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A sojourn to Katutura, Windhoek

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Windhoek-Namibia -Growing among the Baherero people in Serowe, one of the painful thing they used to talk about was their removal from Windhoek and thrown into the single quarter houses known as Katutura, a shanty township outside Windhoek. Most of the Namibians who sought refuge in Botswana disputed the notion that they were independent reasoning that it is only in paper but not in the real sense. This, they supported by saying that economy is still in the hands of the colonizers. Opportunity came to visit the country and see if indeed they are just spectators in the economic running of their country. Arriving at Hosea Kutako International Airport, about 43 kilometers from Windhoek, one could see that Namibia is one of the most organized African country and the people are very friendly. Windhoek is squeaky clean and strangely they were more people of the colour than the indigenous people within the city centre. I asked the cab driver where the people are, when the city is looking deserted and he quickly responded, ‘’Katutura my brother, we don’t own this city!” His answer which was accompanied by deep emotions of sorrow, hit me emotionally as I look at his somber…

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