Phonographed under constraint
An article by journalist Pat Christ on Mèhèza Kalibani's research into the acoustic legacy of German colonisation, published in October 2022 in the Neue Musikzeitschrift.
The Voices of our ancestors: a collective listening workshop
Organised by Mèhèza Kalibani in cooperation with the German-African Literature and Identities (LIGA) research team, the listening and discussion workshop "Les voix de nos aieux" (The voices of our ancestors) was held on 13 January 2022 in the large reading room of the Lomé University Library.
Accessing Colonial Sound Archives
By outlining the institutional histories of colonial sound collections and focusing on two particular recordings, we address the double sensitive nature of historical audio sources. We aim to raise questions about the politics of access and presentation of sensitive sound material and argue for a plurality of interpretations of colonial sound archives.
Colonial artifacts: Looted, exhibited and then hidden
The management of inventories by German ethnographic museums and the challenges for African researchers in the debate on the restitution of African heritage.
Colonial Soundtracks
For the WDR 5 Scala programme on 26 August 2021, Jürgen Salm reports on phonographic collections from colonial contexts in European sound archives and the issues surrounding their sensitivity. He interviews Mèhèza Kalibani and Annette Hoffmann.
