Namibia's island of death

From: New African | Date: August 1, 2003| Author: Erichsen, Casper W | Copyright information

Shark Island, off Namibia's coastal town of Luderitz, was the venue of a brutal concentration camp during German colonial rule. Casper W. Erichsen, an alumnus of the University of Namibia, writes about an island of suffering and death.

Between 1904 and 1908 a series of wars were fought by the indigenous people of Namibia against German colonial forces. The most famous was waged by the united Hereto nation, the occupants of central Namibia, who in the initial battles and skirmishes defe...

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