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"Little Research Value": African Estate Records and Colonial Gaps in a Post-Colonial National Archive

Contributor(s): Namhila, Ellen Ndeshi (Author)

ISBN: 9783905758788

Publisher: African Books Collective

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Pub Date: November 24, 2017

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.58" H x 9.61" L x 6.69" W ( 0.98 lbs) 278 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Africa | South General | Historiography

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Description: Ellen Ndeshi Namhila is intrigued by the question: Why can the National Archives of Namibia respond to genealogical enquiries of Whites in a matter of minutes with finding estate records of deceased persons, while similar requests from Blacks cannot be served?

Brief description: Ellen Ndeshi Namhila is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Namibia (UNAM) in Windhoek, the previous Director of Namibia Library and Archives Service and a well-known writer, historian and advocate of knowledge and heritage.

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"This study is a passionate statement on the power of producing and silencing pasts and histories." - Dag Henrichsen

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