Cultural Erasure and Memory Reclamation – Recording of the Discussion

Part 1 of the discussion series ‘Intergenerational Dialogue’

Organisers: Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Namibia (FES)

Date & Time: Thursday, 19 February 2026, 17:30 – 20:00

Venue: Gateway Conference Centre [https://www.facebook.com/GatewayConferenceCentrePtyLtd/about/], Cnr. Hans-Dietrich Genscher Avenue and Florence Nightingale Street, Khomasdal, Windhoek

Experts:
Nesindao Namises, Poet & Language Activist (LinkedIn Profile)
Dr. Basilius Kasera, Academic & Social Justice Theorist (LinkedIn Profile)

Moderator:
Jacinta Kasume, Civic educator (LinkedIn Profile)

“Exploring how colonialism disrupted language, culture, and identity, dignity, and how communities are reclaiming them today.”

Recording of the discussion ‘Cultural Erasure and Memory Reclamation’, part 1 of the discussion series ‘Intergenerational Dialogues’, on 19 February 2026 at the Gateway Conference Centre in Windhoek, by Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Namibia (FES). Screenshot of the post on NID’s Instagram page

Recording of the discussion

Text from NID’s Instagram post:

“[W]e gathered for our first Intergenerational Dialogue under Threads to Remembrance initiative, and what unfolded was both powerful and necessary.

Together with @xamques and Dr. Basilius Kasera, we unpacked the pervasiveness of language erasure in Namibia, how colonial histories disrupted memory, silenced indigenous knowledge systems, and fractured intergenerational transmission.

We also reflected on our collective duty to reclaim language, restore dignity, and strengthen the communities that carry memory forward. Language is not simply a tool for communication, it is archive, identity, worldview, and belonging.

We were especially privileged to be joined by members of the San community, who deepened the dialogue by sharing lived realities of continued marginalisation. Their reflections reminded us that cultural erasure is not just historical, it is ongoing, and it demands urgent, inclusive action.”

• Watch the recording of the discussion “Cultural Erasure and Memory Reclamation” by NID on Instagram (last checked in February 2026).

• Watch also NID moderator Jacinta Kasume and FES project manager Sylvia Mundjindi giving more background one week ahead of the discussion in NBC’s ‘Daily Roundup with Nina’ in the ‘Media Reports’ section of this website.

‘Cultural Erasure and Memory Reclamation’, invitation to part 1 of the discussion series ‘Intergenerational Dialogues’ on 19 February 2026 at the Gateway Conference Centre in Windhoek, by Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Namibia (FES). Poster: NID & FES