Kolmanskop was once full of life. The former diamond mining town, located in the Namib desert in the south of Namibia, was home to over 1,000 people. They had a ballroom, a hospital, and a bowling ...

After World War One, Namibia came under South African control and gained independence in 1990. But it still has many German-named towns and a small German-speaking community. The centre-left Swapo ...