Remembering the dismembered: African human remains and memory cultures in and after repatriation

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Titel: Remembering the dismembered : African human remains and memory cultures in and after repatriation

Beteiligte: LeGall, Yann [Verfasser:in]; Mboro, Mnyaka Sururu [Verfasser:in]; Eckstein, Lars [Akademische:r Betreuer:in]; Schwarz, Anja [Akademische:r Betreuer:in]; Haupt, Adam [Akademische:r Betreuer:in]; Rassool, Ciraj [Akademische:r Betreuer:in]

Körperschaft: Universität Potsdam

Erschienen: Potsdam, [2019]

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 359 Seiten, 16888 KB); Illustrationen

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.25932/publishup-50850

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Schlagwörter: Hochschulschrift

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Hochschulschrift: Dissertation, Universität Potsdam, 2020

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Beschreibung: This thesis – written in co-authorship with Tanzanian activist Mnyaka Sururu Mboro – examines different cases of repatriation of ancestral remains to African countries and communities through the prism of postcolonial memory studies. It follows the theft and displacement of prominent ancestors from East and Southern Africa (Sarah Baartman, Dawid Stuurman, Mtwa Mkwawa, Songea Mbano, King Hintsa and the victims of the Ovaherero and Nama genocides) and argues that efforts made for the repatriation of their remains have contributed to a transnational remembrance of colonial violence. Drawing from cultural studies theories such as "multidirectional memory", "rehumanisation" and "necropolitics", the thesis argues for a new conceptualisation or "re-membrance" in repatriation, through processes of reunion, empowerment, story-telling and belonging. Besides, the afterlives of the dead ancestors, who stand at the centre of political debates on justice and reparations, remind of their past struggles against colonial oppression. They are ...

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