The Commemoration Service on the Occasion of the third Repatriation of Human Remains from former German South-West Africa on the 29th of August 2018 at Franzosische Friedrichstadtkirche, Berlin

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-526
Author(s):  
Duane Jethro
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
The Third ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Africa

scholarly journals Imperial skulduggery, science and the issue of provenance and restitution

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinhart Kößler
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
South West ◽  
History Of ◽  
South West Africa ◽  
Provenance Research

This article explores the history of the Alexander Ecker Collection and situates it within the larger trajectory of global collecting of human remains during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This is then linked to the specific context of the genocide in then German South West Africa (1904–8), with the central figure of Eugen Fischer. The later trajectory of the collection leads up to the current issues of restitution. The Freiburg case is instructive since it raises issues about the possibilities and limitations of provenance research. At the same time, the actual restitution of fourteen human remains in 2014 occurred in a way that sparked serious conflict in Namibia which is still on-going four years later. In closing, exigencies as well as pressing needs in connection with the repatriation and (where possible) rehumanisation of human remains are discussed.

scholarly journals Skulls and skeletons from Namibia in Berlin

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-26
Author(s):  
Holger Stoecker ◽  
Andreas Winkelmann
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
South West ◽  
History Of ◽  
South West Africa ◽  
Provenance Research

From 2010 to 2013 the Charité Human Remains Project researched the provenance of the remains of fifty-seven men and women from the then colony of German South West Africa. They were collected during German colonial rule, especially but not only during the colonial war 1904–8. The remains were identified in anthropological collections of academic institutions in Berlin. The article describes the history of these collections, the aims, methods and interdisciplinary format of provenance research as well as its results and finally the restitutions of the remains to Namibia in 2011 and 2014.

scholarly journals Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition in South-west Africa, 1908–9

Nature ◽  
1909 ◽  
Vol 81 (2085) ◽  
pp. 466-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. H. W. PEARSON
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Africa

The Legal Status and Functioning of the United Nations Council for Namibia

1989 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-208
Author(s):  
Karin Arts
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Africa ◽  
The United Nations

In 1966 the General Assembly of the United Nations revoked the Mandate over South West Africa (Namibia) and thus terminated South Africa's right to administer the territory. It furthermore placed Namibia under the direct responsibility of the United Nations. Administration of the territory was delegated by the General Assembly to a subsidiary organ, the UnitedNations Council for Namibia (UNCN). The author briefly describes the establishment, the structure, the functions and the powers of the Council. Special attention will be paid to questions concerning the legal status of the UNCN. Finally the major activities of the Council will be reviewed and appraised

Rock Safari to South West Africa — 1962

1963 ◽  
Vol 38 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 350-354
Author(s):  
Norma Brady
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Africa
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