Volume 50 (2018): Issue 2 (Feb 2020): Special Issue: Deconstructing Heroic Narratives and Patriotic History in Southern Africa
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History, Narratives and RealitiesEngagements with the Past and Present in Southern African LiteraturePages: 229–236Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
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(Un)sung HeroinesThe Rise and Fall and Rise of the Afrikaner Nationalist Volksmoeder in South AfricaPages: 258–279Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
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Comparing the Namibian and South African Liberation StrugglesReflections on History and MemoryPages: 280–298Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
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Namibian Life Stories from the ‘Struggle Days’A Critique of Selected TextsPages: 299–332Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
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Writing GenocideFiction, Biography and Oral History of the German Colonial Genocide in Namibia, 1904–1908Pages: 361–395Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
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Untold Tales and Occluded HistoriesJasper Utley’s The Lie of the Land as an Illustrative Nama Genocide NarrativePages: 396–406Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
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Fictional Dreams and Harsh RealitiesLinking Joseph Diescho’s Born of the Sun, Kaleni Hiyalwa’s Meekulu’s Children, and Neshani Andreas’ The Purple Violet of Oshaantu to the Current Namibian StatePages: 407–429Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
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Muffling the FimbifimbiNamibian GDR Exile Children in Narratives and Discourses Past and PresentPages: 430–443Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
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‘Why don’t you let me flow in my space?’Spoken Word Poetry as a Challenge to Patriarchy and Gender-Based Violence in NamibiaPages: 444–455Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
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Disillusionment and DisappointmentNoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names and Niq Mhlongo’s Way Back HomePages: 456–476Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020