Windhoek: Desegregation and Change in the Capital of South Africa's Erstwhile Colony
Homes Apart: South Africa's Segregated Cities, ed. Anthony Lemon (David Philip, 1991), 174-190.
David Simon
David Philip
1991
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Southern Africa Report (vol. 7, no. 2)
Blowin' in the Windhoek -Namibia: A Class Act? -Land in Namibia: Rhetoric, Reform of Revolution? -Police Story: A Tough Transition
Chris Tapscott, Susan Brown, Colin Leys
Southern Africa Report
1991
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Monumental politics in Namibia
The re-siting of the Rider Monument in central Windhoek from the site of one of the concentration camps from the first genocide of the 20th century to a new location in front of the museum at the Alte Feste has raised many questions. So too, has the construction of the Independence Memorial Museum on the very site formally occupied by the Rider Monument. Andrew Byerley looks into Namibia’s symbolic and heritage space.
Andrew Byerley
In: Annual Report : 2010: The rise of africa: miracle or mirage?, ISSN 1104-5256, Vol. 2010, 36-37
Nordic Africa Institute
2010
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Felsbildforschung und Forschungsnetzwerke in Namibia. Anmerkungen zur Korrespondenz von Anneliese und Ernst Rudolf Scherz, 1960–1975
"Im Rahmen eines Praktikums bei den Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) habe ich mich mit Korrespondenzakten des Ehepaars Anneliese und Ernst Rudolf Scherz aus Windhoek (Namibia) befasst. Ein grosser Teil des schriftlichen (und fotografischen) Nachlasses des für die namibische Felsbildforschung bedeutsamen Ehepaares wurde nach dem Tod von Ernst Rudolf Scherz (1981) den BAB übergeben und wird seitdem als Personenarchiv PA.4 geführt. Die hier vorgestellten Akten wurden jedoch von Anneliese Scherz der namibischen Archäologin Béatrice Sandelowski (Windhoek) anvertraut, die sie Ende der 1990er Jahre den BAB schenkte. Der Bestand war ursprünglich auf drei Akten aufgeteilt, die vermutlich vom Ehepaar Scherz selbst in diese Ordnung gebracht wurden. Der erste Teil ist mit «Korrespondenz Schwabedissen» betitelt, und befasst sich inhaltlich mit einem von der Universität Köln zusammen mit Ernst Rudolf Scherz durchgeführten Projekt zur Erfassung von Felsbildern in Namibia. Er besteht hauptsächlich aus dem Briefwechsel zwischen Scherz und Hermann Schwabedissen, Professor für Ur- und Frühgeschichte an der Universität Köln. Die anderen zwei Akten enthalten alphabetisch geordnete Korrespondenz von A bis G, vor allem von Ernst Rudolf Scherz. Der Verbleib des mutmasslich ursprünglich vorhandenen Rests der alphabetisch archivierten Korrespondenz (H bis Z), ist unbekannt. Fast alle Briefe sind datiert. Die Briefe mit Schwabedissen sind zwischen 1962 und 1969 entstanden, die Korrespondenz im alphabetisch geordneten Teil zwischen 1960 und 1975."
Katrin Müller
https://baslerafrika.ch/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017_3_Mueller.pdf
Basler Afrika Bibliographien
2017
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Felsbildforschung in Namibia. Schrift- und Bilddokumente im Archiv von Anneliese und Ernst Rudolf Scherz, 1930–1980
"Das deutsche Ehepaar Anneliese Scherz (1900–1985) und Ernst Rudolf Scherz (1906–1981) verbrachte bis 1979 den Grossteil seines Lebens in «Südwest-Afrika», dem heutigen Namibia. Der promovierte Chemiker Ernst Rudolf Scherz war bereits 1933 aus Deutschland emigriert. 1938 reiste ihm seine Verlobte, die Fotografin Annemarie Scherz, aus Frankfurt a. O. nach. Ernst Rudolf Scherz engagierte sich im namibischen."Karakulschafzuchtverein, während seine Ehefrau ein Fotoatelier in Windhoek betrieb und gelegentlich Fotoreportagen in namibischen Zeitschriften publizierteIhr gemeinsames Interesse galt der Felsbildforschung. Auf seiner ersten wissenschaftlichen Expedition bereiste Scherz 1937 mit der amerikanischen Prähistorikerin Alice Bowler-Kelley (1894–1956) die Brandbergregion (Abb. 1, siehe Anhang). Während der Forschungsreise fotografierte Scherz die Fundstellen mit seiner Kamera (Abb. 2 und 3). Mangels eines systematischen Fundstellenkatalogs zur wissenschaftlichen Erforschung der Felsbilder beschloss der Amateurarchäologe, in Zusammenarbeit mit der «SWA Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft» in Windhoek sämtliche namibischen Felsbildfundstellen in einer Kartothek zu dokumentieren.
Isabelle Haffter
https://baslerafrika.ch/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2018_2_Haffter-1.pdf
Basler Afrika Bibliographien
2018
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Ein unsichtbares Denkmal Für eine Anerkennung des Monumentcharakters eines Otjiherero Praise Poems (Omutando) für die Old Location in Windhoek
Ich möchte einführend einige Gedanken zur An-ikonizität (also nicht-Bildlichkeit) formulieren. In seiner Betrachtung sogenannter an-ikonischer Gesellschaften, also Gesellschaften die keine Bilder von Menschen, Tieren oder Gottheiten produzierten, weist Fritz Kramer darauf hin, dass der Umstand des Nicht-Vorhandenseins von Bildern oder Skulpturen nicht auf technisches Unvermögen hinweist (2001: 17). Im Bezug auf die Herero Gesellschaft in Namibia kann nicht von kompletter Nicht-Bildlichkeit gesprochen werden. Tatsächlich geschah die Aneignung der Photographie bereits im 19. Jhd; es wurden Portraits der gesellschaftlichen Elite hergestellt (siehe Silvester 1998 und Wallace 1998). Wir haben es auch nicht mit einer Gesellschaft zu tun, die sich einem Bilderverbot gebeugt hätte. Tatsächlich erscheint die Abwesenheit von Bildern – also beispielsweise traditioneller Skulptur oder Malerei - nur aus westlicher Sicht als Mangel. Dabei wird eine an materiellen Objekten orientierte Erinnerungskultur als Norm konstituiert, von der aus nicht an materielle Objekte gekoppeltes Erinnern als lückenhaft begriffen wird. Nichtsichtbare, immaterielle, kulturelle Produktionen, wie omitandu, also oral überlieferte Texte, die als ausserpersönliche Referenzpunkte und Plattformen des kollektiven Erinnerns operieren, werden dementsprechend oftmals übersehen, oder besser, aufgrund ihrer nicht-Sichtbarkeit, wie in diesem Falle, nicht wahrgenommen. Eine die Vergangenheit interpretierende, charakterisierende, diskursive und eben auch konservierende (erinnernde) Aneignung der Welt ist aber keineswegs notwendigerweise visuell. Anstelle des Abbildens oder Aneignens durch Bilder steht hier die kulturelle Aneignung der Welt durch Rede, performance und Dichtkunst, die bis heute nicht vollständig durch Bildmedien oder geschriebene Texte ersetzt wurde. BAB Working Paper 2006:05 Presented at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien 13 June 2006.
Anette Hoffmann
http://baslerafrika.ch/wp-content/uploads/WP_2006_5_Hoffmann.pdf
Basler Afrika Bibliographien
2006
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Prostitution in Windhoek, Namibia: An exploration of poverty
Merab Kambamu Kiremire
http://www.nid.org.na/images/pdf/analysis_views/Prostitution_in_Windhoek.pdf
Namibia Institute for Democracy & Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
2007
© Namibia Institute for Democracy & Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
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Effects of parental involvement in education - a case study in namibia
M.A. Thesis - Education - In my research, I endeavour to ascertain how parental involvement at Combretum Trust School in Namibia affects the academic achievement of students. In the educational literature it is often claimed that involvement of parents results in better academic achievement than if parents are not involved. The aim of the research is to see if this relationship exists at a school in Namibia, a developing country that faces many educational challenges. In this case study a qualitative research approach was used. Data was gathered by interviewing parents of seven students at Combretum Trust School in Windhoek, who all have achieved academically. The objective of the interviews was to learn if and how the parents are involved in their children’s education. In addition, I wanted to gain information as to the experiences and attitudes of those parents towards their children’s education and education in general. The main findings are that all the parents who were interviewed are highly involved with their children’s education. They have high expectations towards their children’s education and their future. In addition, they are all quite vocal about their expectations to their children. The parents all recognise the importance of staying involved with their child’s education and participate fully. All the parents want to know how their child spends his or her time outside of school and with whom their child spends his or her time. Most of the parents consider themselves to have a good relationship with their child’s teachers and the school. Homework is considered to be important by each parent and they all assist their child with homework if the need arises. Thus, it may be concluded that by staying involved with their children’s education in this way the parents do impact positively on the academic achievement of the students chosen for this study at Combretum Trust School in Namibia.
Guðlaug Erlendsdóttir
http://skemman.is/en/item/view/1946/6925
University of Iceland
2010
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Perception on Support Provided to Orphan Children in Foster Care Placement in an Urban City of Windhoek (Namibia)
M.A. Thesis: Linköping University (Child Studies) - "The overall aim of this study is to investigate the perception of support provided to orphan children in foster care placement in terms of education, care and support as well as protection by orphan children themselves, foster parents and social workers. Due to HIV/AIDS many children are being orphaned and are left behind without any visible means of support. HIV/AIDS remains undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges of the world today, as there is no part of the world that has not felt the devastating impact of the pandemic. This is already evidenced by the increase in number of orphans, child headed households and other vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS and the inability of the extended family system to provide such children with basic requirements such as shelter, food, medical care, education, love and support. The first chapter is focusing on the Magnitude of OVC in general and Namibia in particular. According to the National Plan of Action for OVC in Namibia, the total number of orphans and vulnerable children was estimated at 128 000 in 2007 (MGECW, 2007). According to 2001 Population and Housing Census the whole Khomas region had 6674 OVC, while Khomas urban had 5708 OVC, which means that in the Khomas region more OVC in an Urban areas while rural areas had less number which was 389 OVC (NPC, 2005). Chapter two presents a literature review and focuses on the phenomena of foster care placement. It includes the definition of terms such as an orphan child, a vulnerable child and foster care placement. It gives background details of foster care placement in general and foster care placement in the Namibia context. Also the support (care and support, education and protection) being offered to children in foster care placement are discussed. Chapter three focuses on the research methods and data collection of this study. The following elements are described in this chapter: Setting and samples, procedure, methods and methodological consideration, the role of the researcher, the limitations of the study and the ethnographic situation. Chapter four is devoted to the foster care placement legal framework in Namibia where the current foster care placement processes to access government grant to support foster families are discussed as well as foster care placement policy implications in Namibia. The conclusion of the findings on foster care placement processes is included. Chapter five consists of the analysis of the study. It provides the background information of the samples, questions, responses and interpretations of the main views of the respondents on the support provided to children in foster care placement in terms of care and support, education, protection as well as foster care placement process are provided in this chapter. Chapter six is focuses on discussions and conclusion. It includes major views of the respondents and the understanding of different voices of orphan children in foster care placement, foster parents and social workers who are professionals in this matter."
Brigitte Nshimyimana
http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2081/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Linköping University
2008
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Katutura: A Place Where We Stay: Life in a Post-Apartheid Township in Namibia
Katutura, located in Namibia’s major urban center and capital, Windhoek, was a township created by apartheid, and administered in the past by the most rigid machinery of the apartheid era. Namibia became a sovereign state in 1990, and Katutura reflects many of the changes that have taken place. No longer part of a rigidly bounded social system, people in Katutura today have the opportunity to enter and leave as their personal circumstances dictate. Influenced in recent years by significant urban migration and the changing political and economic situation in the new South Africa, as well as a myriad of other factors, this diverse community has held special interest for the author who did fieldwork there for several years prior to 1975. Pendleton’s recent visits provide a rich comparison of life in Katutura township during the peak of the apartheid years and in the post-independence period. In his systematic look at urbanization, poverty, stratification, ethnicity, social structure, and social history, he provides a compassionate view of the survivors of the unstable years of apartheid.
Wade C. Pendleton
Ohio University Press
1996
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Three Views into the Past of Namibia
Originally Compiled by Annemarie Heywood and Brigitte Lau as a contribution to the History Conference 1-3 June 1993 sponsored by the Namibisch-Deutsche Stiftung fur kulturelle Zusammenarbeit, published privately.
Annemarie Heywood & Brigitte Lau
1993 (first edition)
© Annemarie Heywood & Brigitte Lau, 1996
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Perspectives on Namibia: Past and Present
This collection of papers was a very early contribution to English language Namibian historiography, covering issues such as Orlaam politics, Windhoek urban planning, Nama history, and the present political situation under South African Rule. The book ends with an annotated bibliography of works on Namibia in English.
Christopher Saunders (ed.)
University of Cape Town
1983
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Mobile Namibia: Migration Trends and Attitudes
The current policy paper contains three chapters, authored by Bruce Frayne of Queen’s University and Wade Pendleton, formerly at the University of Namibia. The first chapter provides an overview of Namibian international and internal migration movements since independence and also considers the likely future trends of migration in Namibia. The chapter draws heavily on research conducted by the authors for the Namibian National Migration Survey in 1998. The second chapter, with its recommendations for migration management, is drawn from the authors’ earlier SAMP contribution: Namibians on South Africa: Attitudes Towards Cross-Border Migration and Immigration Policy (Migration Policy Series No. 10, 1998). The final chapter, by Wade Pendleton, is the product of a broader SADC survey conducted by SAMP in 2001 designed to assess public attitudes towards migrants, refugees and immigration policy. The findings for Namibia reported here suggest that Namibia faces a similar challenge to South Africa in terms of public education about the role and impact of migrants.
Bruce Frayne, Wade Pendleton
http://samponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Acrobat27.pdf
Southern African Migration Project
2002
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The Green and Dry Wood
The Roman Catholic church (Vicarate of Windhoek) and the Namibian Socio-Political Situation 1971-1981
Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Oblates of Mary Immaculate
1983
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Contemporary Namibia : The First Landmarks of a Post-Apartheid Society
Ingolf Diener and Olivier Graefe (eds.)
Gamsberg MacMillan
2001
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Heritage and Cultures in Modern Namibia: In-depth Views of the Country
<span>Sharing of knowledge is one principle of </span><a href="http://www.namibiana.de/namibia-information/who-is-who/organisationen/infos-zur-organisation/tucsin-the-university-centre-for-studies-in-namibia.html">TUCSIN</a><span>. Therefore 19 scientists and 2 writers from USA, Canada, Germany, South Africa and Namibia made the effort to report on their past and present activities in Namibia. The articles span a time frame of more than 10 million years and cover a large spectrum of subjects. Issues concerning the whole country: Migration in Namibia; Examples of development and progress; and for the first time published in Namibia: the chronology of the Namibian rock art.<br /><br />Preface<br />Issues concerning the whole country<br />Wade Pendleton:<br /><strong>Migration and Urban Governance in Windhoek</strong><br />Michael Bollig:<br /><strong>Beyond Development - Global Visions and Local Adaptations of a Contested Concept</strong><br />Jürgen Richter & Ralf Vogelsang:<br /><strong>Rock Art in North-Western Central Namibia - its Age and Cultural Background</strong><br />Issues arranged along a regional approach from north to south<br />Eileen Kose:<br /><strong>"We are not Looking for Diamonds - We are Looking for Red Stones"</strong><br />Archaeology of Iron in Kavango<br />Michael Pröpper:<br /><strong>Trust, Sharing and Cooperation in the Central Kavango Region, North-East Namibia</strong><br />Linking the Results of Experimental Economics with Ethnographic Research<br />Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig:<br /><strong>Naming Modern Concepts in RuManyo</strong> (Bantu Language of the Kavango)<br />Hildi Hendrickson:<br /><strong>Toward a Cross-Cultural Analysis of Dress in 19th and 20th Century in Namibia</strong><br />Glenn C. Conroy:<br /><strong>The Discovery of Otaviplthecus, Southern Africa's First Fossil Ape</strong><br />Julia Pauli & Michael Schnegg:<br /><strong>Living Together, Writing Together</strong><br />An Ethnographic Project on Culture and History in Fransfontein<br />Megan Biesele:<br /><strong>The Nyae Nyae Village Schools Project of the Ju/'Hoan San:</strong><br />A Community-Based Education Programme in Namibia<br />Richard B. Lee:<br /><strong>A brief history of the TUCSIN-Based UNAM-Toronto Programme</strong> <strong>on Social and Cultural Aspects of HIV/AIDS</strong><br />Jason Owens & Monica Nambelela:<br /><strong>Can't Namibia's Ex-GDR (Ex-)Kids be Called Adults</strong><br />in this, the Year Namibia Itself Turned 18 Years Old?<br />Cornelia Limpricht & Hartmut Lang:<br /><strong>Farms and Families - Land Tenure in Rehoboth</strong><br />Allan G. Morris:<br /><strong>The Cairns of Rehoboth, Central Namibia</strong><br />Duncan Miller:<br /><strong>Searching for the Source of the Oanob Copper</strong><br />Sabine Klocke-Daffa:<br /><strong>The Modernity of Traditionalists</strong><br />Culture Change, Identity and the Impact of the State among the Namibian Khoekhoen<br />Ralf Vogelsang:<br /><strong>The Rock-Shelter "Apollo 11"</strong><br />Evidence of Early Modern Humans in South-Western Namibia</span>
Cornelia Limpricht & Megan Biesele (eds.)
Klaus Hess Publishers
2008
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Last Steps to Uhuru: An Eyewitness Account of Namibia's Transition to Independence
Last Steps to Uhuru is and eyewitness account of the crucial years of transition in Namibia, from 1988-1992. It covers the last political protests and campaigns, the return of Exiles, the UN monitored elections, the adoption of a constitution, and the first years of independence. This powerful book captures the changing atmosphere of the times - the sufferings of the people in the far north during the war, the role of the Namibian newspaper in exposing atrocities, life in the capital city Windhoek and in townships.
David Lush
New Namibia Books
1993
© David Lush 1993
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Ben Ulenga (Full Interview)
Date: 18 August 2012 Location: Windhoek Time: ~ 55 Minutes Interview conducted by Bernard Moore & Matthew Ecker Topics: -Early thoughts on colonialism, racism, class -OPO as response to labor issues, not nationalism -America as symbol of un-oppressed Africa -Time spent in Soviet Union -His Impression of Television and Radio in USSR -SWAPO not Communist/Socialist -SWAPO not as Workers Movement -”Black as mindset,” acknowledgment of class -Lubango controversy in Angola -Thoughts on Ovambos in SWAPO, Geingob -Ulenga's Resignation from SWAPO -Sam Nujoma and 3rd Term controversy -Birth of Congress of Democrats -Politics and the “Born Frees” -Liberation struggle heroes in politics
Bernard C. Moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT4Gyl0_8PI
Namibia Documentary Series
2012
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Dudley Viall (Full Interview)
Date: 25 July 2012 Location: Windhoek Time: ~ 20 Minutes Interview conducted by Bernard Moore & Matthew Ecker Topics: -Political Cartooning for The Namibian -Time in the army -Thoughts on South African Border War -Poster design and distribution -Bombing of The Namibian -Gwen Lister -The Namibian & SWAPO -Political Cartoons on corruption
Bernard C. Moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09x4FaZ1MN4
Namibia Documentary Series
2012
Bernard C. Moore & Matthew Ecker, Namibia Documentary Series
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From Windhoek to Washington: An Oral History of the Struggle for Namibian Independence
Structured without narration, Namibians and those involved in the liberation struggle give their input on the fight against Apartheid in what was then South West Africa. Focus is given to the international political elements such as the Cold War, United Nations, and solidarity movements. Interviewees include: Hage Geingob: Prime Minister of Namibia Andimba Toivo ya Toivo: Founder of OPC and SWAPO Ben Ulenga: Trade Unionist Martti Ahtisaari: Former President of Finland, Nobel Prize Laureate Chester Crocker: Former Assistant Secretary of State (1980s) Don McHenry: Former U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Herbert Jauch: Labour Activist, former director LaRRI Dylan Craig: Asst. Professor - American Univ. Kanana Hishoono: Political Advisor to the President Christo Botha: Professor - University of Namibia John Grobler: Investigative Journalist Dudley Viall: Political Cartoonist Maria Mboono: Political Consultant, Former Refugee
Bernard C. Moore & Matthew Ecker
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Bernard C. Moore & Matthew Ecker. Namibia Documentary Series
2014
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