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http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/17c97a846ec5721a073546144d30a8f9.pdf
"Breaking Contract gives a unique insight into the conditions, events and personalities which gave rise to the formation of the South West African People's Organisation, SWAPO of Namibia, and the launching of the armed struggle for freedom from South…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/5f08f6fc90d80a77daa5135cc0715a56.pdf
"Fousy Shinana-Kambombo provides a new perspective on her life as a SWAPO member, her journey into exile and her life in the Camps. However, she also writes with daring openness about the difficult subjects of sexual abuse and gender based violence…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/6c49540f5f22439b2a41f72a05441a5e.pdf
"On the dawn of Namibia's independence from South African rule in 1990, around 43,000 exiles were repatriated to the country formerly known as South West Africa. Of these, many had left their country of birth to flee the brutality of South Africa's…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/a42793aea91b7394fcfc4587ea9aa7b3.pdf
"It was an early Sunday morning in April 1976, my heart was heavy, but in my head I could hear sounds of of early morning birds wishing me a safe journey. I was determined to leave Namibia. I silently slipped out of the homestead, walked across the…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/684ff7a9b3f3271749adeffdf0fd31ad.pdf
"A tour de force from "the other Nelson Mandela!" Political determination, diplomatic endeavour, and military perseverance all focused with singular vision and unwavering constancy on Namibia's goal of nationhood have been the hallmarks of the life…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/983cfab68ab6ec3bbebc4700fc93f695.pdf
Dr. Schivute, who had been a member of SWAPO since 1960, left Namibia in 1962. He graduated in 1969 and became one of Namibia's first medical doctors to qualify under SWAPO's mass education programme. Over and above his MD, he gained further medical…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/2187c7477933ced2e4fcf8a43a4f3eb1.pdf
The former Labor Minister of SWAPO (Southwest Africa People's Organization) recounts his personal saga of developing political commitment, conflict with the Boer adversary, imprisonment, torture, trial, rustication, and the agonizing decision to flee…
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