Waterberg & Swakopmund – Film screening & Panel discussion

• Waterberg & Swakopmund – Film screening & Panel discussion •

Organisers (according to the announcement poster):
Forensic Architecture / Forensis,
OvaHerero Genocide Foundation (OGF) and
Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA).

Screening of documentary films by Forensic Architecture / Forensis about sites of atrocities during the 1904-1908 OvaHerero and Nama Genocide with a focus on Waterberg and Swakopmund.

Panel discussion, moderated by Hildegard Titus (see her LinkedIn profile)

Panelists:
Hon. MP Utaara Mootu (LPM) (see her profile on the Namibian Parliament’s website)
Pekara Nguvitjua Kaveru
Teopolina Willem

Venue: Gateway Conference Centre (GCC), Cnr. Hans-Dietrich Genscher Avenue and Florence Nightingale Street, Khomasdal, Windhoek
Date: Saturday, 16 August 2025
Time: 12:00

Contact for more details: 081 313 6133

See also the post on the Facebook page of the NTLA

Editor’s note:

Film screening and panel discussion are part of the public programme “Inherited Testimonies”, including an exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Namibia (NAGN) from 15 August to 20 September 2025, two more screenings and two workshops.

In partnership with NTLA and OTA, Forensic Architecture investigated four genocide-related locations in Namibia (see their webpage on investigations in Namibia):

Swakopmund (1904 – 1908) – published 15 October 2024

Hornkranz (massacre on 12 April 1893) – published 12 April 2024

Shark Island (concentration camp 1905 – 1908) – published 28 June 2024

Otjozondjupa, Omaheke and Khomas areas (1904 – 1908) – published 4 November 2022