nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200820-154748-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200820s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200820-154748-0 doi eng 342 23 Why the Key to the Past Lies in the Future - The Dispute about Reparations for Namibia Verfassungsblog 2020-08-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier A few days ago, Namibian President Hage Geinob rejected the German government’s offer for financial compensation for the 1904-07 genocide committed by the German colonial power in what was then called Southwest Africa against the Herero and Nama peoples. Germany refuses to consider the payment as an act of reparation, arguing instead that it would serve the “healing of wounds”. The Namibian side considers this inacceptable, insisting that such payments should not be considered a mere act of grace. I find this terminological dispute highly intriguing and telling. It prompts me to react with three responses. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Genocide Herero and Nama Reparations Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-the-key-to-the-past-lies-in-the-future/ raw object