This book provides readers with a critical study of the challenges that confronted Namibian activists who tried to sue Germany for genocidal acts that were committed during the German South West Africa (GSWA) years.

Marouf Hasian Jr. is full professor in the department of communication at the University of Utah.

Acknowledgments
1.Introduction: Colonial Unkowing, Lawfare and Transgenerational Calls for Ovaherero and Nama Reparations
2.Heroic and Tragic Tales of Colonial Deeds in German South West Africa, 1884-1908
3. The German Social Democrats' Anti-Imperialist Rhetorics and the Promotion of "Native" Rights During the Reichstag Debates, 1904-1913
4. "Little Heaps of Sand" and the Transcontinental Debates About the Evidentiary Nature of the 1918 British Blue Book
5. Apartheid, Colonial Aphasia and Decolonizing Remembrances, 1919-1969
6. Academic Scholarship, Cold War Politics, and the Revival of Scholarly Interest in Ovaerero and Nama Social Restitution
7. The 2001 Herero People's Reparations Case Filed in U.S. Courts
8. Realpolitik Entanglements of Namibian-German Relationships and the Dingpolitik of Ovaherero and Nama Remains
9. The 2017 Ovaherero and Nama Reparations Lawsuit
10. Contemplating the Future of Lawfare in Contests over Namibian Claims for Restorative Justice
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