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Remembering the dismembered: African human remains and memory cultures in and after repatriation

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LeGall, Yann, Mboro, Mnyaka Sururu·2021·Universität Potsdam
DOI 10.25932/publishup-50850
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This thesis – written in co-authorship with Tanzanian activist Mnyaka Sururu Mboro – examines different cases of repatriation of ancestral remains to African countries and communities through the prism of postcolonial memory studies. It follows the theft and displacement of prominent ancestors from East and Southern Africa (Sarah Baartman, Dawid Stuurman, Mtwa Mkwawa, Songea Mbano, King Hintsa and the victims of the Ovaherero and Nama genocides) and argues that efforts made for the repatriation of their remains have contributed to a transnational remembrance of colonial violence. Drawing from cultural studies theories such as "multidirectional memory", "rehumanisation" and "necropolitics", the thesis argues for a new conceptualisation or "re-membrance" in repatriation, through processes of reunion, empowerment, story-telling and belonging. Besides, the afterlives of the dead ancestors, who stand at the centre of political debates on justice and reparations, remind of their past struggles against colonial oppression. They are therefore "memento vita", fostering counter-discourses that recognize them as people and stories. This manuscript is accompanied by a “(web)site of memory” where some of the research findings are made available to a wider audience. This blog also hosts important sound material which appears in the thesis as interventions by external contributors. Through QR codes, both the written and the digital version are linked with each other to problematize the idea of a written monograph and bring a polyphonic perspective to those diverse, yet connected, histories.

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Authors
LeGall, Y., & Mboro, M. S.
ORCID
LeGall, Yann
Venue
Universität Potsdam
Publisher
Universität Potsdam
Published
2021
DOI
10.25932/publishup-50850
OpenAlex
W3191280851
Cited by
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Citations by year
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Type
dissertation
Language
en
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  • publish.UP (University of Potsdam) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Universität Potsdam
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Cultural Identity and Heritage
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › German Colonialism and Identity Studies
Keywords
postcolonial memory, Sarah Baartman, colonial violence, multidirectional memory, rehumanization, necropolitics, justice and reparation, sense of belonging, storytelling, Eastern and Southern Africa

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