Reparations and Land Now! : The Landless Peoples' Movement of Namibia, an Interview with LPM Deputy Leader Henny Seibeb

The Unequal Exchange Podcast

After a genocide committed by colonial Germany from 1904-1908 against the Herero and Nama peoples, and occupation by Apartheid South Africa from 1915 to 1990, Namibia remains deeply scarred by the colonial legacy, particularly on the question of land. In 1990, the white settler minority which made up less than 0.5 percent of the population owned almost all commercial land in Namibia. In 2018, 28 years after independence from the Apartheid regime, land inequality remained high, with white settlers owning 70 percent of agricultural land and Namibians only 16 percent.

The Landless Peoples' Movement of Namibia, founded in 2017, seeks to address this inequality with radical land redistribution and rights for the landless, as well as reparations for Germany's genocide. We interviewed Henny Seibeb to learn more about their efforts to fight for reparations and land now!

Learn more about LPM here: https://www.lpmparty.org

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