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“Let me come here [the archive] to see what my grandmother had to say” – Eresty Afrikaner

14/09/2026 by dialogicsofjustice

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“Let me come here [the archive] to see what my grandmother had to say.“

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INTERGENERATIONALITY

Actor: Eresty Afrikaner
Item type: Quote from interview
Date: nov, 2025
Source: interview
Stored at: Hoachanas Community Library and Archives + DANS
DoJ Researcher: Leah Niederhausen
DoJ Research project: A Nama Community Archive as Restorative Justice? A Collaborative Pilot Project
Language: English

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A Nama Community Archive as Restorative Justice? A Collaborative Pilot Project

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