Namibia, the Wall of Silence

Namibia, the Wall of Silence
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Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105070796532
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Synopsis Namibia, the Wall of Silence by : Siegfried Groth

The authoe describes the fates of SWAPO members who were branded dissidents during the fight for Namibis independence: shattering accounts of torture and interrogation, sufferings and deaths in SWAPO camps and dungeons.

Sands Of Silence

Sands Of Silence
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9780312064594
ISBN-13 : 0312064594
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Sands Of Silence by : Peter Hathaway Capstick

Only Peter Capstick, the perennial leader in the field of African adventure, could create this lavishly illustrated, historically important volume. He spins riveting tales from his travels and reports upon the Bushmen's culture, their political persecution, and the Stone Age life of Africa's original hunter-gatherers. Full color.

SWAPO Captive

SWAPO Captive
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Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages : 147
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ISBN-10 : 9781776093625
ISBN-13 : 1776093623
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Synopsis SWAPO Captive by : Oiva Angula

In the late 1970s, at the age of nineteen, Oiva Angula left his home in Windhoek and went into exile in Angola, where he joined SWAPO’s military wing, PLAN. After working for the movement as a political instructor, he was wrongly branded an apartheid spy and traitor during a series of purges within the organisation. SWAPO Captive is Angula’s terrifying account of betrayal and torture by his comrades, and his imprisonment for four and a half years in the omalambo – the hidden pits in Lubango, Angola, into which he, along with many others, was cast and left to die. SWAPO Captive threads together personal narrative and national history, including Angula’s childhood in South West Africa, the rising tensions sparked by apartheid rule, his father’s role in early liberation movements, and his own politicisation and decision to join the struggle. He gives fascinating accounts of life in a PLAN training camp, political education in the Eastern Bloc, and a cadre’s role in the war for independence. Most of all, this is a story about endurance and courage among people who were cruelly imprisoned, about their camaraderie and hope that one day they would face their captors as free men and women. Angula challenges the ‘wall of silence’ imposed after independence in Namibia with respect to possible war crimes committed by SWAPO, exposing the dark past of a party that claimed to fight for freedom for all.

Understanding Namibia

Understanding Namibia
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780190257620
ISBN-13 : 0190257628
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Understanding Namibia by : Henning Melber

Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism - the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 elections. The anti-colonial liberation movement, SWAPO, dominates the political scene, effectively making Namibia a de facto one-party state dominated by the first 'struggle generation'. While those in power declare their support for a free, fair, and just society, the limits to liberation are such that emancipation from foreign rule has only been partially achieved. Despite its natural resources Namibia is among the world's most unequal societies and indicators of wellbeing have not markedly improved for many among the former colonized majority, despite a constitution enshrining human rights, social equality, and individual liberty. This book analyses the transformation of Namibian society since Independence. Melber explores the achievements and failures and contrasts the narrative of a post-colonial patriotic history with the socio-economic and political realities of the nation-building project. He also investigates whether, notwithstanding the relative stability prevailing to date, the negotiation of controlled change during Namibia's decolonization could have achieved more than simply a change of those in control.

Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements

Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 9781000750904
ISBN-13 : 1000750906
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Synopsis Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements by : Jocelyn Alexander

Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements offers new perspectives on southern Africa’s wars of national liberation, drawing on extensive oral historical and archival research. Assuming neither the primacy of nationalist loyalties as they exist today nor any single path to liberation, the book unpicks any notion of a straightforward imposition of Cold War ideologies or strategic interests on liberation wars. This approach adds new dimensions to the rich literatures on the Global Cold War and on solidarity movements. The contributors trace the ways that ideas and practices were made, adopted, and circulated through time and space through a focus on African soldiers, politicians and diplomats. The book also asks what motivated the men and women who crossed borders to join liberation movements, how Cold War influences were acted upon, interpreted and used, and why certain moments, venues and relations took on exaggerated importance. The connections among liberation movements, between them and their hosts, and across an extraordinarily diverse set of external actors reveal surprising exchanges and lasting legacies that have too often been obscured by the assertion of monolithic national histories. Tracing an extraordinarily diverse set of interactions and exchanges, Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements will be of great interest to scholars of Southern Africa, Transnational History, the Cold War and African Politics. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Southern African Studies.

The Namibian War of Independence, 1966-1989

The Namibian War of Independence, 1966-1989
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9781476618074
ISBN-13 : 1476618070
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis The Namibian War of Independence, 1966-1989 by : Richard Dale

The decolonization of Namibia was delayed from 1966 to 1989--the period of the war of independence--pitting the Namibian nationalists against the South African minority-ruled regime. This book describes the diplomatic, economic and military campaigns of the Namibian and South African belligerents and draws a comparison with several other decolonization wars. Using data from parliamentary debates, the aftermath is examined of the Namibian war and the newly independent nation. The book provides a basis for further investigation of the decolonization process.

National Liberation in Post-Colonial Southern Africa

National Liberation in Post-Colonial Southern Africa
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 283
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ISBN-10 : 9781107099340
ISBN-13 : 110709934X
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis National Liberation in Post-Colonial Southern Africa by : Christian A. Williams

Williams traces the South West Africa People's Organization of Namibia across three decades in exile in Tanzania, Zambia, and Angola.

Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia

Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9780739188460
ISBN-13 : 0739188461
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia by : Wendi A. Haugh

When Namibia gained its independence from South Africa in 1990, the new government began dismantling the divisive apartheid state and building a unified nation-state. What does this new nation look like from the perspective of ordinary citizens? In Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia, Wendi Haugh provides an ethnographic portrayal of the nation as imagined by people living in the former ethnic homeland of Ovamboland, with a particular focus on the lyrics of songs composed and performed by Catholic youth. The author argues that these youth draw on conflicting ideologies—hierarchical and egalitarian, nationalist and cosmopolitan—from multiple sources to construct a multi-faceted sense of national identity. She reveals how their vision of the nation—framed as neutrally national—is deeply rooted in specific local histories and cultures.

Negotiating Statehood

Negotiating Statehood
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9781444395570
ISBN-13 : 1444395572
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Negotiating Statehood by : Tobias Hagmann

Negotiating Statehood: Dynamics of Power and Domination in Africa provides a conceptual framework for analysing dynamic processes of state-making in Africa. Features a conceptual framework which provides a method for analysing the everyday making, contestation, and negotiation of statehood in contemporary Africa Conceptualizes who negotiates statehood (the actors, resources and repertoires), where these negotiation processes take place, and what these processes are all about ncludes a collections of essays that provides empirical and analytical insights into these processes in eight different country studies in Africa Critically reflects on the negotiability of statehood in Africa

Re-examining Liberation in Namibia

Re-examining Liberation in Namibia
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Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 9171065164
ISBN-13 : 9789171065162
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Re-examining Liberation in Namibia by : Henning Melber

From 1960, SWAPO of Nami-bia led the organised and later armed struggle for indepen-dence. In late 1989, the libera-tion movement was finally elected to power under United Nations supervision as the legitimate government. When the Republic of Namibia was proclaimed on 21 March 1990, the long and bitter struggle for sovereignty came to an end. This volume takes stock of emerging trends in the country's political culture since independence. The contributions, mainly by authors from Namibia and Southern Africa who supported the anti-colonial movements, critically explore the achieve-ments and shortcomings that have been part of liberation in Namibia. Henning Melber was Director of the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU) in Windhoek between 1992 and 2000 and has been Research Director at The Nordic Africa Institute since then. He coordinates the research project on 'Liberation and Democracy in Southern Africa', of which this volume is part.