Cultural Erasure and Memory Reclamation – Discussion
Cultural Erasure and Memory Reclamation – Discussion
• Cultural Erasure and Memory Reclamation – Discussion •
Part 1 of the discussion series ‘Intergenerational Dialogue’
Information by the organisers, Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Namibia (FES):
Cultural Erasure and Memory Reclamation
What happens when language is silenced, memory is fractured, and culture is pushed to the margins, and how do we reclaim what was taken?
Join us for the first Intergenerational Dialogue under Threads to Remembrance:
Building an inclusive and informed Namibia, where elders and youth come together to reflect on the lasting impacts of colonial erasure and the power of memory, language, and storytelling as acts of resistance and restoration.
Experts:
Nesindao Namises, Artist & 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.”
- Watch NID moderator Jacinta Kasume and FES project manager Sylvia Mundjindi giving more background in NBC’s ‘Daily Roundup with Nina’ in the ‘Media Reports’ section of this website.
Thursday, 19 February 2026
17:30 – 20:00
Venue: Gateway Conference Centre, Cnr. Hans-Dietrich Genscher Avenue and Florence Nightingale Street, Khomasdal, Windhoek
Map: F326+3RP
Due to limited seats, kindly confirm attendance in advance with:
nidinquiries@gmail.com, +264 81 727 2472
Editor’s note
Reading tips:
# Sarala Krishnamurthy (Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at NUST; see her LinkedIn Profile): Defined, or Disrupted? Investigating post-memory and transgenerational trauma in Herero Nama Genocide survivor family narratives, published in Eckl Häussler Akawa (eds.) (2024): An Unresolved Issue, which is freely available as a PDF download.
# See also the report “Transgenerational Trauma Among Descendants of the 1904-1908 Genocide” by the Namibian on the panel discussion “‘Psychological Implications of Genocide” (part I of the NID & FES discussion series ‘Trilogy to the Future’), in the ‘Media Reports’ section of this website