but were then defeated at the decisive Battle of Waterberg.

Last year a German-Namibian who served as a government minister shortly after independence, Anton von Wietersheim, helped launch an initiative to encourage German-speaking Namibians to discuss the past, both among themselves and together with Herero and Nama representatives, though plans for a conference of German-Namibians have been delayed because of Covid-19.

"The realisation has still to come to many of our white compatriots about what situation these affected people are actually in as a result of the historic happenings," he says.