with what, I doubt they can get anything together
There are no indigenous people, they were massacred. The one left are weak to defend themselves apart from working as slaves in Germany Farms.
@@April1999-CAN Not for long.
Without the Germen, Namibia would still be a shit hole like Nigeria today. You have a peaceful country, leave it that way. If the economy work and people can live, why attacking whites to commit the same mistake that south Africa and Zimbabwe did.
I am Namibian, born in exile during apartheid rule. My parents died within 3 years after independence, they did not manage to own land for me to inherit. Instead i bought a plot of 600 square for half a million in the city suburbs. What will my children and grandchildren pay? Let's share the land in an amicable way, you didn't buy that land, it's that simple. Thank you for spreading the message my sister from another African country.
600 square what? And half a million what by which time?
I'm 🇳🇦 Namibian of the OtjiHerero tribe. Thank you for sharing the truth.
This is the country that’s consistently ranked as having the best road network in Africa! It’s truly heartbreaking what the indigenous population went through in the hands of the colonizers! Watching from kenya 🇰🇪
Those are not indigenous peoples,the real once were massacre,genocided hunted for over 500years by British empire Belgium France Portuguese combined but people don't want to talk about it.
IT IS THE SAME FOR THE WHOLE CONTINENT!!!!!!! SAME ISSUE, SAME PROBLEMS....MAYBE THEY NEED TO LOOK DEEPER
@giantgrow It is not the same Khoisan people suffered at the hands of blacks and Europeans,Namibia was never colonize by Germans but it was under protection of Germany against blacks and European nations,Khoisan Emperor made the deal with Germany royal house to protect the land and his people this groups that are in the country today allied with Europeans to destroy the country and they took over the land,Emperors descendents have to hide until Osiris comes back.
@@our10picks18 please fix the rest of Africa first before criticising Namibia
@@synaestesia-bg3ewNamibia is not German, the land must be returned to indigenous, we will state with fixing you Namibia,
The puppet of West must go
What a well done yet heart wrenching piece! An eye opener to the evil and unacceptable state of affairs. Perhaps the best podcast i have listened from you. Keep on Weyni!
I secretly believe that same thing apply to Kenya. British owns a huge portion of Kenyan land
@@richardndatabaye9615 You secretly believe? In other words you don't know!
@@richardndatabaye9615 It's tiny. I believe +98% of land in Kenya belongs to Kenya.
Greetings from Namibia, Windhoek.
As a San woman, it is heartbreaking to hear about land issues!! Yes, we are constantly in dispute about land here in Namibia, because our land was taken away by Europeans back in Colonial days.
Our ancestral land was taken away back on 1954, which is today called ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK!!
Till this day, Hai//om San people are fighting to get their ancestral land back.
The real owners of land, the San people do not own land in Namibia, that is the most heartbreaking part 😢
Of course, we are fighting and will keep fighting until the government hear our cry!!'unfortunately not only San people faces this land issue, but the rest of the Namibians want ther land back!!
The government is corrupt and weak, but it's our fault we have such a government. We Namibians are far too complacent and tolerate too much. The government knows it can tax those rich farmers and get bribes from the in the form of donations, so they allow them to keep land.
We have the power, but we are too reluctant to do anything. Our ancestors proved one man doesn't need so much land, it's a disgrace.
We are ready to help grab back the land by any means necessary!
It breaks my heart to hear and see all this 💔 I wonder what can be done? I would love to see more Namibian people on the world stage telling and reclaiming their own story🙏🏾
I understand why Zimbabwe did what it did now.
That's true the land 1st belongs to the San people
We Bantu & Nama people like the Owambo Herero and Kavango found the Sam people here
I really thank you for this video. I am from Angola and I live in Canada and your videos was very educational. I learned more about my neighbor country Namibia and I love to watch documentaries, I will definitely watch that one you suggested. Happy New Year!!
The author of this - shocking experience - movie is german and studied in Germany. I asked myself why the author ignores the fact, what Namibia nowadays is: a prosperous and stable democracy, a constitutional state! The Presidents and Ministers in charge are indigenous black people who are voted by the majority of the population. The majority is black and not white colonialists. I asked myself why the author tries to polarize people and tries to create hate and disharmony. I guess the author as a German likes the fact that property is best respected in Germany and that she can live a living of luxury traveling because she is shure that her properties are respected by German laws. Does she really think that this should be different in Namibia. It is racism when you try to bash people due to their skin color that they own land and take care of it. Yes, history was not nice and full of violence. The same counts for Europe by the way as well. But we live in the here and now and not in the dreadful part of our all history. And last but not least when it comes to the fact, that she tries to emphasize that huge portions of farmland are owned by white people which are namibian citizens: Why didn’t she mention that in her own country there are also a few very wealthy families which own literally billions of € and employ often more than 10.000 people. Is that also injustice? What is the author up to?: Back to communism, expropriate the evil whites or what is the message? Has the author travelled to Zimbabwe which was formerly known as the breadbasket of Africa? She will not like what she will see there. Here injustice expropriation took place in history and the fertile and productive farmland never recuparted and is a total mess until today. The author should explain to the audience why she thinks that 2022 the GDP per capita in Namibia is 5,200 USD and Zimbabwe has to cope with GDP per capita of 1,300 USD! Thank you Namibian Government that you know pretty well which is the best for your people. I am German by the way and love Namibia a lot because it always gives me a warmhearted welcome when I travel and I feel myself very secure in this country. I love the multiethnic appearance and the tolerance I get here in Namibia. Thank you!
3:01 min 43,000 hectares = 106,000 acres or 429 sq kilometers. If it were a country, it would be about the size of Barbados (430 sq km).
I’m in America…thanks for the clarity!!
Just imagine
43,000 hectares are exactly 430 square kilometres (it's metric).
That's not including the 'plots' of land that are 100,000 hectares
@@thebossman4875 Namibia is a vast country. Even now, we're only about 3 millions in a territory that is as large as several other countries, taken together.
Area as a metric doesn't equal into anything commercially relevant, unless some are speculating about mining, petroleum or other industry settlement. Namibians are commonly obsessed with the idea that land ownership translates into anything rewarding.
I'd suspect most people commenting on this video have never even experienced life on a Namibian farm and would probably not be willing to have their manicured fingernails dirty with such ugly peasant's work.
Please go to Mozambique next, great review!
Dear Weyni, just stumbled upon your channel and was hooked within a minute. Thank you from a fellow Habesh who got sick & tired of Europe and moved out back to the motherland temporarily. Your channel is truly needed. Best wishes for the new year🎉
Namibia is better than her indigenous country
Very interesting information about Namibia, I am Jamaican and my daughter went to Namibia in 2023 and said it is one of the most beautiful country on the African continent. She has visited several other African countries.
It's so touching, as a Nama speaking Namibian, these atrocities cause serious damage to Nama speaking Namibias culturally as well economically. We the decentance of the colonial passed urge the Namibian Government to play the role. Thank you for telling this as it is. Happiest 2025. God blessed
I hear you and your sorrow. A very happy and blessed 2025 to you, too.
However, back in the days of early German colonialism, one of the reasons for the Ovaherero 'kapteins' to sign treaties were mostly about protection aganist the then ravaging 'Afrikaaners', which, by that time, meant partly Afrikaans and Khoekhoe-speaking, marauding bandits, mostly coming from the southern Griqua Lands, and recruiting some similarly Khoekhoe-speaking Namaqua sub-tribes in what is now Namibia.
Those increasing Afrikaaners/Namaqua raids, mostly directed against Ovaherero, forced the then Ovaherero leadership into signing protection contracts, including Samuel Maherero and his father. Except for the Bondelswaarts, Namaqua sub-tribes did not engage in the 1904-08 warfare.
One can still read those documents by Samuel Maherero (always being wary about him being partial, however!), because he happened to be one of the first students of Augustineum in Otjimbingwe. Kaptein Maherero was a proliferous writer. May he, as much as the Swaartbooi kapteins, rest in peace.
I knew a bit about the horrors indigenous Namibians faced under German colonialism and torture - but I did not know it was this awful. I shouldn't be surprised though. So much of Africa's vast and varied history is obscured and tucked away to justify the continuous violence and exploitation of the multitudes of people there to this day. There's no rush to iron this in because they don't see certain people as equally human. Very happy you're online sharing this historical information!
You would think this precious research uncoveres a troubling period in the timeline of history, you would be wrong. This is the fabric of eternity. The white man does like Gandalf! They have been to Africa many , many , many , times prior to this. They saw their opportunity and decided to entertain themselves, it certainly wasn't for the sake of developing markets or expanding empire. They will return if you don't ecknowledge their ways , it is their purpose.
You became an expert on Namibia after being here for 3 days. Absolutely clueless 😂😂😂. Just because you are black you assume you have something in common with Namibians
You became an expert on Namibia after being here for 3 days. Absolutely clueless 😂😂😂. Just because you are black you assume you have something in common with Namibians
80k-15 peoples during occupation, let those numbers seep
as ethiopian i cant watch this more than half of it and am ashamed that AU is in my city
Namibia change all the names to all cities, towns, and streets to African names.its 2025, this is unacceptable!
NEED TO DO THIS ASAP!
but we also need to build new towns and cities. Changing names of cities and towns build by white people is not enough.
Why? Not your country not your call
@@KaiVaughn02 is it your country?
@@borisleonel8285 yeah
This is just her talking the whole time. No accounts from locals or there so called descendants of the German settlers
Hi Weyni, thank you for your sincere but frank feedback review and good reporting of your experience in Namibia. I was recently in Swakopmund, at a German restaurant and the racism was palpable in the atmosphere. I was the only black Namibian, the rest local whites and tourists. The only welcoming smile I received was from a group of french tourists sitting across me. Apart from getting a fried sole(instead of grilled), and even after a generous tip, the German waitress showed absolutely no interest or good gesture for my presence. As a Namibian, I wasn't the least shocked but disappointing that this is still the social climate.
Thank you madam for properly interrogating the brutal history of Namibia. Sadly, this is the reality of many African countries that were under colonial rule, including my beloved Kenya.
When one visits Namibia, at first you get fooled by great infrastructures until you meet the locals (indigenous namibians)and feel a sense of hopelessness and desperation among the locals. Lot's of poor black people living on handouts.
Huge tracts of land are still owned by the whites. There needs to be land reforms Otherwise we will see what happened in Zimbabwe and South Africa replicating in Namibia.
Good piece sister.
It's so embarrassing and sad, the same old same old. Misery, poverty and hardship is across the continent.
In Zimbabwe not South Afrika please
@@muhammadnawaz5039 yes Zim. But also in SA the cases of xenophobia is because the locals are tired of foreigners coming to take their "opportunities" after years of apartheid.
In Zimbabwe we took back our land the same way it was taken from us and we have known no peace since then. Our country and our leaders are consistently demonised in global western media. All this to make us an example to Namibia and south africa in particular on what can happen when black people dare to take back what is theirs. We have been forced to agree to pay back billions to the white farm owners as compensation for 'improvements' that they had made on the seized land.
However you cannot keep a people down. I challenge anyone to read about tobacco farming in Zimbabwe. We are the biggest producer in africa and in the top 6 globally competing with giants like China USA Brazil India. Production initially dropped after the land reform but has now recovered and transformed. the structure of the industry has been completely overturned. 1,500 mostly white large-scale tobacco farmers grew 97% of the crop in 2000, but 110,000 small-scale tobacco farmers grew 65% of the crop in 2013. From the seized peri urban farms, many new suburbs have been developed to provide decent homes for black Zimbabweans. Weyni you are welcome to visit Zimbabwe and see for yourself.
For those who are asking what the Namibia Swapo government is going to do about their land question, the simple answer is nothing. The example of Zimbabwe had a chilling effect on Namibias black leaders. They are not going to do anything about their land issues. Please Google the talk to al jazeera with the late Namibia president hage geingob im 2023 or 2024 where he openly said that they do not want to end up like Zimbabwe, so they are only going to use constitutional means to redress the land issue. Evidently Mr Geingob did not understand that his country's Lancaster house constitution was designed (just like the south africa constitution and before that the Zimbabwe Lancaster house constitution) to keep land in the hands of the sellers
I am a descendant of the Khoisan people of the griqua tribe.When diamonds were discovered on our in the Kimberley area.The British government annexed our land and our people were sent on a trial of tears.That is how the big companies took over and grew rich on the dispossession of our land.
Well what did you lot do about it??? Nothing...
Aweh Godfrey, actually the diamond fields were discovered on Boer land and the British stole it from the Orange Free State... you guys got into bed with them. I was born in Kimberley.
@@HesterVictor-sv6ol Boer land is The Netherlands
@@HesterVictor-sv6olyou meen diamond in Zeeland the Netherlands!😂😂😂
@sunnya4310 wrong. Boer land is Eurasia, southern & northern africa, new zealand, australia, north and south america, greenland, antarctica, the moon and wherever the fuck we feel like going next. Hurry up with the bags.
That last part was a joke. I think weve learned our lesson and we'll go it alone this time. Youre welcome to stay behind and starve in any of the places we leave over. 🤙
Thank you for bringing this part of history to light. They would like to have it buried...but we will never let that happen as long as we continue to tell our story. Thank you sister!
The Africans for the most part play it as if Buffalloes completely pretend not recognize the Lions privilege, perhaps upon acquaintance we were unaware. But now we have studied the white man characteristics enough. He is neither a total enemy nor a complete friend, owner of great technology, he attains certain privileges. Rights he often RELISHES to exercise. They really did treat Namibian lives for sport , as long as "Money" was the matter. It is important to know in this said reality, whites will systematicaly always try to show the boundaries of the perception of reality. Like a computer intelligence model would struggle to understand. Like they redefining the boundaries of form and matter in their own nations. They really will never stop because it is their nature. In this function they attain natural purpose. The ignorance is to ignore that.
Proper Documentary well done Weyni.
A very interesting talk. It is indeed a sad history. But true decolonisation means rejecting everything the Germans brought i.e. their roads, electricity, buildings, schools, hospitals, laws, medicines and their ways of farming. Would you really want to do that? You yourself benefit for the colonisers AirBnB. Colonization is the way of history. All Europeans were colonized and massacred themselves at some point either by the Romans, Germanic tribes, Islamic Moors, Vikings, Normans, the Ottomans. Colonization comes with the good and bad.
Honestly, through out the entire video, i have been a student. Attending a lecture about a painful past on our African brother's history. In Uganda, we are lucky we dint have any such scars in our history, though our brothers next door, Kenya, had such a horrible experience.
What happened to the people of Namibia, hearing it for the first time from you, made me emotional at some point. Your narrative gave me a vivid image of the brutality and felt the misery and suffering our brothers were subjected to. My heart n thought go to our lost brother's lives.
Thank you sister Weyni, am a new subscriber, given the content you present is full of researched facts. I have benefited a lot !
You need to do your research deeper into the the land situation in Namibia. The Namibian government handles the problem the best in Southern Africa. They buy farms when it's on the market and let it to the indigenous people. If the new farmers are capable to farm, they will receive ownership of the farm. Landgrabbers are now in dire straits, and must be helped by other countries to survive. Zimbabwe is an example. Look at Angola, they grabbed the land and now the population is dying of hunger. As a very dry country, Namibia needs big farms to make a living. Will the indigenous people go and stay on land with very little water, very low rainfall, land which is not suitable for agriculture? No, they are living in the best agricultural part of the country, which is the northern part of Namibia.
We all agree that colonial rule was bad, but we must not be fools to make more bad decisions by grabbing land and destroy the economy. Will the people be better of by doing that? Please ask the people in Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and many other countries how their situation changed and we may come to a more logical conclusion.
The best ways being refererred to above is tthat the land is being to the friends, cronies of the polititians
The best ways being refererred to above is tthat the land is being to the friends, cronies of the polititians
@@daniebuys9138 thats true keep lands in the hands of those who can get the best out of it , especially those dry and semi dry areas..as a kenyan, our land issues were not resolved even after britain gave money to buy back lands from settlers.. black colonialists took some of it.
Your few videos i have watched on you tube are very interesting. It shows you always do extensive research before publishing them. Keep it up, shout out from Tanzania 🇹🇿.
Glad you like them!
How can we heal from this type of extreme trauma? Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.
OLD TESTIMONY RETRIBUTION.
It starts with correcting the injustice that was done, reconciliation is not effective without correcting (reclaiming) our land, it's the only way we can also accomodate those in the diaspora. Land is everything, that's why even those who took it know it
How to recover from such a trauma ?
1 Putting the light on the perpetrators ( German and Afrikaner) actions through videos and films worldwide ( in Pekin, in Moscow, in New Delhi, in Vietnam, in Algeria)
2 in educating the new elected representatives ( Legislators) in Namibia to pass laws to correct this injustice
3 in legislating a program to make it mandatory for all senior high school graduates in Namibia to visit museum section on genocide and colonization and submit a related one-page paper retroaction.
Confidently embody the strength and resilience of Horn of African people. Dive into their history, research their strategies, and share your thoughts on their resistance against colonizers!
It starts by giving the land back
Thank you for traveling Namibia and for Documenting the Atrocities. There is much to uncover and much to talk about that needs to be brought to light. We hope that you will keep the conversation going and pray that all the relevant parties may join the conversation. In conclusion we hope that the source or origin or root of the problem may be addressed in the near future. Thank you for sharing and a Happy and Blessed New Year to you and your loved ones. 🙏🏽
At minute 25:42 you accuse Israel of "genocide" and claim that Germany supports it. Who in the world chose you to teach children about history in German schools? It's appalling!
4:15 Namibia exports beef products to the EU same case to Botswana( the only two african countries that got approved to export) So, it literally means the beneficiaries are Europeans themselves whilst using illegaly acquired African people's land fir commercial activities, i wonder if namibia is just the same case
That is true. Although most of the cattle is actually owned by black farmers up north. That is where majority of black people live and fully own their land there. The northern areas receive more rain than the arid areas where the white farmers live. But due to lack of disease control because there is no fence between the northern areas and the neighboring countries, the farmers in the northern areas can't access Europe markets. But with the new trade agreements, they'll be able to access the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries
It is the 'white' farmers that export meat to the EU. There is a colonial veterinary cordon line they call the 'RED LINE'. This RED LINE stops 'black' people from taking meat products from the 'north' to 'south' of the cordon line. The corrupted and debauched SWAPO promised to remove the so-called "RED LINE" upon taking over the government that they will remove the bloody line but alas it is over 3 decades since they promised in 1989 the bloody, colonial and criminal 'white' privilege cordon line is still there
and cheap underpaid no pension african labour
@vanhuvanhuvese2738 exploitation of labour is not a racial thing in Namibia. Black business people are even worse. We have black billionaires here that don't pay their low skilled employees salaries for months. Basically low skilled workers are exploited by all. At least with the newly introduced minimum wage law, all of them will have to comply.
@@M_KK So black business people oppress landless whites in Namibia and in the rest of southern Africa exactly the same way that whites have done to black people? Sure...
German genocide in Namibia is well documented. Not sure why a Mugabe has not corrected this wrong in Namibia.
What has Mugabe got to do with Namibia?
Mugabe is dead and was not Namibian.
@zmm5489 and Zimbabwe is so prosperous because of Mugabe. I'm moving there next year.
@@M_KK I believe he ment why no Namibian have the balls to take the land back
@@timotheusn.h.nakashona1001 If you accept prosperity with whites then Namibia or SA is your country. Then you must accept the inferior of the African
As an Egyptian, thank you for this detailed explanation. While I was sort of aware of the past of colonization in Namibia but never realized how bad it was and the situation today
This girl says a few right things. For instance, if reparation is paid it must not go to the pockets of corrupt leaders who abound throughout Africa
As an Egyptian you should focus on the intermittent massacres of Coptic in Egypt
@@luiscoutinho1139as a coptic, you laughably don't know what you are talking about. We are fine my friend
The fact of the matter is, whatever problems the german government and the affected community have, the government of the day is to blame 50% in so many ways. Thanks for your presentation.
This Women is a goddess. I've never listened to similar story about Namibia narrated so amazingly, you get a perfect idea what's going on in Namibia with regards to neocolonialism.
This story reminds me of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe and South Africa. In my opinion, Mugabe was one of the best things that ever happened to the Zims during his reign. People of African descent shall prevail against neocolonialism. ❤ all the way from Nigeria.
I am speeches and in tears 😭 Thanks for your work and educating us, my beautiful sister ❤
Thank you! I am from South Africa. I am part of the "coloured" race in South Africa. I am the direct result of may years of colonization. I am now in my later stage of my life I am learning about the true history of South Africa which was omitted from our history which is taught in school. So most people in SA have no clue of their past. We were taught complete lies in school and as stated MOST South Africans have no clue of their past. I am learning the truth of my past through people like yourself who bring the facts through real experiences of what has happened in African and what is still happenng in South Africa and Africa. Thank you...
Truth is nobody owns anything by just being born on a piece of land. It's nobody's land and value is created by working the land
>>I am part of the "coloured" race in South Africa
There's no race called "coloured". This is a pure and malefic invention of the colonizers and you're still believing in this lie until today. This says a lot about yourself.
Colored are not natives or indigenous in africa they are the extention of White settlers
I agree. You are a black african woman my sister. Apartheid invented this “colored” thing to divide and conquer our people✊🏾
Colonialism continues and remains truly barbaric. They even "coloured" some? Without ever accepting they must by that logic be "colourless" - when true white has all the colours of the rainbow inside. People institutionalising blind folly, and feeling superior for it. Hope humanity dismantles this nonsense in our lifetime for the sake of a beautiful world forgone.
Now i understand your passion . You put time and sweat into studies and it shows in your approaches to educating your subscribers.
First claim compensation from the BANTU foreigners, to pay to the KHOI/SAN for land and genocide?
This breaks my heart and as Ethiopian I really respect my ancestors for their sacrifice they made against colonialists unfortunately Ethiopia now fulled with ungrateful and slavery lovers they don’t know what this people and other colonized nations went through I wish full independence for Namibians 😢
As a Namibian, thanks for shedding light on the farm issues, as we speak many Namibians dont even own land, in their own country. The story is just too painful, but that's the reality.
As a Namibian too, yes so true.
True land owners don't own land, that's sad!!"
We want our land back..
I BLAME ALL OF U AS A PEOPLE !!!! NO ONE WILL LOOK AFTER YOUR GRIEVANCES BUT YOUR OWN SELVES !!!!!
@deeipinge178 absolutely,
Start mobilising and change the law to take your land back. We did it in Uganda. When we got our independence, all took back all land owned by the British in our country. It was called “Crown land”. We made it government land and Ugandans started owning it. Zimbabwe did it too. The Western world put sanctions on them to cripple their economy but now they are slowly recovering with their land fully in their hands. They then started spreading propaganda that Zimbabwean economy was collapsing due to failure to manage the farms but really it was the sanctions crippling them. They slowly learnt how to live with them painfully but resiliently
@chrisalmighty that's the spirit, thnks for sharing
Thank you for the great work you"re doing. This was an outstanding piece. Hopefully this will bear much fruit.
@Weyni Tesfai, I am a Kenyan. Sadly, white settlers still own such big chunks of land in Kenya. Some in the name of wildlife reserves. Most of Laikipia and parts of Meru are owned by white settlers some familiy with over 60k acres of land.
I guess the world if Africa needs to change the narrative.
I know the farms in laikipia and Meru
HOw is it possible ???
It is the same with Namibia. We have to grab back our land by any means necessary
How os this possible?
yes those white farmers own over 100k acres each, its crazy...and the indigenous people are forbidden to graze their cattle on those lands...
Great job Weyni.
Africa has a long, long way to go to freedom. Sad truth 😭
She is hypocrite why not talk about her un colonized Ethiopia. Namibia 200% better than Ethiopia
@yonasghebre7940 she is not comparing Namibia and Ethiopia. And she has videos about Ethiopia.
Please subscribe and follow her other videos too.
@Seyoumberihun Africa problem is internal not external like we see in Ethiopia, but she tried to externalize namibia problem .
Ethiopian is she? Why don't you ask her why her country only gave up slavery in 1943 and to this day refers to Bantu People as slaves. Yes, in that case she is a hypocrite.
HOGWASH!
'... he said ... she said ... allegations!
To call a citizen, that have lived in a country for many generations, a FOREIGNER is untrue!
For that same argument the Bantu (Ovambo, Herero, Damara etc), who migrated from Cameroon into Namibia, are also FOREIGNERS (in Namibia).
The Bantu from Cameroon forcefully took the land from the KHOI/SAN people who had been in Southern Africa for 70 000 years prior to the Bantu migrants.
This one is trying to get likes through cheap publicity.
Why is black skinned FOREIGNERS labelled different from white skinned foreigners in Namibia?
All over the planet 'land' is paid for in 1. money or 2. blood.
"these people"...smacks of racism
Weyni your awesome. I respect your perspective and opinion everywhere you visit. You have a great ability to see the beauty and the truth all at once. Once you become a conscious being it's impossible to ignore the truth when you see it. Keep shining your light and don't give in to the common sugar coated YT traveler theme.
On the flip side you keep one eye on business opportunities all along the way. Your the one whom I first learned that Amazon just launched in South Africa. I started a business in Kenya and will move there soon from the U.S. So all your advice is well taken. Yaqeneyalay
You are so beautiful and intelligent. Thank you for opening the eyes of a lot of us about our African history which many of us didn't know and that was deliberately hidden from the world. Its a pity that all over Africa, including my country Botswana, the colonizers' still up to this day control big chunks of prime, fertile land when the natives, who are in the millions, have nothing or were pushed to barren, unproductive land. God bless you my African sister and continue the good work.
Such courageous and potent broadcasting. Thank you
Thanks for listening.🙏🏾
I hope that,having played this video,the tourists market will definitely increase as i also plan to visit these areas!
You are a STAR,giving the exact light we desperately need at the right time,easily accessible and at the comfort of our home!
So impressed as this information has been so difficult to access,all shared before were snippets with no real source!
Thank you my dear. First time I follow yiur video. Both images and your articulation of tge issue is impeccable. Such good work. Please continue. I HAVE JUST SUSCRIBED. You deserve the attrntion of people. I an also sending this to everyone I know. That's thousands of people!
Good year to you!❤❤❤
Those flags remind me of the confederate flags here in the US and how certain people feel about them and the history behind it. All of those people whose families committed those evil acts across the whole globe say the same thing, that they didn't do it it was their ancestors, yet they are benefitting off of what their ancestors did.
They will pay for their ancestors horrors, God hasn't forgotten.😢
So true. The Lost Cause and all white supremacist garbage that goes with it.
Well done. And thank you for the enlightening history lesson. I am 75 years old and at the age of 15, we were taught in school, about the Jewish holocaust. We children were not taught about any history of Africa except that the Africans were backwards and needed god. Keep up the good work. There are many people from every group who has never heard about the holocaust and genocide perpetrated upon the Namibian people.
Very informative piece of video, but Namibian politics is laden with a lot of corruption and kickbacks. To really understand the workings of this country, you really have to live in it to fully understand it.
#rightly SAID, brother! Perfectly said! The heart of darkness. If doesn't make money then it doesn't make sense. But who truly owns the money?!
Trust a Namibian to bring in corruption in every topic. What has that got to do with the issue at hand? You make it sound like corruption in Namibia is worse than other countries. Compared to other African countries, ours is at kindergarten level.
@M_KK kindergarten garden level, how old are you. Corruption is corruption, no matter how big or small it is.
It's the whole Africa is corrupt and is done on purpose
You did a very good job with the information. I certainly would love to see more videos from you.
You have done an amazing job of highlighting colonial settler violence by the Germans in Namibia.
Swapo government and Germany government are the problem here.If swapo government can’t fix this problem no one can.
This gonna change no matter what, but only new generations of leadership in Namibia gonna change every thing the Mugabe way.
The people can.
Get rid of Swapo Government.
I agree. Also, there are mind game playing in the land issues and it might not be resolved. Politicians, their friends and family grab the land given back to the Namibian via the Ministry of Land and Agricultural for themselves in obession of wealth, power and status. This has further deepen land issues and divided the country.
Then they call us savages
Well, they couldn't defend themselves, couldn't progress, couldn't build, couldn't enhance anything, so.....
@@giantgrowBrute force, looting and theft is not civilised. That is a fairytale Europeans tell themselves.
Thank you very much. Your video is really touching. As a Namibian I appreciate you for this. Bless you and hope this video reaches hearts of both people within the country and abroad. Continue spreading your awareness of all that needs to be addressed. May your platform continue to be epicenter of truth and also may the light be with you always.
Jip BUT the onus should ALWAYS BE ON THE TRUTH RIGHT!!!??
This cuts short and sharp, deep and long.😭
Just like a double edged blade going through my chest.
I hope this feeling stays right here in 2024.
Tomorrow is the new year and I wish you all the best in life and all the love in the world.❤
Happy new year to you all.
I loved this episode. But on the same note, please discuss the genocide committed against Tigrayans by the federal government of Ethiopia and Eritrea. If not, that makes you a hypocrite.
The horrors our Namibian brothers and sisters went through are harrowing even today and the landlessness and poverty they have spawned are still with us.. Minus the horrific genocide besides the settlers' superiority of armaments against blacks, South Africa is no different. All these injustices have been swept under the proverbial carpet by the Anglo-Saxon-imposed Constitutions here in South Africa, and most probably in Namibia and Zimbabwe as well. The liberation movements which entered into negotiations with colonial powers and their Western sponsors did so in good faith, but were naive not see the colonists evil hand that was behind the writing of hollow Constitutions which preserved/overlooked past injustices while condemning the original inhabitants to perpetual servitude, landlessness and forever injustice .. I must say now we are talking sister.. The African people of today, and the people of the world need to hear this badly.. Thanks for another very awesome content..
The current African governments can take back the land but they are cowards. Zimbabwe did it. Uganda did it.
Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya are still sleeping.
Happy new year my sister.
This is amazing in-depth analysis of Namibia that many have glossed over. I ❤ to the historical perspective you did. Keep it up
An extremely narrow and shallow 'analysis', I'm afraid....
Dear Weyni Tesfai,
What a courageous young lady you are to present such a noble history of Namibia. I had some basic history of Namibia got colonized by Germany. Knowing the history of Germany and the world war during the Fascist Hitler where genocide was committed. I can imagine what those Germany during that period did to the people of Namibia.
Namibia gained Independence March 21, 1990 so late people might have forgotten about it. We know the European Colnizers met in Berlin known The Conference of Berlin November 15, 1884 - 1885 to colonize Africa. The rest is history we Africans know what happened. Most of African Nations got Independence starting 1960s all the way 1970s. Here and there there are late liberated nations.
Dear Weyni, I am surprised by your report and the courage to show to the world the hidden history what the Germans did to the Namibia people. It was late that paid compensation of $1.3 billion for the colonial and genocide paid in 2021 still that is nothing in value what they committed during the Colonial Rule.
I am so surprised the story not clear and written very well for history. I believe when Independence was declared the first native leaders purposely with agreement with the Colonial leaders hide the facts and documents.
You are inspiring young lady to do this report and documentation with your 2 young children driving saw with your own eyes facts and stories.
I am here in USA and I will fellow to get books and movies in documented form.
I found you today accidentally and will fellow on UA-cam if you have on Horn of Africa. Salute you for doing such a story.
Keep up and congratulations!
Very enjoyable video. Thank you! ❤
Thanks for sharing your experiences👍we are learning a lot
Glad to hear that 🙏🏾
Weyni! I've been following you for a while now. I'm learning a lot from you. Sending you ❤ from Haiti 🇭🇹.
Wow! That's shocking! This is crazy. Thank you so much for you working making these things known. I had no idea!!!
It's not shocking, they hide this ugly history on purpose but we need to open people's eyes to see the horror these people have exerted on Africa and yet they refuse our people to come to Europe😢 how ironic....thanks for teaching people about the history of Africa.
What is shocking for me is the whites in southern africa lying about bantus coming after them in southern africa. Noooo, colonizers found us and the Sans here. We were always here
This was very educative. Thank you
The information and data you shared here Weyni is so critical for all to know! I am fortunate and so glad to have run into your very informative video🙏
Namibia has to walk a fine line; if they take back their land, the Western world will impose international sanctions as they have done in Zimbabwe. Libration will take time , starting with a good political government and then gradually taking back farmland from Germany one by one, replacing European tourists and investment by imposing strict visa controls.
How are they going to gradually take back the land. Zimbabwe initially tried it and it didn't work. If you try to do it at the pace of the muzungu it will take a thousand years.
@@Tatenda71iwe zvakashanda ivhu taanaro usanyebere vanhu chimbomira Tatenda😮
@@Tatenda71 Zimbabwe used blunt force.African need to use the same tools that the use to take the land in the first place. Start with legal challenges that’s the land was stolen and the introduce legislation that the disputed land cannot be sold. That will reduce the value of the land and place the white owner on immense legal financial burden.
@sulaak: Western propaganda is powerful. The same westerners who have spent generations undermining land reform in Africa accuse China of colonization...
@@conceretejungle1150 We are in agreement. I am saying they have to take it by ginya otherwise it will take a long time.
You are doing Excellent job of educating us. Expos the white colonialist of horrific genocide they committed.
Really eye opener and shocking to say the least.
Thank you for the very insightful presentation. This was really eye-opening. I never knew this history. Thanks for sharing.
Well-educated women and brave enough to go this far-putting it in an interesting way. I’ve never heard of a country considered free but still colonized. Keep up the good work , you’re a great history teacher!
It's the same thing in South Africa. Southern Countries in Africa have recently gained independence.