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On Historic Responsibility and ‘Post’ in the Word Postcolonialism

Episode 6

On Historic Responsibility and ‘Post’ in the Word Postcolonialism

March 2022

Nanjala Nyabola, Prof. Dr. Carola Lentz

The talk of historical responsibility plays an important role in German and European politics. There are different perspectives on how and with what this is filled, especially between European and African capitals.

We speak to the African author Nanjala Nyabola and the director of the Goethe Institute, Prof. Dr. Carola Lentz.

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Corinna Robertz, c.robertz@globalperspectives.org

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