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History of Namibia


Namibia is discovered by Europeans

The great Bantu migrations in the 15th and 16th Centuries caused Bantu tribes to move into Namibia from the North East. They brought ceramics, iron, copper, ...

A History of the Ovambo of Namibia, c 1880-1935 - Apollo

This thesis examines processes of socioeconomic change over a period when two separate external forces impinged on the isolated floodplain.

Namibia | History Wiki - Fandom

It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a ...

Namibia under South African Rule - Ohio University Press

The peoples of Namibia have been on the move throughout history. The South Africans in 1915 took over from the Germans in trying to fit Namibia into a ...

Herero Genocide in Namibia - Montreal Holocaust Museum

In 1884, Germany invaded the Namibian territory and founded the German South West Africa colony. The colonizers' interest increased after the discovery of ...

History of the Anti Apartheid Movement and their work for Namibia

It imposed apartheid and treated Namibia as a fifth province. In 1966 the UN General Assembly revoked the mandate, calling on South Africa to withdraw, and the ...

History of Namibian Banknotes - Bank of Namibia

History of Namibian Banknotes. The Bank of Namibia officially introduced and issued the first Namibian dollar designs for the 10, 50 and 100 Namibia dollar ...

SWAPO'S VERSION OF HISTORY IN NAMIBIA - SAV

This study aims to explain how the history of Namibia is shaped by the South West Africa. People's Organization (SWAPO), the political party which has led ...

UNTAG - United Nations Peacekeeping

Namibia -- formerly known as South West Africa -- was the only one of the seven African Territories once held under the League of Nations Mandate System that ...

Namibian History - The Old Location - YouTube

Namibia's Vice President, Nangolo Mbumba together with the Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadthila, the Speaker of the National Assembly, ...

Facts About Namibia

HISTORY. Namibia's history is engraved into carved rock paintings found in the south at Twyfelfontein, some dating back to 26,000 B.C. A long lineage of ...

Colonialism and the Making of the Historical Imagination in Namibia ...

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Reconciliation between Germany and Namibia: towards reparation ...

This agreement acknowledged that it committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples in South West Africa (now Namibia) between 1904 and 1908.

History - Namibia Travel Guide

Windhoek stands at the head of the valley of one of the Swakop River's tributaries. The Nama people named this place Ai-gams ('fire-water') and the Herero ...

BLACK CHILDREN IN NAMIBIA are oppressed and exploited just like

HISTORY. THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA over the last 100 years is one of conflict, foreign occupation and the constant exploitation of resources by foreign ...

Namibia Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank

Namibia is a geographically large country with a small population of about 3 million (2024) and a 1,500 km-long coastline on the South Atlantic. The country is ...

Namibia Our Mother Land Teach them about Namibian History while ...

Namibia is a country located in the African continent. It was colonized by German and South Africa over one hundred 30 years before nineteen90.

Namibia: The Road To Independence And The Problem Of ... - CORE

This article will examine Namibia's long journey from colonial rule to independence. Part I will discuss the history of its unique legal status and the role of ...

History of Namibia - Marion Wallace - Oxford University Press

In 1990 Namibia gained its independence after a decades-long struggle against South African rule--and, before that, against German colonialism.

Namibia - Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Namibia and Germany share a common history. The reappraisal of the genocide committed against the Herero and Nama under German colonial rule shapes bilateral ...