This Is Namibia

Author : Gerald Cubitt
Publisher : New Holland Australia(AU)
ISBN 13 : 9781859742815
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This is Namibia written by Gerald Cubitt and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents a visual essay on Namibia, the country, its peoples and its wildlife. Photographs provide an overview and are complemented by an introduction that establishes historical perspective and offers insight into the realities of a country moving into a challenging future.

Author : Henning Melber
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190257628
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Namibia written by Henning Melber and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Marion Wallace
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019751393X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Namibia written by Marion Wallace and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1990 Namibia gained its independence after a decades-long struggle against South African rule--and, before that, against German colonialism. This book, the first new scholarly general history of Namibia in two decades, provides a fresh synthesis of these events, and of the much longer pre-colonial period. A History of Namibia opens with a chapter by John Kinahan covering the evidence of human activity in Namibia from the earliest times to the nineteenth century, and for the first time making a synthesis of current archaeological research widely available to non-specialists. In subsequent chapters, Marion Wallace weaves together the most up-to-date academic research (in English and German) on Namibian history, from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. She explores histories of migration, production and power in the pre-colonial period, the changes triggered by European expansion, and the dynamics of the period of formal colonialism. The coverage of German rule includes a full chapter on the genocide of 1904-8. Here, Wallace outlines the history and historiography of the wars fought in central and southern Namibia, and the subsequent mass imprisonment of defeated Africans in concentration camps. The final two chapters analyse the period of African nationalism, apartheid and war between 1946 and 1990. The book's conclusion looks briefly at the development of Namibia in the two decades since independence. A History of Namibia provides an invaluable introduction and reference source to the past of a country that is often neglected, despite its significance in the history of the region and, indeed, for that of European colonialism and international relations. It makes accessible the latest research on the country, illuminates current controversies, puts forward new insights, and suggests future directions for research. The book's extensive bibliography adds to its usefulness for scholar and general reader alike.

Author : Chris McIntyre
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 1841629146
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Namibia written by Chris McIntyre and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mari Serebrov
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 999168896X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mama Namibia written by Mari Serebrov and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mama Namibia is based on the compelling, true story of an innocent Herero girl whose life portrays the suffering, perseverance, and resilience of the Herero and Nama people as they faced their most daunting test - a genocide that proved to be the training grounds for the Holocaust."

Author : Anene Ejikeme
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Namibia written by Anene Ejikeme and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 world. A vast country of startling beauty with a storied history, including one of the world's worst genocides and a war of independence that lasted nearly a quarter century, this "land between two deserts" is a fascinating result of its African, German, and English influences. Culture and Customs of Namibia is one of very few English language works written about Namibia's history, culture, and society. The book reveals details about Namibian daily life, gender relations, modern youth culture, and the influence of traditional cultures that allow readers to appreciate this country's unique character. A section on tourism explains how Namibia—an extremely arid country with an immense number and diversity of wildlife—is on the cutting edge of ecotourism.

Author : M. Amukugo
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9991642323
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy and Education in Namibia and Beyond written by M. Amukugo and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Namibian constitution makes full provision for education as a fundamental human right and freedom. Three years into independence, as part of the governments educational policy, the Education for All Policy was launched as a stepping stone to free quality education. However, inequities have become widely pronounced within the Namibian educational system. Democracy and Education in Namibia and beyond debates the educationdemocracy nexus in Namibia and the southern African context. It defines and explores the meaning of democracy and related concepts. It also looks at what democracy means in the context of human rights and access to education. The ten chapters in this collection interrogate the strengths and limitations of education as an instrument of social change and question whether or not the Namibian educational objectives and practices do develop and help to sustain a democratic culture in Namibia. The authors in the collection have drawn material from their own teaching and research experience across the fields of education and social science in Namibia and beyond, and present their findings in a pedagogical framework suitable as a challenging text for tertiary students. At a time when education is in crisis, especially in South Africa where strident calls for free tertiary education and Africanisation of the curriculum are spreading like wildfire, this book gives scholarly insight into the history and social conditions that gave rise to our current predicament.

Author : Anne Schröder
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027259674
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of English in Namibia written by Anne Schröder and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English language as spoken in Namibia has virtually been overlooked in most textbooks, handbooks, and surveys of varieties of English around the world, or else has only been mentioned in passing. However, this variety of English has recently attracted the attention of several researchers and the present volume brings together most scholars actively involved in the research on English in Namibia from various linguistic fields to present their current research. It covers a wide range of linguistic issues, such as empirical analyses on various levels of linguistic description and use, as well as the application of diverse methodologies, from questionnaire surveys, sociolinguistic interviews and focus group discussions, to corpus linguistics, linguistic landscaping, and digital ethnography. This book represents the first comprehensive collection of articles and in-depth discussions of this emerging variety of World Englishes.

Author : John M. Mendelsohn
Publisher : Spearhead Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atlas of Namibia written by John M. Mendelsohn and published by Spearhead Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides comprehensive coverage of Namibia's people, plants and animals, the climate, the physical geography and the land.

Author : Gertrud Boden (ed.)
Publisher : BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN
ISBN 13 : 9783905758047
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book !Qamtee Aa Xanya written by Gertrud Boden (ed.) and published by BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN. This book was released on 2008 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: