Prestwich Street Burial Ground: Memory contestations in Cape Town

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

Mourning the Dead Podcast

10 episodes

3 days ago

This podcast brings together different histories connected to the mortal remains of people and their violent dislocation during or in the aftermath of colonial rule; their meaning for the remembrance of slavery; their role in anticolonial and postcolonial struggles, memory politics, the undoing of scientific racism and the work of restitution. The podcast focuses on histories connected to the African continent. It is the intent of this collection of histories, to present them as part of the work of mourning – a mourning that can initiate and strengthen transformation in the present.

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Prestwich Street Burial Ground: Memory contestations in Cape Town

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

38 minutes 31 seconds

1 year ago

Prestwich Street Burial Ground: Memory contestations in Cape Town

In 2003, the construction of a major residential and retail complex in Green Point, one of the more affluent, trendy districts of Cape Town, came to a grinding halt. Construction workers found the remains of people beneath the ground. Unexpectedly, these findings triggered one of the most symbolic struggles relating to memory politics and neoliberal urban planning in the post-apartheid era in South Africa.

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

Credits

Author: Robyn Humphreys
Script editing: Sophie Schasiepen with support from Andri Burnett
Narrators: Tshiamo Moretlwe and Mamello Makheta
Producer / editor: Andri Burnett
Executive Producer: Sophie Schasiepen

Acknowledgments

Robyn Humphreys would like to thank the Prestwich Place Committee for their commitment to fostering the memory of enslaved ancestors and their legacy in Cape Town. Special acknowledgments go to Bonita Bennet, Chrischené Julius, Tina Smith, Ayesha Price, Michael Weeder, Lucien Le Grange, and all the staff at the District Six Museum. This episode is one small outcome of their work.

Further Reading

References included works by Bonita Bennet, Christian Ernsten, Louise J. Friedling, Gerard Ralphs, Nick Shepherd and Michael Weeder. 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.