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Thursday, December 03, 2020
Politician in former colony
Adolf Hitler elected district administrator in Namibia
German names and surnames are not uncommon in the former colony of Namibia. A local politician caused a sensation after being elected district manager with his unusual name.
In the former German colony of Namibia, a politician with an unusual name now serves as a district administrator: Adolf Hitler Uunona. The Namibian from the ruling Swapo party was elected district administrator of Ompundja, a constituency in the north of the country. On Wednesday he was sworn in in his office, showed a video.
Initially, it was not clear how the local politician got his first name. However, it caused astonishment among some Twitter users: “Why would you put your son in the name of Hitler? Why would you enter politics with that name?” Wrote one. There are numerous locals in Namibia with German names and surnames. Children were often named by or in honor of their parents’ employers. On the one hand, because Europeans found it difficult to pronounce native names correctly, on the other hand, out of respect for the employer or superiors.
From 1884 to 1915, parts of Namibia belonged to the German Empire. At that time, the colonial rulers brutally suppressed the uprisings of the Herero and Nama ethnic groups, and tens of thousands were killed. To this day, the relationship between Namibia and Germany is not an easy one: the federal government has been having tough conversations with Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, on how to accept crimes during the colonial period for years.
