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A group of actors has assembled to create a presentation about the little-known genocide of the Herero people during the German occupation of Southwest Africa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The presentation will be based on personal letters written by German soldiers during the occupation and genocide. The actors have mostly been focused on creating the best and most honest piece of theatre, without much regard to cultural or historical sensitivity. Actor 2, a young black man who
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Start: Actor 2: What are you doing? Actor 6: We’re moving on. Actor 3: Ok. What are we doing? Actor 6: We need to do more Herera stuff, right?
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End: Actor 6: Ok I get it ok. We need to get it together people. Let’s go. 1892. Actor 5: It’s the Germans training the Herero and giving them the cows part. Actor 6: So let’s start training. Right now. Let’s go people.
Jackie Sibblies Drury, We Are Proud to Present A Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915, Methuen Drama, 2014, pp. 65-71.
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