The South West Africa/Namibia Dispute
Author : John Dugard
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 16,26 MB
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0520314042
South West Africa in Early Times
Author : Heinrich Vedder
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 26,64 MB
Release : 2022-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 042965796X
Book Description
This book was originally published in 1966. This detailed study of the history of South West AFrica up to the date of Maharero's death in 1890 was originally published in German and appeared in an English version for the first time in 1938 when it was recognised as the first standard work on the subject. The author's extensive ethnological and linguistic studies made him especially well equipped to give a detailed account of the country and its people, and of the customs and languages of the different tribes. A considerable part of the book deals with the gradual colonization of the country by European pioneers whose various adventures are recorded in a mass of 'old notes, letters, reports and diaries'; and the historical side is supplemented by an ethological account of the native tribes. This is a scholarly work which, with its regard for folklore and tribal tradition as well as for the facts of history, must recommend itself to all lovers of South West Africa.
New Light on Old Art
Author : Lawrence L. Loendorf
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 1994-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1950446085
Book Description
Liberating Namibia
Author : E. Ike Udogu
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,52 MB
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0786488786
Book Description
After World War I, the League of Nations assigned management of the German colony of Namibia to Britain, which passed control to South Africa as a "trophy" for the country's support during the war. The League mandated that South Africa prepare the country for independence, but South Africa showed no sign of working toward that goal. The clash over interpretation of the League's mandate led to 70 years of complicated diplomacy to solve the dispute. This incisive volume offers an in-depth analysis of the political and diplomatic efforts undertaken by representatives of the United Nations, Namibia, and South Africa--with the assistance of the international community, the Organization of African Unity, and Western powers--during the struggle for self-rule in Namibia from 1920 to 1990. This classic example of conflict resolution technique in global and African studies provides a useful template for conflict negotiation around the world.
The Book in Africa
Author : C. Davis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,44 MB
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137401621
Book Description
This volume presents new research and critical debates in African book history, and brings together a range of disciplinary perspectives by leading scholars in the subject. It includes case studies from across Africa, ranging from third-century manuscript traditions to twenty-first century internet communications.
A Social History of the University Presses in Apartheid South Africa
Author : Elizabeth Le Roux
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 18,17 MB
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9004293485
Book Description
In A History of the University Presses in Apartheid South Africa, Elizabeth le Roux examines scholarly publishing history, academic freedom and knowledge production during the apartheid era. Using archival materials, comprehensive bibliographies, and political sociology theory, this work analyses the origins, publishing lists and philosophies of the university presses. The university presses are often associated with anti-apartheid publishing and the promotion of academic freedom, but this work reveals both greater complicity and complexity. Elizabeth le Roux demonstrates that the university presses cannot be considered oppositional – because they did not resist censorship and because they operated within the constraints of the higher education system – but their publishing strategies became more liberal over time.
Morenga
Author : Uwe Timm
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 26,51 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811215145
Book Description
A daring and brilliant military tactician referred to as the "Herero Bastard," he was fluent in several languages and by all reports a man of compassion, intelligence, and integrity determined to lead his people towards freedom.".
Africa and the West
Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 35,93 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9781560728405
Book Description
Besides her natural beauty, the scenery and the climate, and her abundant wildlife and natural resources, Africa is probably best known as the homeland of hundreds of millions of people who live in abject poverty. Millions are wracked by disease and blinded by ignorance. And just as many go hungry every day. But there is something else which also distinguishes Africa: lack of unity among her people. That is one of the main reasons why they were conquered by foreigners, and why Africa is still weak and poor today. There is no other continent which is endowed with so much in terms of natural resources. But there is also no other continent where it has been so easy for foreigners to take what does not belong to them. This book began as a self-examination of the African personality in an attempt to understand Africa's place in the world, especially in relation to the West.
Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9004380183
Book Description
Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past offers a comprehensive assessment of new directions in the historiography of West Africa. With twenty-four chapters by leading researchers in the study of West African history and cultures, the volume examines the main trends in multiple fields including the critical interpretation of Arabic sources; new archaeological surveys of trans-Saharan trade; the discovery of sources in Latin America relating to pan-Atlantic histories; and the continuing analysis of oral histories. The volume is dedicated to Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, whose work inspired the intellectual reorientations discussed in its chapters and stands as the clearest formulation of the book’s central focus on the relationship between political conjunctures and the production of sources. Contributors are: Benjamin Acloque, Karin Barber, Seydou Camara, Mamadou Diawara, Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, François-Xavier Fauvelle, Nikolas Gestrich, Toby Green, Bruce Hall, Jan Jansen, Shamil Jeppie, Daouda Keita, Murray Last, Robin Law, Camille Lefebvre, Paul Lovejoy, Ghislaine Lydon, Carlos Magnavita, Sonja Magnavita, Kevin MacDonald, Thomas McCaskie, Ann McDougall, Daniela Moreau, Mauro Nobili, Insa Nolte, Abel-Wedoud Ould-Cheikh, Benedetta Rossi, Charles Stewart.
The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1230 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 1878
Category : Naval art and science
ISBN :
