Diversity in the Postcolonial State: The case of the return of looted heirlooms from Germany to Namibia in 2019
The restitution of the bible and the riding whip of Namibian national hero Hendrik Witbooi, which had been looted during colonial conquest by Germany in 1893, triggered a controversy that points to fundamental contradictions of the postcolonial state. In particular, the official narrative that highl...
Main Author: | Reinhart Kößler |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Milano University Press
2019-12-01
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Series: | Nuovi autoritarismi e democrazie: diritto, istituzioni, società |
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Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/NAD/article/view/12540 |
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