Episode 01 (English) with Flaubert Djateng

In this first episode of the podcast Decolonial Memories, Flaubert Djateng, coordinator of the civil society organisation Zenü Network in Cameroon, talks about his work on the legacies of German colonialism in his country. Working together, academia, civil society and traditional rulers are exploring the historical translocation of ancestral remains and cultural belongings to Germany and searching for ways to have them returned. At the state level, Cameroon's government has established an Interministerial Committee charged with the repatriation of cultural belongings. Flaubert Djateng is a member of its Sub-Committee on Legal Affairs. He addresses the dynamics of interaction between the state, traditional rulers and civil society on these issues. He also comments on possible ways for German and Cameroonian civil society to cooperate on addressing the entangled past of the two countries.