MOURNING THE DEAD: Connecting histories of people, places, and remains
Podcast
Abstract :
MOURNING THE DEAD: Connecting histories of people, places, and remains
This podcast brings together different histories connected to the mortal remains of people and their violent dislocation during or in the aftermath of colonial rule; their meaning for the remembrance of slavery; their role in anticolonial and postcolonial struggles, memory politics, the undoing of scientific racism and the work of restitution. The podcast focuses on histories connected to the African continent. It is the intent of this collection of histories, to present them as part of the work of mourning – a mourning that can initiate and strengthen transformation in the present.
Collaborator : Sophie Schasiepen
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Intro
Mourning the dead: Introducing the ideas behind the podcast
Sophie Schasiepen
English, French
Episode 1
Prestwich Street Burial Ground: Memory contestations in Cape Town
Robyn Humphreys
English, French, Afrikaans
Episode 2
The haunting presence of Griots in a scientific collection in Dakar
Ibrahima Thiaw and Lamine Badji
English, French, Wolof
Episode 3
The untold story of a child from Batibo: Undoing German colonialism in Cameroon
Mikael Assilkinga
English, French, Musgum
Episode 4
The Karanga Aotearoa Repatriation Programme: Taking the Ancestors home
Te Herekiekie Herewini
English, French
Episode 5
Walking with the Ghosts of Zimbabwe’s Second Chimurenga
Bongani Kona
English, French, Swahili