Podcast
On Historic Responsibility and ‘Post’ in the Word Postcolonialism
Episode 6
The Africa Roundtable — The Podcast: 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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