Building on the Africa Accessioned project initiated by the Museums Association of Namibia in 2014, it aims to give a first overview of these collections, facilitate collaborative provenance research on this Namibian cultural heritage and foster its possible repatriation and restitution.
A particular focus has been set on cultural heritage translocated under German colonial rule in Namibia (1884-1914), including cultural heritage acquired violently in military campaigns of the German colonial regime.
The publication is a result of a collaboration between the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, the Museums Association of Namibia, the National Museum of Namibia, the University of Namibia and the German Lost Art Foundation. It is part of the German Lost Art Foundation’s series “Working Paper Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste” (no. 6).
The publication covers Namibian collections in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
