by Mari Serebrov | Dec, Mon, 2018 | Mama Namibia
Like a river or life itself, a good story flows naturally, its current carrying readers to forgotten lands, times past, or places unimagined. It introduces them to characters they’ll never forget, opens their eyes to the possible and the impossible, and fills them... 
by Mari Serebrov | May, Sat, 2018 | Books, Mama Namibia, News
#Genocide. It’s an ugly word that continues to be too much with us. It’s a word filled with hatred. A word fueled by false feelings of entitlement and superiority. Down through the centuries, it’s been used to rid the world of “other” – people with a different skin... 
by Mari Serebrov | Mar, Fri, 2017 | Books, Mama Namibia
Like customs and language, land binds a people together, creating a sense of home, of belonging, of rootedness. In traditional societies, it is the place where the ancestors walked and where future generations will take their first steps. When the land is lost,... 
by Mari Serebrov | Feb, Fri, 2017 | Books, Mama Namibia
By Mari Serebrov So why spend years writing a novel like Mama Namibia and doing a Facebook blog about a genocide that happened more than a century ago? First of all, the 1904 genocide in what was then German South-West Africa is not ancient history. Its victims were... 