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The genocide
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Recordist's notes
Joe Murangi, a Herero, tells me about the 1904 war and genocide on the Herero people by the German colonial forces…. Joe Murangi is a traveler, an ex-boxer, aspiring writer and founder of 'Volunteers Association Namibia'. these recordings are archived here: https://archive.org/details/RadioContinentalDrift_513 more recordings with Joe under: http://www.archive.org/details/VolunteersNamibia
About the place
Windhoek is a city of about 386,219 people in Khomas Region, Namibia. OttoAnna lists 10 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Zoo-Park, Windhoek, Namibia - The genocide...” by radio continental drift – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0