
Rensing, Julia. 2025. Troubling Archives: History and Memory in Namibian Literature and Art. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.
Rensing, Julia. 2024. “Histories and Landscapes Embodied: Counter-Memorial and Embodied Strategies in Namibia and Beyond, a Case Study.”
In Curating Transcultural Spaces, edited by Sarah Hegenbart. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts.
Fumanti, Mattia. 2023. “The ‘Haunting’ and the ‘Haunted’: Whiteness, Orthography, and the (Post)-Apartheid Condition in Namibia.” History and Anthropology 34 (3): 497–520.
Wilson, Paul. 2023. “Remembering the Herero-Nama Genocide in Namibia.” African Arts 56 (1): 62–81.
Lehmann, Fabian. 2021. Postkoloniale Gegenbilder: Künstlerische Reflexionen des Erinnerns an den deutschen Kolonialismus in Namibia. Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien.
Lehmann, Fabian. 2019. “A Place of Eclectic Remembrance: The Former German Concentration Camp on Namibia’s Shark Island.” Journal of Namibian Studies: History Politics Culture 26: 29–50.
Lehmann, Fabian. 2019. “A Place of Eclectic Remembrance: Visiting Lüderitz’s Shark Island Today.” Paper presented at ECAS 7, Basel.
Kößler, Reinhart. 2015. Namibia and Germany: Negotiating the Past. Windhoek: UNAM Press.
Augart, Julia. 2025. “Unsichtbare Geschichten sichtbar machen – Nicola Brandt’s The Distance Within als Spiegel kolonialer Vergangenheit und postkolonialer Gegenwart in Namibia.” Literaturwelt.net, 17 December 2025.
Becker, Heike. 2025. The Distance Within (review). Acta Germanica: German Studies in Africa 53 (December).
Kößler, Reinhart. 2025. Review of The Distance Within, by Nicola Brandt. Peripherie 45 (2): 347–349.
Baas, Renzo. 2022. “Review: Nicola Brandt, Landscapes between Then and Now: Recent Histories in Southern African Photography, Performance and Video Art.” Journal of Namibian Studies: History Politics Culture 31 (May): 141–143.
Fumanti, Mattia. 2015. “Review of Indifference, directed by Nicola Brandt (2014).” African Studies Review 58: 289–291.
Schaar, Elisa. 2015. “Unrecounted: Historical Amnesia in Germany and Namibia: Exhibition Review.” Art Margins Online, November 6, 2015.
Recent
Mukaiwa, Martha. 2026. “Photography Finds a Voice in Cape Town.” The Namibian Weekender, February 27, 2026.
Daily Maverick. 2025. “Unearthing the Ghosts of the Past Through the Lens: The Distance Within by Nicola Brandt.” Daily Maverick, April 27, 2025.
Steinhofer, Frank. 2024. “Traces of Violence in Windhoek.” The Architectural Review, no. 1511 (May 2024).
Mukaiwa, Martha. 2023. “Brandt on Fire at ICTAF.” The Namibian, February 24, 2023.
Mukaiwa, Martha. 2022. “Artists Consider New Memorials and Inclusive Futures.” The Namibian, November 29, 2022.
Henrichson, Dag. 2021. “Out of History: Artists, Landscapes and New ‘Practices of Self’ in Southern Africa.” Art Africa, January–March 2021.
Henrichson, Dag. 2020. “Whose Land Is This?” The Namibian, May 18, 2020.
Earlier
Mukaiwa, Martha. 2020. “Namibian Landscapes.” The Namibian, June 12, 2020.
March, Leonie. 2021. “‘Wir wollen nur Gerechtigkeit’: Völkermord – Die deutsche Kolonialvergangenheit prägt Namibia bis heute.” Spiegel Geschichte, special issue on German colonialism.
March, Leonie. n.d. “Kunstprojekt zur Aufarbeitung deutscher Kolonialgeschichte – Bruch eines Tabus.” Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
Rosen, Sara. 2018. “An Unsettling Visual Trip through Namibia’s Past: Living Memorials.” Huck Magazine Online, March 14, 2018.
Lim, Denise. 2018. “What the Landscape Recalls.” Art Africa Online, February 8, 2018.
Middleton, Susan. 2016. “Beelde wat in lae spreek.” Rapport, November 11, 2016.
Le Monde (Afrique). 2016. “Nos quatre coups de cœur de la foire d’art contemporain africain AKAA, à Paris.” November 11, 2016.
Viscardy, Pascale. 2015. “Théâtre Postcolonial: Biennale Internationale d’Art de Venise, 56e édition.” L’Art Même 66: 16–17.
Ehlers, Hendrik. 2014. “Analogie der Amnesie funktioniert.” Allgemeine Zeitung, August 2014.
Hofmann, Eberhard. 2014. “Herbe Schönheiten zwischen Lagen gruseliger Erinnerung.” Allgemeine Zeitung, August 2014.
Van Wyk, Bayron. n.d. “Contested Statues: A Review of ‘Man of War: Leave My House’ at the Goethe-Institut, Windhoek.” Stimulus Respond, Space: Colony.
Wienand, Kea. n.d. “Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte als Thema postkolonialer Kunst.” Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth.
Hannah Ryggen: New Land. 2019. Exhibition catalogue. Trondheim: Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum.
Kunst einer jungen Generation. 2016. Exhibition catalogue. Künzelsau: Museum Würth; Swiridoff.
Land Matters in Art. 2013. Exhibition catalogue. Windhoek: National Art Gallery of Namibia and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
Personal Geography. 2011. Exhibition catalogue. Rome: Punctum Editions.
Rensing, Julia. 2025. Troubling Archives: History and Memory in Namibian Literature and Art. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.
Rensing, Julia. 2024. “Histories and Landscapes Embodied: Counter-Memorial and Embodied Strategies in Namibia and Beyond, a Case Study.”
In Curating Transcultural Spaces, edited by Sarah Hegenbart. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts.
Fumanti, Mattia. 2023. “The ‘Haunting’ and the ‘Haunted’: Whiteness, Orthography, and the (Post)-Apartheid Condition in Namibia.” History and Anthropology 34 (3): 497–520.
Wilson, Paul. 2023. “Remembering the Herero-Nama Genocide in Namibia.” African Arts 56 (1): 62–81.
Lehmann, Fabian. 2021. Postkoloniale Gegenbilder: Künstlerische Reflexionen des Erinnerns an den deutschen Kolonialismus in Namibia. Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien.
Lehmann, Fabian. 2019. “A Place of Eclectic Remembrance: The Former German Concentration Camp on Namibia’s Shark Island.” Journal of Namibian Studies: History Politics Culture 26: 29–50.
Lehmann, Fabian. 2019. “A Place of Eclectic Remembrance: Visiting Lüderitz’s Shark Island Today.” Paper presented at ECAS 7, Basel.
Kößler, Reinhart. 2015. Namibia and Germany: Negotiating the Past. Windhoek: UNAM Press.
Augart, Julia. 2025. “Unsichtbare Geschichten sichtbar machen – Nicola Brandt’s The Distance Within als Spiegel kolonialer Vergangenheit und postkolonialer Gegenwart in Namibia.” Literaturwelt.net, 17 December 2025.
Becker, Heike. 2025. The Distance Within (review). Acta Germanica: German Studies in Africa 53 (December).
Kößler, Reinhart. 2025. Review of The Distance Within, by Nicola Brandt. Peripherie 45 (2): 347–349.
Baas, Renzo. 2022. “Review: Nicola Brandt, Landscapes between Then and Now: Recent Histories in Southern African Photography, Performance and Video Art.” Journal of Namibian Studies: History Politics Culture 31 (May): 141–143.
Fumanti, Mattia. 2015. “Review of Indifference, directed by Nicola Brandt (2014).” African Studies Review 58: 289–291.
Schaar, Elisa. 2015. “Unrecounted: Historical Amnesia in Germany and Namibia: Exhibition Review.” Art Margins Online, November 6, 2015.
Recent
Mukaiwa, Martha. 2026. “Photography Finds a Voice in Cape Town.” The Namibian Weekender, February 27, 2026.
Daily Maverick. 2025. “Unearthing the Ghosts of the Past Through the Lens: The Distance Within by Nicola Brandt.” Daily Maverick, April 27, 2025.
Steinhofer, Frank. 2024. “Traces of Violence in Windhoek.” The Architectural Review, no. 1511 (May 2024).
Mukaiwa, Martha. 2023. “Brandt on Fire at ICTAF.” The Namibian, February 24, 2023.
Mukaiwa, Martha. 2022. “Artists Consider New Memorials and Inclusive Futures.” The Namibian, November 29, 2022.
Henrichson, Dag. 2021. “Out of History: Artists, Landscapes and New ‘Practices of Self’ in Southern Africa.” Art Africa, January–March 2021.
Henrichson, Dag. 2020. “Whose Land Is This?” The Namibian, May 18, 2020.
Earlier
Mukaiwa, Martha. 2020. “Namibian Landscapes.” The Namibian, June 12, 2020.
March, Leonie. 2021. “‘Wir wollen nur Gerechtigkeit’: Völkermord – Die deutsche Kolonialvergangenheit prägt Namibia bis heute.” Spiegel Geschichte, special issue on German colonialism.
March, Leonie. n.d. “Kunstprojekt zur Aufarbeitung deutscher Kolonialgeschichte – Bruch eines Tabus.” Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
Rosen, Sara. 2018. “An Unsettling Visual Trip through Namibia’s Past: Living Memorials.” Huck Magazine Online, March 14, 2018.
Lim, Denise. 2018. “What the Landscape Recalls.” Art Africa Online, February 8, 2018.
Middleton, Susan. 2016. “Beelde wat in lae spreek.” Rapport, November 11, 2016.
Le Monde (Afrique). 2016. “Nos quatre coups de cœur de la foire d’art contemporain africain AKAA, à Paris.” November 11, 2016.
Viscardy, Pascale. 2015. “Théâtre Postcolonial: Biennale Internationale d’Art de Venise, 56e édition.” L’Art Même 66: 16–17.
Ehlers, Hendrik. 2014. “Analogie der Amnesie funktioniert.” Allgemeine Zeitung, August 2014.
Hofmann, Eberhard. 2014. “Herbe Schönheiten zwischen Lagen gruseliger Erinnerung.” Allgemeine Zeitung, August 2014.
Van Wyk, Bayron. n.d. “Contested Statues: A Review of ‘Man of War: Leave My House’ at the Goethe-Institut, Windhoek.” Stimulus Respond, Space: Colony.
Wienand, Kea. n.d. “Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte als Thema postkolonialer Kunst.” Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth.
Hannah Ryggen: New Land. 2019. Exhibition catalogue. Trondheim: Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum.
Kunst einer jungen Generation. 2016. Exhibition catalogue. Künzelsau: Museum Würth; Swiridoff.
Land Matters in Art. 2013. Exhibition catalogue. Windhoek: National Art Gallery of Namibia and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
Personal Geography. 2011. Exhibition catalogue. Rome: Punctum Editions.