TLDR
Past land seizures still shape who benefits from development in Namibia. Projects and agreements should deliver real benefits to marginalized people and treat fairness between generations as important.
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1 Study Aim
The authors examine how colonial land dispossession (the taking of land under colonial rule) continues to affect marginalized communities in Namibia and limits restorative justice (efforts to repair past harms). They consider unequal land redistribution, a German-Namibian reconciliation agreement, and a planned project to produce green hydrogen, a proposed energy product. Using decoloniality (challenging structures inherited from colonial rule), they argue that justice requires addressing material inequality. The authors want development to improve people’s lives and treat generations fairly.
2 Study Design
The authors present a critical analysis of Namibia’s land inequality, the reconciliation agreement, and the planned hydrogen project. They interpret these issues through restorative justice and decoloniality, focusing on how social structures maintain material inequality. The provided description does not identify a participant sample or specific data-collection method. They examine three issues to understand whether development can help people who have been left out.
3 Findings
The authors argue that reconciliation and development cannot deliver restorative justice without substantive changes to structures that sustain material inequality. They warn that the planned mega-project (a very large development project) poses threats to marginalized communities. They advocate a pluralist (recognizing different perspectives) vision of justice that delivers material benefits and supports intra- and inter-generational justice (fairness within and between generations). Development should share its benefits fairly and avoid harming people now or in the future.