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There is still a large German influence in Namibia. There are approximately 20,000 German descendants living in Namibia, who are now in the fourth or fifth generation. When traveling around Namibia you can still see German signs, street names, and buildings. There are German schools teaching English, tribal languages and German. In Swakopmund, the houses show German architectural heritage and famous German buildings such as the Altes Amtsgericht, the Marine Memorial, Princess Rupprecht Heim, the Old Prison, the lighthouse, the Woerhaus, and the Hohenzollern building. We met many individuals who spoke German and were of German descent, such as an antique dealer in Peter’s Antiques Swakopmund and our tour guide in Sandwich Harbor. There is no shortage of German food and beer as many restaurants like Joe’s in Windhoek and Kückis Pub in Swakopmund offer authentic German cuisines such as sauerkraut, beer, wurst, and apfelkuchen z.b. We had asked ourselves before we went to Namibia, whether we would be able to see a German presence in Namibia for the German side of my project, but the heritage and the culture proved to still hold a place in Namibian culture.
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