Colonialism, genocide and reparations : the German-Namibian case

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dc.contributor.author Melber, Henning
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-09T09:28:27Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-09T09:28:27Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.description.abstract In 2015 the German government acknowledged that the Empire committed genocide in its colony South West Africa, known since its independence as Namibia. This acknowledgement marked a new reference point in how to engage with colonial crimes. Since then, Germany has fallen short of bearing full and unconditional responsibility for and recognition of the crime in terms of restorative justice. While Germany deserves credit for its commemoration and remorse over the Holocaust during World War II, victims of other forms of extermination with the intent to destroy still crave adequate recognition, commemoration and compensation in the form of reparations. This article presents the Namibian case to illustrate the contradictions and limitations that emerge when general notions are tested and undermined by asymmetric power relations of Realpolitik. en_US
dc.description.department Political Sciences en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg None en_US
dc.description.uri https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14677660 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Melber, H. 2024, 'Colonialism, genocide and reparations : the German-Namibian case', Development and Change, vol. , no. , pp. 1-27, doi : 10.1111/dech.12840. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0012-155X (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1467-7660 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1111/dech.12840
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/98564
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Wiley en_US
dc.rights © 2024 The Author(s). Development and Change published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Institute of Social Studies. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License. en_US
dc.subject Colonialism en_US
dc.subject Genocide en_US
dc.subject Reparations en_US
dc.subject German government en_US
dc.subject Namibia en_US
dc.title Colonialism, genocide and reparations : the German-Namibian case en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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