Archives of Anti-Colonial Resistance and the Liberation Struggle (AACRLS): An integrated programme to fill the colonial gaps in the archival record of Namibia
| dc.contributor.author | Namhila, Ellen N. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-30T10:08:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-09-30T10:08:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11070/1562 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Namibia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Archives | en_US |
| dc.subject | Libeartion struggle | en_US |
| dc.subject | Namibia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Anti-colonial resistance | en_US |
| dc.title | Archives of Anti-Colonial Resistance and the Liberation Struggle (AACRLS): An integrated programme to fill the colonial gaps in the archival record of Namibia | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |