Gaob Dawid Hanse has called on the Nama community to embrace and protect their cultural identity.
He made the call during the official opening of the 7th edition of the Nama festival in Keetmanshoop on Friday.
Namibia has warned that unilateral actions, the selective implementation of UN resolutions, and growing global fragmentation are weakening the foundations of international peace and security.
The concentration camps established in Namibia during German colonial rule represent one of the darkest chapters in the country's history, which is the 1904 to 1908 genocide against the OvaHerero and Nama people.
The German-Namibian Joint Declaration Agreement on genocide, apologies and reparations is expected to be concluded before the end of the year.
A member of the technical committee of the Genocide, Apology and Reparations negotiations, Dr Charles Eiseb, revealed this in an interview with NBC News.
Calls for reparative justice and national unity took centre stage during the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration held at Swakopmund.
