by Mari Serebrov | May, Sun, 2026 | Mama Namibia
There is a line in Mama Namibia that captures the heart of what the Herero relationship with the land actually meant. “Land is a gift from Njambi Karunga. No one can own it.” Njambi Karunga is the Herero creator God. In traditional Herero belief, the land... 
by Mari Serebrov | May, Sat, 2026 | Mama Namibia
I want to be honest about this. Mama Namibia doesn’t look away from what the concentration camps were. It can’t. To look away would be to repeat what Germany spent decades doing. “Brutality is routine in this place where the Herero are driven like... by Mari Serebrov | May, Fri, 2026 | Mama Namibia
Five words. “I must find my family.” In any language, in any century, those are among the most human words ever spoken. In Mama Namibia, they are the words that keep Jahohora moving when everything in her body is telling her to stop. When the German... by Mari Serebrov | May, Thu, 2026 | Mama Namibia
She was 12 years old when her world ended. Jahohora didn’t understand politics or colonial orders. She understood family. Home. The holy fire. The sound of her mother’s voice. “I close my eyes tight. I try to make it dark like first day.” That... by Mari Serebrov | May, Wed, 2026 | Mama Namibia
For decades after the genocide, Germany didn’t just ignore what had happened. It actively worked to suppress it. It had help. To gain control of Southwest Africa following the defeat of the Germans in World War I, the British chronicled the atrocities in what... 
by Mari Serebrov | May, Tue, 2026 | Mama Namibia
They sealed the waterholes. General von Trotha knew that thousands of people with no water, in the Omaheke Desert, would not survive. He didn’t need to shoot every man, woman, and child. He just needed to cut off the exits and poison the waterholes. “Born...