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Collective memory studies + rhetoric
Invoking shared historical experiences to unite or mobilize audience
References to colonialism in African Union speeches create solidarity across nations
Acknowledge different perspectives on history. Use shared memory to build, not divide.
Commemoration speeches, reconciliation processes, national identity