In 1889, Jakob Ackermann reached South West Africa with twenty German soldiers. Their mission? To lay the groundwork for a new colony. They were builders, the pride of Germany, triumphantly introducing modernity to Africa.
In 2004, a young Namibian man of mixed race attended a ceremony commemorating the Herero genocide, searching for traces of his past. Like his native land, he is wracked by violence and contradiction, heir to a thing that should never have existed.
One man believes he is making history; the other questions that very history. Both voices are oblivious to each other and yet each provide answers to the other’s questions.