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Henning Melber

henning.melber@nai.uu.se

is director emeritus of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation in Uppsala, Sweden, and an extraordinary professor at the University of Pretoria and the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein. He is a member of South West African Organisation (SWAPO), having joined it in 1974.  

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Ovaherero and Nama genocide
Sima Luipert
Henning Melber
Jephta Uavavaera Nguherimo

No real reconciliation for the Ovaherero and Nama

Germany and Namibia’s joint declaration regarding the genocide in the former colony South-West Africa falls short in many ways

Germany and Namibia
Henning Melber

Hurdles on reconciliation between Germany and the Ovaherero

Germany and Namibia are struggling to redress crimes of the colonial era

State building
Henning Melber

How to make African statehood more successful

Citizenship and social protection are mutually reinforcing

Social stratification
Henning Melber

Myths of middle class dynamism

Africa does not have a homogenous, progressive and fast growing middle class

Land ownership
Henning Melber

How the first redistribution attempt failed

The policy proposed by Namibia’s first National Land Reform Conference in the early 1990s never took off

Land restitution
Henning Melber

Righting a wrong

To make amends for colonial-era crimes, Germany should fund Namibian land restitution

South Africa
Henning Melber

ANC gets away with minor dents

The ANC remains the strongest party in the parliamentary elections in South Africa, but must now deliver results

Southern Africa
Henning Melber

New brooms sweeping clean?

Political upheaval is taking place from the Congo to South Africa

Zimbabwe
Henning Melber

Stopping a dynasty does not mean democracy

The Mugabe era is over, but “Mugabeism” is likely to live on

Colonial legacy
Henning Melber

No land in sight

Despite independence since 1990, land ownership remains unfairly distributed in Namibia

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