In//out of frame : Herero women as forced laborers in the construction of the Otavi Railway in colonial Namibia during the German-Namibian War, 1904–1908
DOI 10.60531/INSIGHTOUT.2024.2.6| FRAUWALLNER: IN//OUT OF FRAME_ INSIGHTOUT 2(2024) 36rary academic lens through which we look at them.Even today, there is a lack of primary sources on/byindigenous women and paradigm shifts have only recently occurred that facilitate precedents and spacefor gendered approaches to historiography, especially historiographies of the Global South. In the colonial setting discussed here, Herero women were verymuch visible to themselves and their communities,even if they were invisible or instrumentalised in these Western albums.This paper highlights the intersecting oppressions ofrace and gender that shaped the realities of Hererowomen, illustrating the particular vulnerabilities theyfaced as colonial subjects. By drawing attention tothe gendered implications of colonialism in the context of the German-Namibian War, it contributes toa deeper understanding of the legacy of colonialismand colonial infrastructure projects in Namibian historiography.
