Caroline Carter-Namibian Herero sue Germany for decades-long systematic oppression

German missionaries first arrived in what is now Namibia in the 19th century. Upon their arrival, they promptly took historically Herero and Nama lands and made many of the ways of life for these tribes capital crimes. In 1904, the Herero took a stand against the Germans, whose oppressive grip had effectively pushed Namibian native tribes into poverty, and there began a genocide that killed 65,000 people. Many also fled the country during the fighting, and the Herero population was reduced to a tiny minority in their home country. Since then, their numbers have grown significantly (they still make up less than 10% of the population) and they have begun to push for a change in the serious income inequality that affects their country. The Herero have asked the government to return the land that was stolen from them, direct reparations from Germany, and reconciliation with the government. In 2017, the Alien Tort Statute allowed the Herero to sue Germany in a US federal court, which hopefully signifies justice for this persistent people.

The genocide that affected these people more than a hundred years ago has often been compared to the Holocaust, specifically in the ways that German colonialists used concentration camps and isolation to attack the Herero. The systematic inequality that continues to affect Namibians today, as almost all of the capital businesses of the country are owned by whites, is also comparable to South African apartheid, which gradually spread into Namibia and strengthened the racial divides created by the Germans.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/06/606379299/why-the-herero-of-namibia-are-suing-germany-for-reparations