In Namibia, Herero and Nama communities have been commemorating the 120 years since the genocide of their forefathers by colonial forces.
They held a memorial procession in the town of Luderitz, in what's now an annual ceremony. In 2021, Germany's government apologized for the killings, which made up the first genocide of the 20th century, as German soldiers wiped out tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people. But these brutal events were not the first of their kind by the Germans.
Over a decade earlier - on April 12, 18-93 - colonial troops attacked a Nama settlement and killed dozens of residents. Today, Nama descendants want the Hornkranz Massacre, as it's known, recognized as the first genocide against their forefathers.

00:00 Intro and report
02:41 DW speaks with Sima Luipert of the Nama Traditional Leaders Association

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