Healing the past for the future: A survivor's view of the Damara/Herero/Nama genocide of 1904-1905

A seminar in honour of Women’s Day presented by Dr Yvette Abrahams. Chaired by Dr June Bam Hutchison Director of the San and Khoi Centre. Opened by the Dean of the Humanities Faculty Associate Professor Shose Kessi and closed by Paramount Chief Marthinus Fredericks, of the !Aman Traditional Authority/ Chair of the Khoi and San Kingdom Council of southern Africa and member of the A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum. Yvette Abrahams is of Damara/Herero descendant and a third-generation survivor of the1904/1905 genocide in Namibia.

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Healing the past for the future: A survivor's view of the Damara/Herero/Nama genocide of 1904-1905
Description
A seminar in honour of Women’s Day presented by Dr Yvette Abrahams. Chaired by Dr June Bam Hutchison Director of the San and Khoi Centre. Opened by the Dean of the Humanities Faculty Associate Professor Shose Kessi and closed by Paramount Chief Marthinus Fredericks, of the !Aman Traditional Authority/ Chair of the Khoi and San Kingdom Council of southern Africa and member of the A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum.

Yvette Abrahams is of Damara/Herero descendant and a third-generation survivor of the1904/1905 genocide in Namibia.
startDate
August 17, 2021
Subject
Genocide-South Africa
Genocide-Africa, Southern
History-South Africa-Khoikhoi (African people)
Khoikhoi (African people)-History
SKC Topic
Social integrity
Indigenous ancestry and legacy stories

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