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In the shadow of genocide: German colonial amnesia

In the shadow of genocide: German colonial amnesia

by Talking Humanities | Jul 15, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

Professor Henning Melber explores the German version of colonial amnesia, which he says is not about a lack of historical research, but a failure to acknowledge – emotionally and politically – what is known. The German colonial empire was...
Drought in Damaraland brings opportunities and threats to desert-adapted lions

Drought in Damaraland brings opportunities and threats to desert-adapted lions

by Talking Humanities | Oct 8, 2019 | Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law

Professor Keith Somerville reports on a trip to Damaraland in Namibia, where drought and rising temperatures threatens thousands of people and domestic animals but has created “opportunities for lions to thrive”. Driving through a series of communal conservancies in...
The fragile balance of Namibia’s conservation policy

The fragile balance of Namibia’s conservation policy

by Talking Humanities | Nov 28, 2017 | Features, Politics & Law

Image: Members of a large pride at Ongava, south of Etosha, © Keith Somerville Professor Keith Somerville looks at how Namibia, a country subject to periodic droughts with often little permanent water for wildlife or livestock, has gone much further than most African...
Namibia at 27 – anything to celebrate?

Namibia at 27 – anything to celebrate?

by Talking Humanities | Mar 20, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law

Image: Damara Zebras at Chudop waterhole, Etosha, Namibia. Wikimedia Commons Professor Henning Melber tries to find something that ‘the land of wide open spaces’, Namibia, can celebrate on its 27th anniversary of independence. Most visitors to Namibia are impressed....

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