Mourning the Dead: Connecting histories of people, places, and remains

Katika kipindi hiki, Bongani Kona anatembelea tena waasi wa vijijini ili kukomboa nchi yake ya Zimbabwe kutoka kwa utawala wa wazungu katika miaka hii ya 1970. Kona anasema kuwa jinsi maadhimisho ya waliouawa kutokana na vita hivi yanavyofanywa na serikali ya baada ya ukoloni, ni suala linaloathiri masilahi ya walio hai na waliokufa.

Hili ni toleo la Kiswahili la podikasti hii. Unaweza pia kusikiliza matoleo katika Kiingereza na Kifaransa.

Shukrani
Mwandishi : Bongani Kona
Uhariri wa hati: Sophie Schasiepen kwa usaidizi wa Andri Burnett
Tafsiri : M.W.O & M. M., Afrolingo
Msimulizi: Furaha Ruguru
Mtayarishaji / mhariri: Andri Burnett
Mtayarishaji Mtendaji: Sophie Schasiepen

Asante
Bongani Kona angependa kuwashukuru Paolo Israel na Nicky Rousseau.

Kusoma Zaidi

Marejeleo ni pamoja na kazi za  Hilton Als, Marissa J. Fuentes, Milan Kundera, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Derek Mahon, Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, Terence Ranger, Maria Stepanova, Flora Viet-Wild, Richard Werbner. Tafadhali pata marejeleo kamili yaliyoorodheshwa hapa.

Ufadhili

Podcasti ya Kuomboleza Waliokufa ilitungwa kama sehemu ya mchango wa Chuo Kikuu cha Western Cape kwa mradi wa utafiti “Reconnecting 'Objects': Epistemic Plurality and Transformative Practices in and beyond Museums”, unaofadhiliwa na Volkswagen Foundation.

In this episode, Bongani Kona revisits the largely rural insurgency to liberate his homeland of Zimbabwe from white rule in this 1970s. How the slain from this war are commemorated by the postcolonial state, Kona argues, is a matter that affects the well-being of both the living and the dead.

This is the English version of this podcast. You can also listen to the versions in French and Swahili.

Credits
Author: Bongani Kona
Script editing: Sophie Schasiepen with support from Andri Burnett
Narrators: Bongani Kona and Mamello Makhetha
Producer / editor: Andri Burnett
Executive Producer: Sophie Schasiepen

Acknowledgments
Bongani Kona would like to thank Paolo Israel and Nicky Rousseau.

Further Reading

References included works by Hilton Als, Marissa J. Fuentes, Milan Kundera, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Derek Mahon, Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, Terence Ranger, Maria Stepanova, Flora Viet-Wild, Richard Werbner. Please find the full references listed here.

Funding

The Mourning the Dead podcast was produced as part of the contribution by the University of the Western Cape to the research project “Reconnecting 'Objects': Epistemic Plurality and Transformative Practices in and beyond Museums”, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

In this episode, we embark on a journey with the Karanga Aotearoa Repatriation Programme, which is situated at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The Karanga Aotearoa Repatriation Programme is as an indigenous-led and government-mandated authority who negotiates the return of ancestral remains from both public and private collections nationally and internationally. Since the programme was established in 2003, they have brought back more than 850 ancestors from different institutions across the world.

This is the English version of this podcast. You can also listen to the version in French.

Credits
Author: Te Herekiekie Herewini
Script editing: Sophie Schasiepen with support from Andri Burnett
Narrators: Te Herekiekie Herewini and Mamello Makhetha
Producer / editor: Andri Burnett
Executive Producer: Sophie Schasiepen

Nguru (flute) melodies played by Te Herekiekie Herewini.

Further Reading

References included official communication of the Rouen Museum, communication of the Karanga Aotearoa Repatriation Programme, a film by Philippe Tourancheau, the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the cultural diversity of cultural expressions, Te Herekiekie Herewini’s dissertation and published articles, and the history of the two brothers, Tāwhaki and Karihi. Please find the full references listed here.

Funding

The Mourning the Dead podcast was produced as part of the contribution by the University of the Western Cape to the research project “Reconnecting 'Objects': Epistemic Plurality and Transformative Practices in and beyond Museums”, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

Seŋ n’a midini ahiogi na yikini ɓa Batibo na e midin ka edi duk kai zan: dû handa a na midini seŋ na zamangai zaw allemangai ezin wiidi dai na murdakai.
Seŋ zi dû hi handa a muda midini gir na a na kapai emidi edi midini ahiogi na yikini ɓa Batibo, ni na amra war buza mituwis, warni mefen zaw zaman na zamangai eda war Kamarun. Dû handa a na midini seŋ na nassarakai e firyi ɓa e midin edi kai. Buri ɓa e firiyi ɓa dai mididi a wula gaidi dai, na nagai e zidi gir. Dû na tiyana sda ni da a na ɓa, a tapa wuzagai zaw seŋ paŋ na nassarakai e zin an meefen, an gir wiidi dai murdakai lai.Warni dû hi handa, Mikael Assilkinga a muda edi halai na a vaga warni lokor daw haa a hala sini payai zaw hitar na midini keɵke na nassarakai e milin a Kamerun par kapai e gidimin war halai zi gidam na wiini universite na a haadi zamangai. 

Mi yimiki gaini firiyi war dû hi gaini musgum. Ki kidi ki zibiri seŋ handa gaini mini ziba zaw meme na Englé, gaini Plata.

Credits
Auteur: Mikael Assilkinga
Édition des textes: Sophie Schasiepen with support from Andri Burnett
Traducteur et Intervenant: Daniel Azinaha
Productrice / éditrice: Andri Burnett
Concept et production exécutive: Sophie Schasiepen

Remerciements 
Tesse gaini min ɓa an sini Richard Tsgang Fossi, tesse lai sini Holger Stoecker, Yann Legall, Katarina Stötzel, buri zinaidi war dû handa. Mikael Assilkinga aza tesse lai sini Christian Vogel gaini Jonathan Kurzwelly, edi dai na eda ezi sda an bono ktai wardi dilimi na yikidi ɓa Collection Blumenback. A za tesse lai, wiidi n’agai paŋ na ezi sda midini projet na yikini ɓa « Zak zaw wazagai na a yiɓasi, na nassarakai e milin midini afti di Afrik par », na a na war universite na Göttingen gaini muse na Hambourg.

Muktup na a zinapa kapai dû handa a tapa amai: 
Muktup na a na gaini gidimi warni hlai zi gidimi na yikini ɓa muse na Hambourg, warni muse na Berlin na yikini ɓa Bundesarchiv. Dû zaw rapport na a na gaini dûhi warni journal na mididi pai na zamangai e simiti war afti na wiidi dai murdakai. Muktup zamai na zina pini dû handa a faara na wiini dû na wiini projet na yikini ɓa «The Restitution of Knowledge », na a na warni Universite Technische na Berlin.

Financement
Le podcast Porter le deuil des morts a été produit dans le cadre de la contribution de l’University of the Western Cape au projet de recherche "⁠⁠Reconnecting 'Objects' : Epistemic Plurality and Transformative Practices in and beyond Museums⁠⁠", financé par la Fondation Volkswagen.

This episode is about the impossibility of telling the story of a child from Batibo, who died during the German colonial period in Cameroon at about eight years old. It is about the deliberate erasure of people, their knowledge, their culture, societal and political structures and the very real challenges with which this violence confronts us today. Current efforts towards restitution have to navigate the manifold effects of this violence, which often limit the possibilities of recovery and restoration. In this episode, Mikael Assilkinga talks about a part of his academic journey that brought him in contact with the physical remains of people from Cameroon, housed in a German university collection.
This is the English version of this podcast. You can also listen to the versions in French and Mousgoum.
Credits
Author: Mikael Assilkinga
Script editing: Sophie Schasiepen with support from Andri Burnett
Narrators: Tshiamo Moretlwe and Mamello Makhetha
Producer / editor: Andri Burnett
Concept and executive production: Sophie Schasiepen
Acknowledgments 
Special thanks go to Richard Tsogang Fossi, Holger Stoecker, Yann LeGall, Katharina Stötzel for commenting on an earlier version of the script. Mikael Assilkinga also thanks Christian Vogel and Jonatan Kurzwelly. His colleagues working at the Anthropological Collection. The Blumenbach Collection,  participants of the project “Sensitive Provenances” at the University of Göttingen and the Ethnological Museum of Hamburg.
Further Reading
This podcast is based on research in different German archives and includes references to works by Eugen Zintgraff, Bongfen Chem-Langhee, Richard Tsogang Fossi, as well as research conducted by the project The Restitution of Knowledge at Technical University of Berlin. Please find the full references listed here.
Funding
The Mourning the Dead podcast was produced as part of the contribution by the University of the Western Cape to the research project “Reconnecting 'Objects': Epistemic Plurality and Transformative Practices in and beyond Museums”, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.