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Dissens#287 Kolonialismus: "Die Nicht-Aufarbeitung der Verbrechen grenzt an koloniale Amnesie"Henning Melber über Ignoranz und Abwehr bei der Anerkennung deutscher Genozide in Afrika
Der deutsche Umgang mit den eigenen Kolonialverbrechen in Afrika ist heute noch immer geprägt von Verleugnung und Verdrängung, sagt Henning Melber. In seinem Buch "The Long Shadow of German Colonialism" untersucht der Politikwissenschaftler die (Nicht)Aufarbeitung des ersten deutschen Genozids vor 120 Jahren an den Ovaherero und Nama in der Kolonie Deutsch-Südwestafrika, dem heutigen Namibia. Ein Gespräch über die Abwehrmechanismen in der Auseinandersetzung mit Deutschlands dunkler Kolonialvergangenheit, die anhaltende Marginalisierung der Nachfahren der Opfer und Reparationen als Bedingung einer ernsthaften Aussöhnung.
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Update@Noon" It's a case of incompetence and political wranglings" - SABC News Specialist Researcher, Maswele Ralebona sees no end in sight for Thabazimbi Local Municipality political tug-of-warNamibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner of last week's presidential election. The 72-year-old Nandi-Ndaitwah won with 57% of the vote, according to official results, defying predictions that she might be forced into a runoff. Opposition parties have rejected the results after last Wednesday's election was marred by technical problems, including shortages of ballot papers and other issues, causing election officials to extend voting until Saturday. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to analyst and Senior advisor at the Nordic Africa Institute Prof Henning Melber.2024-12-0409 min
The View PointWhy liberation movements fail when they come to power: South Africa and Namibia are cases in pointGuest: Henning Melber, Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria The recent South African election results on 29 May, revealing a significant drop in support for the African National Congress (ANC) from 57% to 40%, underscore a pivotal moment in the country's democratic evolution. This decline not only highlights the waning popularity of former liberation movements across southern Africa but also confirms long-standing critiques of their governance. Since the late 1990s, I have examined the limitations and challenges faced by these movements once in power. As new electoral contests loom, such as Namibia's upcoming elections, these issues may...2024-08-2015 min
Out Of The Blank#1678 - Henning MelberHenning Melber is Director Emeritus of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and former research director of the Nordic Africa Institute. Melber is the author of "Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations and the Decolonisation of Africa" in which he explores the years of African decolonization during which Hammarskjöld was in office, investigating the scope and limits of his influence within the context of global governance. He paints a picture of a man with strong guiding principles, but limited room for maneuver, colliding with the essential interests of the big powers as the 'wind of change' blew over the Afr...2024-07-231h 17
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Audiodokumentationendis:arm #13: Internationale GerichteKeine Straflosigkeit für Niemand!
Aktuell machen internationale Gerichte wieder Schlagzeilen. Südafrika klagt Israel vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof an. Der Vorwurf lautet: möglicher Genozid in Gaza. Auch die Opfer des Hamas-Massakers vom 7. Oktober haben sich an den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof gewendet, in der Hoffnung, dass die Hamas-Führer nicht straflos davonkommen. Wir schauen uns diese beiden Fälle an und nehmen sie zum Anlass, die Internationale Gerichtsbarkeit ein wenig zu beleuchten. Was kann sie und was kann sie nicht? Und wir fragen uns, was eigentlich Weltgerichtsbarkeit ist. Spoiler: ein großes Wort für eine wirklich kluge Sache.
Unsere Gespräc...2024-03-1545 min
Talk World RadioTalk World Radio: Henning Melber on Germany Backing Another GenocideThis week on Talk World Radio we're discussing Namibia's denunciation of Germany's support for Israel's defense against South Africa's case that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Our guest, Henning Melber is Senior Adviser and Director Emeritus at the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation. He has served as Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Kassel University, was Director of the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit in Windhoek, and Research Director of the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala. Henning is an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria and at the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies of the University of the F...2024-01-1729 min
The Inside Story PodcastAt international court, Namibia calls out German hypocrisyNamibia has condemned Germany's backing of Israel against genocide charges at the International Court of Justice. It says, given Germany's colonial brutalities, it should not support Israel. So, what's behind this furious diplomatic dispute - and why now? Host: Adrian Finighan Guests: Mutjinde Katjiua, Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority in Namibia. Henning Melber, from the Nordic Africa Institute In Uppsala, Sweden. Matthias Goldmann, a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute, with expertise on International law and Germany's colonial rule in Africa, in Heidelberg, Germany. Connect with us:@AJEPodcasts...2024-01-1525 min
taz vorgelesen Communitykoloniale Erblasttaz; 24.05.2022; debatte; „Erbärmliche Gesten. Deutschland wird von der kolonialen Erblast und der eigenen Gewaltgeschichte eingeholt. Das deutsche Wesen bedarf endlich einer Genesung.“ Von Henning Melber
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Africa 4 DummiesNamibia : How to Reconcile a Genocide?Over 100 years ago in what is now Namibia, a genocide saw 80% of the Herero and 50% of the Nama ethnic populations killed by German colonialists.
Often known as Germany’s first Holocaust, the Africa 4 Dummies team talks to Prof Henning Melber from the Nordic-Africa Institute and member of SWAPO (Namibia’s ruling party) on how Germany and Namibia are dealing with their past and why youths should care about it.
Music: Ras Sheehama - Shohela Oshaile Shaya2021-10-1130 min
The Seminal Catastrophe PodcastSupplemental 2. The Great GameToday we discuss the history of 19th century European colonialism.IMAGES FOR TODAY'S EPISODEPatreon PageEmail: seminalcatastrophe@gmail.comSources:Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. New York: Harcourt Inc., 1968.Baumslag, Naomi. Murderous Medicine: Nazi Doctors, Human Experimentation, and Typhus. Westport, CT.: Praeger Publishers, 2005.Crankshaw, Edward. Bismarck. New York: The Viking Press, 1981.Greenlee, James and Charles Johnston. Good Citizens: British Missionaries & Imperial States 1870-1918. Quebec: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1999.Hibbert, Christopher. The Great Indian Mutiny: India 1857. New Yo...2020-04-0541 min
RälsTågens mörka historiaHör om järnvägens mörka historia. Om en järnväg i dåvarande Tyska Sydvästafrika som hängde samman med kolonialmaktens folkmord på nama och herero, om tågen genom Europa till koncentrationsläger, och om den svenska tystnaden kring tysktågen. Programmet leds av Per J Andersson. Medverkar gör Henning Melber, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, och dokumentärfilmaren Carl Svensson. Producent Pernilla Ståhl.2020-03-1900 min
New Books in Human RightsHenning Melber, "Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations, and the Decolonisation of Africa" (Hurst, 2019)Dag Hammarskjold was such a dynamic secretary-general that for years, the motto about him was simply “Leave it to Dag.” Only the second person to hold that post when he was elected, Hammarskjold did a great deal to shape perceptions of the UN. Consequently, evaluations of his legacy have tended to run the gamut, from extremely positive to bitingly critical. Hammarskjold’s defenders see him as a paragon of virtue, one who did his utmost to defuse international conflict at a time when the Cold War and decolonization threatened to ignite wars at any given moment. Hammarskjold’s critics accused...2019-10-211h 14
New Books in African StudiesHenning Melber, "Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations, and the Decolonisation of Africa" (Hurst, 2019)Dag Hammarskjold was such a dynamic secretary-general that for years, the motto about him was simply “Leave it to Dag.” Only the second person to hold that post when he was elected, Hammarskjold did a great deal to shape perceptions of the UN. Consequently, evaluations of his legacy have tended to run the gamut, from extremely positive to bitingly critical. Hammarskjold’s defenders see him as a paragon of virtue, one who did his utmost to defuse international conflict at a time when the Cold War and decolonization threatened to ignite wars at any given moment. Hammarskjold’s critics accused...2019-10-211h 14
New Books in Western European StudiesHenning Melber, "Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations, and the Decolonisation of Africa" (Hurst, 2019)Dag Hammarskjold was such a dynamic secretary-general that for years, the motto about him was simply “Leave it to Dag.” Only the second person to hold that post when he was elected, Hammarskjold did a great deal to shape perceptions of the UN. Consequently, evaluations of his legacy have tended to run the gamut, from extremely positive to bitingly critical. Hammarskjold’s defenders see him as a paragon of virtue, one who did his utmost to defuse international conflict at a time when the Cold War and decolonization threatened to ignite wars at any given moment. Hammarskjold’s critics accused of him m...2019-10-211h 14
New Books in BiographyHenning Melber, "Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations, and the Decolonisation of Africa" (Hurst, 2019)Dag Hammarskjold was such a dynamic secretary-general that for years, the motto about him was simply “Leave it to Dag.” Only the second person to hold that post when he was elected, Hammarskjold did a great deal to shape perceptions of the UN. Consequently, evaluations of his legacy have tended to run the gamut, from extremely positive to bitingly critical. Hammarskjold’s defenders see him as a paragon of virtue, one who did his utmost to defuse international conflict at a time when the Cold War and decolonization threatened to ignite wars at any given moment. Hammarskjold’s critics accused...2019-10-211h 14
Letty’s NoiseEdward NdopuI got to me Mr Ndopu & his much more I mean A LOT like me!.. Go purchase All of Africa belongs to me - by Henning Melber ! A great Poem book Filled with knowledge 💕2019-09-1807 min
Welt im OhrPartnerschaftlich und auf Augenhöhe!?
Auf der 1979 stattgefundenen UN-Konferenz zu Wissenschaft und Technologien für Entwicklung in Wien, wurden gemeinschaftliche Entwicklungskooperationen zwischen dem globalen Norden und Süden erstmals in großem Stil konzipiert. Problemlösungsorientierte Ansätze und Kapazitätenentwicklung sollten nach und nach gefördert werden und mit umfassenden Aktionen neue partnerschaftliche Beziehungen entstehen, von denen beide Seiten profitieren und in denen auch dem südlichen Partner größtmögliche Partizipation zugestanden wird. Die Gründung der Kommission für Entwicklungsforschung (KEF) im Jahre 1981 war eine direkte Folge dieser UN-Konferenz und den daraus resultierenden forschungsstrategischen Überlegungen.Ebenso wurde aus dem lange verfolgt...2018-01-3057 min
C3-RadioC3 Radio: „Globale Mittelklasse … gut bei Kasse?“Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Begriff und Konzept der „neuen Mittelklasse“ als Motor für EntwicklungWährend im globalen Norden die Mittelschicht schrumpft und als Globalisierungsverliererin gilt, scheint sie im globalen Süden angekommen zu sein. Beratungsfirmen, Entwicklungsbanken und internationale Organisationen wie die Weltbank oder die OECD feiern, beflügelt vom wirtschaftlichen Aufstieg der Schwellenländer, die Ausdehnung einer konsumfreudigen „globalen Mittelklasse“. Sie soll die Weltwirtschaft dynamisieren und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung vorantreiben. In der Diskussionsveranstaltung – organisiert vom Mattersburger Kreis – werden Konzept und Begriff der „neuen globalen Mittelklasse“ kritisch beleuchtet. Karin Fischer hinterfragt den Diskurs internationaler Organisationen, die mit fragwürdigen Messungen eine neue „Erfolgsstory“ de...2017-01-1226 min
Radio Afrika InternationalNamibia und Deutschland: KolonialenvölkermordHenning Melber:Namibia und Deutschland. Ein kolonialer Völkermord in der GegenwartDer erste Völkermord des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde von „Schutztruppen“ des deutschen Kaiserreichs in der Kolonie Südwestafrika begangen. Doch es dauerte fast 110 Jahre, bis die Bundesrepublik endlich bereit war, diesen Sachverhalt einzugestehen. Seit Ende 2015 finden bilaterale Verhandlungen zwischen Sonderbeauftragten beider Regierungen statt. Die Frage, was ein adäquater Umgang mit diesem Kapitel deutscher Kolonialgeschichte sein könnte, bleibt jedoch in beiden Ländern strittig. Henning Melber ist Direktor emeritus der Dag Hammarskjöld Stiftung und Senior Research Associate am Nordic Africa Institute, beide in...2016-11-1157 min
Sott Radio NetworkThe Truth Perspective: Interview with Henning Melber: Dag Hammarskjold, why he died and why it mattersOn the night of September 17, 1961, the second Secretary General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold, was flying to a meeting in Northern Rhodesia to negotiate a possible resolution to the conflict in the newly independent Republic of the Congo. His flight never reached his final destination. The next day, the site of its crash was discovered just miles from the airport. 15 passengers, including Hammarskjold, were dead, and the only survivor died soon after. Written off as the result of...2016-04-022h 04
KPFA - Africa TodayAfrica Today – April 26, 2010Dr. Henning Melber of Dag Hammarskjold Foundation discusses the recent Namibia elections and Namibian developments in the context of Southern Africa
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2010-04-2608 min