Colonial Memories and Post-Colonial Silences - The Herero and Nama Genocide in German and Namibian Journalism

Restitution, reparation, renaming - the colonial past is omnipresent in today's cultural, political and academic debates. Christina Haritos sheds light on the post-colonial power dynamics that shape these discussions by analyzing German and Namibian journalistic coverage of the Herero and Nama genocide, with a focus on the German-Namibian genocide negotiations between 2015 and 2021. She thus offers a much-needed entangled perspective on how journalism evokes colonial memories to maintain or challenge colonial power relations. The study shows how journalism navigates colonial gaps in the archive to render certain perspectives (in-)visible and to determine whose past can be used to make claims for a common future.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Haritos
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2025
• EAN: 9783837678369
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7836-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Illustrations: 10 SW-Abb., 4 Farbabb.
• Series: Critical Studies in Media and Communication
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Cultural Studies, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Social interaction, HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Social & cultural history, EDUCATION / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political structure & processes, Migration, immigration & emigration, auseinandersetzen, Philosophy & theory of education, Violence in society, African History, Peace studies & conflict resolution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Culture and institutions, The political process, Factors affecting social behavior, Social processes, International migration and colonization, Groups of people, Germany and neighboring central European countries