From Windhoek to Kamina to Nauen listens to the present-day echoes of telegraphy between Nauen (Germany), Kamina (Togo), and Windhoek (Namibia).
With the invention of the phonograph in 1877, the sound not only became a museum artifact in the European ethnological context but this invention also offered new opportunities for scholars in their attempt to study the so-called ?primitives?
Built between 1898 and 1905, the Palais de Lomé, formerly Palais des Gouverneurs, has undergone quite an odyssey over the last 100 years. It has served as an administrative building under all regimes of governance of Togo: the German and French colonial powers and the independent Togo since 1960.
Felix Gräfenberg (History Commission for Westphalia) interviews Mèhèza Kalibani on how to deal with colonial sound records on Togo. Kalibani explains the significance of acoustic sources in colonial history research, tells about her research trip to West Africa and clarifies what all this has to do with Westphalia.
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.
The management of inventories by German ethnographic museums and the challenges for African researchers in the debate on the restitution of African heritage.
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