dc.contributor.author | Becker, Heike | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-07T09:07:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-07T09:07:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Becker, H. (2018). Changing urbanscapes: Colonial and postcolonial monuments in Windhoek. Nordic Journal of African Studies, 27(1), 1-21. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/266 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4975 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article investigates how recently-constructed sites that anchor memories of anti-colonial
resistance and national liberation have changed the urban landscape of the Namibian capital,
Windhoek. The discussion is focused on the Namibian Independence Memorial Museum and
the Genocide Memorial. These North-Korean-built monuments in a prominent hilltop position
central Windhoek have significantly altered the city’s skyline with their massive aesthetics of
Stalinist realism. Built in a particular position, they have replaced an infamous colonial
memorial, the ‘Windhoek Rider’, and dwarf the ‘Alte Feste’ fort and the ‘Christuskirche’, iconic
German colonial remnants of the built environment. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Nordic Journal of African Studies | en_US |
dc.subject | Namibia | en_US |
dc.subject | Windhoek | en_US |
dc.subject | Urban landscape | en_US |
dc.subject | Independence Memorial Museum | en_US |
dc.subject | Genocide Memorial | en_US |
dc.title | Changing urbanscapes: Colonial and postcolonial monuments in Windhoek | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |