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"Little Research Value" : African Estate Records and Colonial Gaps in a Post-Colonial National Archive /

Ellen Ndeshi Namhila is intrigued by the question: Why can the National Archives of Namibia respond to genealogical enquiries of Whites in a matter of minutes with finding estate records of deceased persons, while similar requests from Blacks cannot be served? Not satisfied with the sweeping stateme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Namhila, Ellen Ndeshi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Basel Namibia studies series ; 17.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Silencing the African past in a colonial state archive: the history of the administrative death of "dead natives". Introduction / by Dag Henrichsen
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2 literature review
  • 3. Methodology
  • 4. Legal framework for administration of deceased native estates
  • 5. Administrative structures and processes
  • 6. The management of native estate records in the nan
  • 7. Discussion and conclusions.