Melber, Henning2023-07-102023-07-102022Henning Melber (2022) Germany and reparations: the reconciliation agreement with Namibia, The Round Table, 111:4, 475-488, DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2022.2105540.0035-8533 (print)1474-029X (online)10.1080/00358533.2022.2105540http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91315In 2015 Germany admitted that the warfare in its colony South West Africa was tantamount to genocide. Bilateral negotiations with the Namibian government resulted in May 2021 in a so-called reconciliation agreement. This is not yet ratified. This article critically examines its limitations. It explains why this – despite being a step in the right direction – has so far been insufficient and a form of tokenism. In the absence of true efforts to reconcile with the descendants of the local communities most affected by the genocide, the government-to-government negotiations have failed so far to achieve any meaningful reconciliation.en© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License.GermanyNamibiaSouth West Africa (SWA)ColonialismGenocideOvahereroNamaReparationsReconciliationArticle