The Parliament Gardens in Windhoek were alive with the vibrant colours and rich cultures of Namibia today, as people gathered to mark Genocide Remembrance Day.
While the day was set aside to honour and remember those who died in the genocide, the atmosphere was one of unity and cultural pride.
Young people under the banner of the Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA) held a roundtable discussion titled “Rewriting Remembrance: Towards an Honest Reckoning with Namibia’s Past” in Keetmanshoop.
The Nama and Damara communities held cultural gatherings on the eve of Genocide Remembrance Day to honour the memory of those who died during the brutal genocide committed by the German colonial forces in Namibia between 1904 and 1908.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has clarified that the selection of the date 28th of May as Genocide Remembrance Day marks the gravity and compassion with which Namibians should approach the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide, committed between 1904 and 1908.
Descendants of the genocide victims took to the streets of Windhoek to pay tribute to their ancestors in remembrance and honour of the lives lost during the 1904 to 1908 genocide.
