Namibia & Tribalism “Building the Namibia We Want: The Road to Ending Tribalism”

 

Date and Time: Thursday, July 28th, 2022, 18:30PM (CAT)

 

Location: Online (Zoom)

 

Topics: Namibia & Tribalism

 

Host: HWPL Gangwon Branch

 

Speakers:

 

Hermann Hosabe /Honeb, former Mayor of Henties Bay and Namibian war veteran

 

Mr. Robert Maseka, Rob Youth Foundation, Founder

 

Mr. Levy Nyirenda , Regional Focal Point for East and Southern Africa for the UN Group for Children and Youth

 

Mr. Obyster Muleke, Ministry of Gender

 

The Webinar was held to raise awareness of the impact of tribalism in Namibia and to educate participants on the history of tribalism and the human rights violations that came about as a result of tribalism.

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Background Information

 

In 2020, The Namibia newspaper published an opinion piece by Professor Andre du Pisani which pained the narrative that Tribalism exists in Namibia and that it should be dealt with. In the article, the professor wrote that scholars have concluded that ethno-nationalism (read tribalism) is the current reality. It is also said to be an emotive power that has shaped many borders in the past. It remains an unwieldy force which influences political thinking and considerations. This in turn, results in political spasms as we have seen in Namibia.

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A more recent article which was written almost a year later supported his views. This article was published in the New Era newspaper, and it contended that Tribalism and regionalism in Namibia, has created new forms of rivalling societies between the North and South.

Considering the articles mentioned above, participants were invited to engage on the topic of tribalism and consider its existence in Namibia.

 

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