Changing urbanscapes: Colonial and postcolonial monuments in Windhoek

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dc.contributor.authorBecker, Heike
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-07T09:07:37Z
dc.date.available2019-10-07T09:07:37Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis 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.identifier.citationBecker, H. (2018). Changing urbanscapes: Colonial and postcolonial monuments in Windhoek. Nordic Journal of African Studies, 27(1), 1-21.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/266
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/4975
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNordic Journal of African Studiesen_US
dc.subjectNamibiaen_US
dc.subjectWindhoeken_US
dc.subjectUrban landscapeen_US
dc.subjectIndependence Memorial Museumen_US
dc.subjectGenocide Memorialen_US
dc.titleChanging urbanscapes: Colonial and postcolonial monuments in Windhoeken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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