The Long Shadow of German Colonialism by Henning Melber
From 1884 to 1914, the world's fourth-largest overseas colonial empire was that of the German Kaiserreich. Yet this fact is little known in Germany and the subject remains virtually absent from most school textbooks.While debates are now common in France and Britain over the impact of empire on former colonies and colonizing societies, German imperialism has only more recently become a topic of wider public interest. In 2015, the German government belatedly and half-heartedly conceded that the extermination policies carried out over 1904-8 in the settler colony of German South West Africa (now Namibia) qualify as genocide. But the recent invigoration of debate on Germany's colonial past has been hindered by continued amnesia, denialism and a populist right endorsing colonial revisionism. A recent campaign against postcolonial studies sought to denounce and ostracize any serious engagement with the crimes of the imperial age.
Henning Melber presents an overview of German colonial rule and analyses how its legacy has affected and been debated in German society, politics and the media. He also discusses the quotidian experiences of Afro-Germans, the restitution of colonial loot, and how the history of colonialism affects important institutions such as the Humboldt Forum.
Sebastian Elischer, Ph.D. (2010) in Comparative Politics, Jacobs University Bremen, is assistant professor of comparative politics at the Leuphana University Lü¾˜¶˜¼neburg and the German Institute of Global and Area Studies Hamburg. He is the author of Political Parties and Ethnicity in Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2013). He has published on institutional change and democratization in Africa.
Rolf Hofmeier, Ph.D. (1970) in Economics and Economic Geography, University of Munich, worked as economic advisor in Tanzania and was Director of the Institute of African Affairs in Hamburg 1976-2000. He has written extensively on socioeconomic issues mainly in Eastern Africa and was Editor of the (German language) Africa Yearbook 1987-2003.
Andreas Mehler, Ph.D. (1993) in Political Science, University of Hamburg, is Director of the Institute of African Affairs, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, and honorary Professor of Political Science at the Free University, Berlin. He has published extensively on democratisation processes and violent conflicts in West and Central Africa. With Henning Melber he is managing editor of Africa Spectrum.
Henning Melber, Ph.D. (1980) in Political Science, University of Bremen, is Senior Advisor of the Dag Hammarskjü¾¦˜¼ld Foundation and of The Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden and Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, and the Centre for Africa Studies, University of the Free State. He has published extensively on Southern Africa and in particular Namibia. With Andreas Mehler he is managing editor of Africa Spectrum.
Rolf Hofmeier, Ph.D. (1970) in Economics and Economic Geography, University of Munich, worked as economic advisor in Tanzania and was Director of the Institute of African Affairs in Hamburg 1976-2000. He has written extensively on socioeconomic issues mainly in Eastern Africa and was Editor of the (German language) Africa Yearbook 1987-2003.
Andreas Mehler, Ph.D. (1993) in Political Science, University of Hamburg, is Director of the Institute of African Affairs, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, and honorary Professor of Political Science at the Free University, Berlin. He has published extensively on democratisation processes and violent conflicts in West and Central Africa. With Henning Melber he is managing editor of Africa Spectrum.
Henning Melber, Ph.D. (1980) in Political Science, University of Bremen, is Senior Advisor of the Dag Hammarskjü¾¦˜¼ld Foundation and of The Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden and Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, and the Centre for Africa Studies, University of the Free State. He has published extensively on Southern Africa and in particular Namibia. With Andreas Mehler he is managing editor of Africa Spectrum.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780197795828 |
| ISBN 10 | 019779582X |
| Title | The Long Shadow of German Colonialism |
| Author | Henning Melber |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | OUP India |
| Year published | 2024-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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