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• Namibia

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  This documentary studies the cultural landscape of Namibia through the lens of that country's television programming. TV shows include... School Grounds, Green Horizon, News Reports, One Against Crime, Religious Programs, Miss Namibia,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Le malentendu colonial

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  The filmmaker looks at European colonialism in Africa through the lens of Christian evangelism as the model for the relationship between Africa and western countries today. The history of German missionaries in Namibia in the 19th and 20th…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Rhinos of Namibia

  Searching for Survivors in the African Desert

  Bass, Rick, 1958-

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  From one of our most gifted writers on the natural world comes a stunning exploration of a unique landscape and the improbable and endangered animal that makes its home there. Rick Bass first made a name for himself as a writer and seeker…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Namibia

  Schoeman, Stanley

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  Namibia is one of the largest African countries, bigger than France or Texas. It became a German protectorate in 1884, but from 1919 onwards was administered by South Africa. The first democratically elected government took office in 1989,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bushman Myth

  the Making of a Namibian Underclass

  Gordon, Robert J., 1947-

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  The revised, updated version of this book includes an analysis of the sweeping political changes in Southern Africa since its original publication in 1992. Other new material covers more theoretical issues and contemporary developments in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Colonising Camera

  Photographs in the Making of Namibian History

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  Richly illustrated with black and white photographs, this book brings together provocative and exciting new material on Namibia's colonial past. An eight-page color section looks at how present day Namibians view themselves. It includes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Creating Germans Abroad

  Cultural Policies and National Identity in Namibia

  Walther, Daniel Joseph, 1965-

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  When World War I brought an end to German colonial rule in Namibia, much of the German population stayed on. The German community, which had managed to deal with colonial administration, faced new challenges when the region became a South…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Constructive Engagement?

  Chester Crocker & American Policy in South Africa, Namibia & Angola, 1981-8

  Davies, J. E.

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  The notion of engagement underlies the history of diplomacy, and as such represents the most important tool in a foreign policy practitioner's armoury. Today, improved communications are allowing citizens of democratic nations to see the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Transitions in Namibia

  Which Changes for Whom?

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  A first volume on "Re-examining liberation in Namibia" (2003) concentrated on the political culture since Independence. This second collection of essays adds to the widely recognized and praised effort to critically assess the achievements…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• National Liberation Movements in Office

  Forging Democracy With African Adjectives in Namibia

  Torreguitar, Elena

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  How does a liberation movement transform itself into a political party? What are the burdens and liabilities that come about when these movements integrate in the democratic process? The author tries to answer these questions analyzing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• German Rule, African Subjects

  State Aspirations and the Reality of Power in Colonial Namibia

  Zimmerer, Jürgen,

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  Although it lasted only thirty years, German colonial rule dramatically transformed South West Africa. The colonial government not only committed the first genocide of the twentieth century against the Herero and Nama, but in their efforts…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Environing Empire

  Nature, Infrastructure, and the Making of German Southwest Africa

  Kalb, Martin,

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  Even leaving aside the vast death and suffering that it wrought on indigenous populations, German ambitions to transform Southwest Africa in the early part of the twentieth century were futile for most. For years colonists wrestled ocean…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Quality of Immigration and Citizenship Services in Namibia

  Nickanor, Ndeyapo M.

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  Namibia, like many other countries in the SADC region, is experiencing a major shift in internal and international migration patterns to and from the country. The management of these movements is posing particular challenges and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Apartheid, Imperialism, and African Freedom

  Pomeroy, William J., 1916-

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  A study packed with facts on the historical background of Southern Africa. Still relevant to today's issues and struggles for full equality and freedom, against racism and imperialism. Notes. Index. Map.

• Genocide in German South-West Africa

  the Colonial War of 1904-1908 and Its Aftermath

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  The 1904 war that broke out in present day Namibia after the Herero tribe rose against an oppressive colonial regime--and the German army's brutal suppression of that uprising--are the focus of this collection of essays. Exploring the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Namibia's Red Line

  the History of a Veterinary and Settlement Border

  Miescher, Giorgio

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  Based on archival sources and oral history, this book reconstructs a border-building process in Namibia that spanned more than sixty years. The process commenced with the establishment of a temporary veterinary defence line against…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Culture and Customs of Namibia

  Ejikeme, Anene

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  This book provides an overview of the history, culture, and society of Namibia, a country on which little information in English exists. Namibia is a sizeable and significant country in southern Africa that is little known to the outside…Read moreRead more of this annotation