Jeremy Silvester
Biographic Data
| ID | 118521 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeremy Silvester |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeremy |
| FAMILY NAME | Silvester |
| SIGNATURE | SILVESTER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Return of the Sacred Stones of the Ovambo Kingdoms
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…
Re-Viewing Resistance in Namibian History
Forging the Fifth Province
The period after the end of the Second World War was, literally, a defining moment in Namibian history. The future status of the territory was debated during some of the earliest meetings of the United Nations in 1945–1946. On the one hand, the South Africans argued that they had forged Namibia into a de facto fifth province of the South African nation, and that ‘consultations’ held with both black and white residents of the territory showed that…
Words Cannot Be Found. German Colonial Rule in Namibia
Words Cannot Be Found
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 the first detailed eyewitness accounts of the first genocide of the twentieth century. …
Namibia under South African Rule
Namibia and External Resources
Journal Article Namibia and External Resources: The case of Swedish development assistance Get access Namibia and External Resources: The case of Swedish development assistance, by Bertil Odén, Henning Melber, Tor Sellström and Chris Tapscott. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet Report No 96, 1994. 122 pp. £5.95 paper. ISBN 91-7106-351-X. JEREMY SILVESTER JEREMY SILVESTER University of Bristol Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Googl…
The Transition to Independence in Namibia
Journal Article The Transition to Independence in Namibia Get access The Transition to Independence in Namibia, by Lionel Cliffe. Lynne Rienner, Boulder & London, 1994. viii + 293 pp. £34.50 hardback. ISBN 1-55587-420-7. JEREMY SILVESTER JEREMY SILVESTER University of Bristol Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 94, Issue 375, April 1995, Pages 286–287, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjour…
Namibia under South African Rule
Words Cannot Be Found
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 the first detailed eyewitness accounts of the first genocide of the twentieth century. …
Forging the Fifth Province
The period after the end of the Second World War was, literally, a defining moment in Namibian history. The future status of the territory was debated during some of the earliest meetings of the United Nations in 1945–1946. On the one hand, the South Africans argued that they had forged Namibia into a de facto fifth province of the South African nation, and that ‘consultations’ held with both black and white residents of the territory showed that…
Namibia and External Resources
Journal Article Namibia and External Resources: The case of Swedish development assistance Get access Namibia and External Resources: The case of Swedish development assistance, by Bertil Odén, Henning Melber, Tor Sellström and Chris Tapscott. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet Report No 96, 1994. 122 pp. £5.95 paper. ISBN 91-7106-351-X. JEREMY SILVESTER JEREMY SILVESTER University of Bristol Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Googl…
The Transition to Independence in Namibia
Journal Article The Transition to Independence in Namibia Get access The Transition to Independence in Namibia, by Lionel Cliffe. Lynne Rienner, Boulder & London, 1994. viii + 293 pp. £34.50 hardback. ISBN 1-55587-420-7. JEREMY SILVESTER JEREMY SILVESTER University of Bristol Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 94, Issue 375, April 1995, Pages 286–287, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjour…
Namibia under South African Rule
Words Cannot Be Found
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 the first detailed eyewitness accounts of the first genocide of the twentieth century. …
Words Cannot Be Found. German Colonial Rule in Namibia
Re-Viewing Resistance in Namibian History
Forging the Fifth Province
The period after the end of the Second World War was, literally, a defining moment in Namibian history. The future status of the territory was debated during some of the earliest meetings of the United Nations in 1945–1946. On the one hand, the South Africans argued that they had forged Namibia into a de facto fifth province of the South African nation, and that ‘consultations’ held with both black and white residents of the territory showed that…
The Return of the Sacred Stones of the Ovambo Kingdoms
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…
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