Justice After Genocide: Namibia, Germany and Colonial Amnesia
The Department of Anthropology/Sociology and the Centre for Humanities Research invites you to a panel on
Justice After Genocide: Namibia, Germany and Colonial Amnesia
Speaker:
Reinhart Koessler, University of Freiburg, Berlin
Respondent: Perivi Katjavivi, UWC
Date: 7 June
Time: 14h00- 15h30
Venue: AnthroLab, Social Sciences Building
Reinhart Kössler, a German scholar who studies the consequences of German colonial rule, its impact on the descendants of victims of the genocide, Germany’s historical responsibility, and the ways in which post-colonial reconciliation might be achieved. His latest book is Namibia and Germany: Negotiating the Past (2015)
Perivi Katjavivi is a Namibian film director and writer, known for My Beautiful Nightmare (2012), Love Is… (2009) and The Unseen (2016).
Co-hosted by the Department of Anthropology/Sociology and the Citizenship and Justice platform of the Centre for Humanities Research