Why the Key to the Past Lies in the Future - The Dispute about Reparations for Namibia Text xx# 2020 Verfassungsblog 2020-08-20 eng
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 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 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-the-key-to-the-past-lies-in-the-future/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20200820-154748-0 200820 10.17176/20200820-154748-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)