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Anton von Wietersheim (Full Interview)

Date: 11 August 2012 Location: Swakopmund Time: ~ 40 Minutes Interview conducted by Bernard Moore & Matthew Ecker Topics: -Discussion with SWAPO in Exile -Involvement in Politics -Imagining post-independence Namibia -Thoughts on first free elections…

Tags: Anton von Wietersheim, Apartheid, Constitution, Corruption, Elections, Exile, Namibia Documentary Series, Rally for Democracy and Progress, Swakopmund, SWAPO

Martti Ahtisaari (Full Interview)

Date: 11 March 2013 Location: Helsinki Time: ~ 1 Hour Interview conducted by Bernard Moore & Matthew Ecker Topics: -Finnish connections with Namibia (missionary) -Role as UN Commissioner for Namibia -Relationships with Frontline states, NonAligned…

Tags: Apartheid, Constructive Engagement, Elections, Finland, Helsinki, Linkage, Martti Ahtisaari, Organization of African Unity, Sanctions, SWAPO, United Nations

Chester Crocker (Full Interview)

Date: 2 February 2013 Location: Washington Time: ~ 45 Minutes Interview conducted by Bernard Moore & Matthew Ecker Topics: -US interests in Namibia situation -Reagan Admin. perceptions of SWAPO -Thoughts on NP & Resolution 435 -Namibia as buffer…

Tags: Angola, Apartheid, Chester Crocker, Chet Crocker, Clark Amendment, Constructive Engagement, Cuito Cuanavale, Fidel Castro, Linkage, Namibia, Namibia Documentary Series, Resolution 435, Ronald Reagan, SWAPO, UNITA, United States

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…

Tags: African Americans, Ben Ulenga, Born Free, Class, Congress of Democrats, Interview, Lubango, Migrant Labor, Namibia, Namibia Documentary Series, Ovamboland, Racism, Sam Nujoma, Socialism, Soviet Union, SWAPO, Television, Windhoek

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…

Tags: Dudley Viall, Gwen Lister, Namibia Documentary Series, Newspaper, Political Cartoon, Posters, SWAPO, The Namibian, Windhoek

Kanana Hishoono (Full Interview)

Date: 14 August 2012. Location: Windhoek. Time: ~ 1 Hour. Interview conducted by Bernard Moore & Matthew Ecker. Topics: Early history of Namibia, Birth of OPO & SWAPO, Apartheid in Namibia, Petitions to United Nations & Abroad, Armed Struggle & Exile…

Tags: Apartheid, Cuba, Cuito Cuanavale, Kanana Hishoono, Koevoet, MPLA, Namibia, Namibia Documentary Series, Ovamboland People's Organization, Robben Island, SWAPO, Terrorism Act, UNITA

I Have Seen (nda mona)

"Out of the experience of a bitter war with South Africa, the film's voices tell of war crimes committed by Namibia's liberation movement. Since being elected to government, the former liberation movement has urged that the past should be forgotten…

Tags: Camps, Documentary, Human Rights, Reconciliation, Richard Pakleppa, SWAPO

Namibia: No Easy Road to Freedom

This documentary explores the struggles of the Namibian people to win their independence from South Africa, which illegally occupied their country since the 1971 revocation of the UN mandate, and documents the human rights violations committed by the…

Tags: Apartheid, Documentary, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kevin Harris, Liberation War, SADF, SWAPO, United Nations

Namibia: Tell the World

Tags: Apartheid, Bience Gawanas, Church, Colin Thomas, Documentary, Gillian Slovo, Lutheran Council, Namibia, SWAPO

Namibia: Born of the Ballot Box (Film)

"Documents the decolonization process in Namibia, including the part played by the United Nations in the country's journey to independence and democracy." With apartheid footage, liberation war footage, and extensive recordings from the independence…

Tags: Andrew Pearson, Apartheid, Documentary Film, Elections, Independence, Jackson Swartz, Liberation War, Martti Ahtisaari, Namibia Communications Project, SWAPO, UNTAG

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,…

Tags: Apartheid, Chester Crocker, Cold War, Documentary Film, Elections, Hage Geingob, Independence, Linkage, Martti Ahtisaari, Namibia, Namibia Documentary Series, Scandinavia, SWAPO, Washington, Windhoek

Namibia: The Politics of Change

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/5ec24f79dbba91bc93ddc494049aa9e9.pdf

Paper delivered at South African Institute of International Affairs, Pretoria, on 27 June 1980

Tags: Andre du Pisani, Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, Elections, Namibia, South African Institute of International Affairs, SWAPO, Transitional Government, United Nations, UNTAG, Zimbabwe

Meeting on SWA/Namibia in Geneva, 7-14 January 1981

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/283835289680e347e58acdbd0fdb6560.pdf

Issued as a Supplement to SA Digest (6 February 1981) -A Somewhat Partisan take on the 1977-1980 period in Namibia

Tags: 1978 Elections, Dirk Mudge, DTA, Elections, Namibia, NUDO, SWAPO, Switzerland, United Nations

Hakika - A Bulletin of Political News and Comment on Southern Africa

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/4098f95e480f8f48f45c1121dcb0c857.pdf

Issue No. 6 - January 1977 -Anticipation of DTA Election Efforts -Dirk Mudge, Clemens Kapuuo, Henry Kissinger -Covert Military Operations in Namibia (Transkei Mercenaries) -Detentions by SWAPO in Exile

Tags: Australia, Clemens Kapuuo, Detainees, Dirk Mudge, Hakika, Henry Kissinger, Military, SWAPO

Statement of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) of Namibia presented by Sam Nujoma to the UN Security Council

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/1fbe06f647f49cf3f84a1c58891650ee.pdf

Condemnation of Ovambo Elections, Verwoerd, Apartheid and Homelands in Namibia

Tags: Apartheid, Bantustans, Homelands, Sam Nujoma, SWAPO, Verwoerd

Namibia: Independence Now!

Produced for the United Nations Council on Namibia to illustrate life under apartheid and SWAPO's struggle for independence. Interviews include Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, Sam Nujoma, Theo-Ben Gurirab, and Hidipo Hamutenya Producer: Pearl Bowser Assoc.…

Tags: Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, Apartheid, Hidipo Hamutenya, Liberation War, Sam Nujoma, South Africa, SWAPO, Theo-Ben Gurirab, United Nations, Zambia

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