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 …

Covering the entire continent from Morocco, Libya, and Egypt in the north to the Cape of
Good Hope in the south, and the surrounding islands from Cape Verde in the west to …

The southern African savannah landscape has been framed as an'Arid Eden'in recent
literature, as one of Africa's most sought after exotic tourism destinations by twenty-first …

" Africa in Translation is a thoughtful contribution to the literature on colonialism and culture
in Germany and will find readers in the fields of German history and German studies as well …

Slaps in the face, kicks, beatings, and other forms of run-of-the-mill violence were a
quotidian part of life in German Southwest Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century …

This chapter provides a socio-historical account of the English language in Namibia from
early colonial times to the present. Although its current dominant status in Namibia may at …

This book deals with colonialism on a Namibian periphery and considers both the German
colonial period as well as South African rule in the country. The marginality of the Kaoko …

Recent changes within social and cultural anthropology have made history a key issue, but
in this essay I argue that the field has yet to develop the resources that are required to deal …

Theories of property highlight power relations and their distributional and spatial effects. The
power of property is seen as necessary for the defence of nature but is also instrumental for …

Sesfontein, a settlement of 7,358 people (2001), 1 lies 233kms from the end of the tarmac
road at Kamanjab in Northern Namibia. A journey from Kamanjab to Sesfontein that took …