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The discourse of restitution often takes place within the framework of the `ethics of collecting' with a focus on the return of objects obtained violently, but this has restricted the debate. The case study of the return of two sacred stones from Finland to Namibia reflects on the cultural impact of their return. Largely Christianised communities re-encountered objects that were sacred and central to earlier belief systems. We argue that the role of the sacred stones changed over time, before they went into exile, in a way that challenges any assumption of stasis that might be assumed when deploying the concept of `tradition'. The return of the two stones provoked renewed interest in pre-Christian rituals, but also related to efforts to strengthen the position of `traditional authorities' in relation to the democratic system of governance in Namibia. The ripples of restitution illustrate the wider importance of the return of cultural artifacts to stimulating contemporary cultural and political debate.

"The 1918 'Blue Book' Report on the Natives of South-West Africa and Their Treatment by Germany, is based on the voluntary statements taken under oath of no less than 50 African witnesses. This testimony was combined with numerous German colonial documents to produce not only a stinging indictment of German colonial policy in German South West Africa, but also a number of detailed eyewitness accounts of the first genocide of the twentieth century. However, within ten years of being printed, orders were issued for the destruction of all copies of the Blue Book within the British Empire. The editors of this volume have investigated how the Blue Book came into being, provided background information to the events and people described, and sought to discover the original German documents upon which so much of the Blue Book material is based. The documentation of African testimonies makes this book particularly useful to all those interested in African and colonial history, human rights and the history of genocide."--Page 4 of cover

Introduction re-viewing resistance, liberating history - S. 1. - 1 Ellen Ndeshi Namhila: Transforming the traumatic life experiences of women in post-Apartheid Namibian historical narratives - S. 22. - 2 Werner Hillebrecht: Hendrik Witbooi and Samuel Maharero : the ambiguity of heroes - S. 38. - 3 Shampapi Shiremo: The Vagciriku-Lishora massacre of 1894 revisited - S. 55. - 4 Petrus Angula Mbenzi: Revolutionary songs as a response to colonialism in Namibia - S. 71. - 5 Anette Hoffmann: Of storying and storing : reading Lichteneckers voice recordings - S. 89. - 6 Kletus Muhena Likuwa: Colonialism and the development of the contract labour system in Kavango - S. 105. - 7 Dag Henrichsen: Liberals and non-racism in Namibia's settler society? Advocate Israel Goldblatts engagement with Namibian nationalists in the 1960s - S. 127. - 8 Bennett Kangumu Kangumu: The Caprivi African National Union (CANU) 1962-1964 : forms of resistance - S. 148. - 9 Bennett Kangumu Kangumu: Brendan Kangongolo Simbwaye : a journey of 'internal' exile - S. 160. - 10 Aaron Nambadi: The Kavango legislative council - S. 170. - 11 Timoteus Mashuna: The 1978 election in Namibia - S. 178. - 12 Jeremy Silvester and Martha Akava: Waking the dead : civilian casualties in the Namibian liberation struggle - S. 192. - 13 Lovisa Tegelela Nampala: Okongo : case study of the impact of the liberation struggle in the Ohangwena region - S. 207. - 14 Herbert Kandjimi Karapo: The liberation struggle inside Namibia 1966-1989 : a regional perspective from the Kavango regions - S. 221. - 15 Martha Akawa: The gendered politics of the SWAPO camps during the Namibian liberation struggle - S. 240. - 16 Reinhart Kössler: Solidarity with liberation in Namibia: an analytical eyewitness account from a West German perspective - S. 252. - 17 Pekka Peltola: Finnish solidarity with the liberation struggle of Namibia : a documentation project - S. 266. - 18 Helvi Inotila Elago: Colonial monuments in a post-colonial era : a case s