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Red/White Flag Herero: courtesy Dag Henrichsen

Red/White Flag Herero: courtesy Dag Henrichsen

April 17, 2013 00:30:13

Guests: Henrichsen, Dag

Host: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter

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Episode 073

Namibia: Herero Protest, Prophecy and Private Archives

Dag Henrichsen (Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Basel) on protest and prophecy among Herero intellectuals in 1940s Namibia. Also discussed are the 1904-5 German genocide, construction of Herero modernity, private archives, popular culture, Namibian historiography, and how Namibians conceptualized a "South African Empire."

00:00:00 - 00:01:48 Introduction
00:01:54 - 00:03:52 journey to Namibian Studies
00:03:52 - 00:08:28 Herero Intellectuals
00:08:28 - 00:13:13 Herero and the roots of the Liberation Movement
00:13:13 - 00:16:45 Precolonial Herero History
00:16:45 - 00:19:50 Namibian Apartheid
00:19:50 - 00:24:51 The Post-Colonial Archive
00:24:52 - 00:28:51 Future Directions of Namibian History
00:28:51 - 00:30:13 Outro

Cite this Episode

Alegi, Peter, Peter Limb, and Dag Henrichsen. "Namibia: Herero Protest, Prophecy and Private Archives". Africa Past and Present, April 17, 2013. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=073/.