Políticas de la memoria y la diferencia. Observaciones sobre la situación postcolonial en Namibia
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https://doi.org/10.18041/0124-0021/dialogos.53.2020.9190Palabras clave:
Namibia, genocidio, colonialismoResumen
Los retos a los que se enfrenta la Namibia poscolonial incluyen un panorama diverso de experiencias históricas, en particular a causa del impacto desigual del colonialismo alemán que culminó con el genocidio de los ovaherero y los nama en 1904-08. En este capítulo, esta experiencia constituye el telón de fondo de los esfuerzos a largo plazo de las comunidades afectadas por exponer sus reivindicaciones. Tras la independencia de Namibia en 1990, estos esfuerzos se encontraron con los rechazos oficiales de Alemania, pero condujeron a un alineamiento temporal con el gobierno de Namibia. Más recientemente, el gobierno de Namibia, al tiempo que insiste en una disculpa y reparación alemana, ha hecho hincapié en la unidad nacional frente a las reclamaciones específicas de las comunidades afectadas. Este conflicto ha marcado las negociaciones intergubernamentales entre Namibia y Alemania que se iniciaron después de que Alemania accediera por fin a la designación de genocidio por lo ocurrido en Namibia bajo el dominio alemán. Gran parte de las comunidades afectadas reclaman un papel autónomo en estas negociaciones e impugnan el derecho del gobierno namibio a representarlas. Esto plantea, entre otras cosas, problemas relacionados con los derechos de los pueblos indígenas. Para terminar, las cuestiones de unidad y diversidad quedan ejemplificadas por las circunstancias de la primera restitución de objetos culturales por parte de Alemania a Namibia en 2019.
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