“The genocide has had a very deep impact, not just on the destruction of indigenous knowledge, but also on the sense of damage on the dignity of the people because there’s been a transfer of the trauma and the loss of livelihoods, a loss of land that took place.”
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Antonio Stuurmann, Member of the Technical Committee of NTLA (Nama Traditional Leader’s Association), in conversation with Leah Niederhausen, shares the transgenerational effects of the genocide committed by the German colonial empire against Nama and other indigenous groups in today’s Namibia. He highlights the interconnection between the losses of knowledge, dignity, land, and livelihoods.
Actor: Antonio Stuurmann
Voice type: Nama
Object type: Interview data
Date: Nov 4, 2025
Researcher: Leah Niederhausen
Case: Namibia
Language of item: English
Original language: English
Originally stored at: Hoachanas Community Library and Archives DANS
Context
Project: Namibia
A Nama Community Archive as Restorative Justice? A Collaborative Pilot Project
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