Popular Resistance and the Roots of Nationalism in Namibia, 1915-1966


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The book explores the social forces that shaped the development of a movement of national liberation in Namibia. It provides the original analyses of the Bondelswarts and Rehoboth rebellions, the Garveyite and troop movements, the contract labour system and the formation of the modern African parties, SWAPO and SWANU.







Nationalism in Early Colonial Namibia. The Case of the 1904-08 Herero and Nama War


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Essay from the year 2014 in the subject History - Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the debates surrounding the origins of the 1904-08 war and to answer the question how far these risings can be classified as nationalist. From the evidence presented it is apparent that the risings in German South West Africa during this period were certainly not premeditated, planned, unified or nationalist in nature.







A History of Resistance in Namibia


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Documents resistance to the German conquest by the Herero and Nama peoples; the South African take-over under the League of Nations mandate; land, labour and community resistance from 1920-1960; the emergence of Nationalist organisations; appeals to the UN and the ICJ; the launching of SWAPO's armed struggle, and nationalist responses to South Africa's Bantustan policy. Published in association with the OAU and UNESCO. North America: Africa World Press







A Glance at Our Africa


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