German-Namibian denialism: How (not) to come to terms with the past
Kössler, Reinhart; Melber, Henning http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/80918
Publisher: Pambazuka News
Date Written: 20/03/2012
Year Published: 2012
Resource Type: Article
Largely unnoticed by most Namibians, the local German-language daily Allgemeine Zeitung provides a forum for colonial apologetics. Reinhart Kössler and Henning Melber examine recent comments and readers’ letters in this newspaper, exposing the reactionary attitudes and privileging strategies that maintain the minority language as a barrier to national reconciliation.
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