Kalahari Holocaust: The Damara And San

While continued scholarly enquiry has helped in bringing further details of the Kaiser Reich’s racist crimes against humanity to light, in recent years the greatest impetus for increased popular understanding of what transpired has come from within the affected communities themselves.

Cross-border ethno-community mobilisation around issues of cultural affirmation and restorative justice in the context of such outstanding issues as land, language and the repatriation of human remains along with possible reparations has animated public debate, while motivating community-based research initiatives.