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 | Apr, Mon, 2018 | Books
When it comes to remembering a past #genocide, solving “cold cases” or unearthing what’s been buried by history, people generally take one of two stances. One group wants answers, regardless of what they reveal. The other sees no need to disturb the sleeping dogs of... 
by Mari Serebrov | Aug, Fri, 2017 | Books, Mama Namibia
The Waterberg. A beautiful, rugged table mountain rising up out of a plateau that shares its name. Today, it is home to a national park in Namibia, private game reserves and guest farms. But for the Herero, the Waterberg will be forever linked to that fateful August... 
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... 