Brewing Tensions: The Colonial Gaze of the German–Namibian Publishing Industry

The call to decolonize African Studies has a profound influence on the field, with varying degrees of success. This article addresses this topic in relation author’s personal experiences publishing industry Namibia. By describing attempt publish historical book about Namibian beer well-known German–Namibian house, lingering power settler colonialism becomes clear. renders visible structures within market that perpetuates whitewashed version history and argues decolonizing knowledge cannot succeed without paying attention (private) industry.