Archives of Anti-Colonial Resistance and the Liberation Struggle (AACRLS): An integrated programme to fill the colonial gaps in the archival record of Namibia
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Date
2015
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University of Namibia
Abstract
National archives inherited from former colonial regimes suffer from a distorted record that marginalised the colonised people, and ignored or misrepresented their efforts for self-determination. The Archives was further depleted by the removal of vitally important records to the colonizing metropolis. As a result, the value of the archives as the memory of the entire nation is diminished. The article describes the efforts by the National Archives of Namibia to rectify this situation through a programme of repatriating or copying migrated, displaced and shared archives, collecting private records and oral history, and popularizing the history
of anti-colonial struggles. It concludes that despite considerable successes, the task at hand is far from accomplished and needs further sustained effort.
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Archives, Libeartion struggle, Namibia, Anti-colonial resistance
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Namhila, E.N. (2015). Archives of Anti-Colonial Resistance and the Liberation Struggle (AACRLS): An integrated programme to fi ll the colonial gaps in the archival record of Namibia. Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(1&2), 168-178.