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Mama Penee — surviving a German colonial genocide

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Julia Hitz
December 7, 2024

After German forces crushed Herero and Nama fighters militarily in colonial-era Namibia, survivors faced unimaginable hardship, in concentration camps or on German-owned farms. But even here, stories like that of Mama Penee highlight the ways in which women continued to resist.

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