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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…
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…
Playing the Globalisation Game: The Implications of Economic Liberalisation for Namibia
Namibia‟s investment policies are largely shaped by the process of globalisation and the neo-liberal line of thought which claims that developing countries have to attract investment by offering increasing concessions to foreign investors. This is…
Political opposition in African countries : the cases of Kenya, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
This Discussion Paper is another result of the project “Liberation and Democracy in Southern Africa” (LiDeSA), which was coordinated at the Institute between 2001 and 2006. The papers are revised versions of presentations to a Session of the Research…
Precolonial Communities of Southwestern Africa : A History of Owambo Kingdoms, 1600-1920
This Study is the first attempt to reconstruct the precolonial history of the Owambo people between 1600-1920. Based on thesis (Ph.D)--University of Joensuu, Finland. "The linking of the concept of literacy to conscious action shattered the question…
Programme for Traditional Authorities Workshop, 15-16 November, 1995
List of Papers for Panel Discussion
Promulgation of Traditional Authorities Act, 1995
Namibian Government Gazette No. 1158 - Located in Traditional Authorities Conference, 1995 folder
Public Health, Science and the Economy : The onto-politics of traditional medicine in Namibia
PhD Dissertation - "This is an ethnographic and discourse analytical study into the onto-politics of traditional medicine in Namibia. The discourses and practices that shape, make and imagine traditional medicine at the international, national and…
Ramatex: On the other side of the fence
This booklet will not discuss all aspects in detail but will give a brief overview of Namibia's EPZ programme as well as a profile of the Ramatex Company. The main part of this booklet deals with the experiences of Ramatex workers. All too often…
Re-examining liberation in Namibia : political culture since independence
From 1960, SWAPO of Namibia led the organised and later armed struggle for independence. In late 1989, the liberation movement was finally elected to power under United Nations supervision as the legitimate government. When the Republic of Namibia…
Re-thinking sexualities in Africa
The volume brings together papers by African and Nordic/Scandinavian gender scholars and anthropologists, in attempts to investigate and critically discuss existing lines of thinking about sexuality in Africa, while at the same time creating space…
Recent Grain-Size Coarsening of Floodplain Deposits and Forest Decline along the Kuiseb River, Namib Desert, Namibia
We investigated the flood plain deposits of the middle reach of the Kuiseb River in order to reveal the recent fluvial environment changes and forest decline. For the conservation of watershed environments, it is important to examine the relationship…
Recordkeeping and Missing “Native Estate” Records in Namibia: An Investigation of Colonial Gaps in a Post-colonial National Archive
PhD Dissertation - "This dissertation explores the historical origin of practical challenges experienced in user services of the post-colonial National Archives of Namibia (NAN). It was motivated by the observation that many requests by Black…
Reference No. AA.1: Namibia. Press Archives and Ephemera - Reference No. AA.2 Namibia’s Independence
"Die Sammlung AA.1 im Allgemeinen Archiv der Basler Afrika Bibliographien besteht aus einer umfangreichen, zufälligen Ansammlung von Presseartikeln und Ephemera aus und zu Namibia, d.h. Prospekten, Broschüren, Formularen, Werbung und Flugblättern…
Reference No. AA.3: Guide to the SWAPO Collection in the Basler Afrika Bibliographien
The Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) in Basel, Switzerland, houses a special archival collection on SWAPO. The collection contains primarily printed material from SWAPO and about SWAPO dating from the 1960s to 1990. Thus, the collection covers a…
Reference No. AA.4: Epupa, water, energy, ‘indigenous/ tribal peoples’ and chieftaincy. A bibliography of Namibian newspaper articles 1990
This Finding Aid contains a bibliography of newspaper articles and publications (based in Namibia), published in the 1990s pertaining to Kaoko, Epupa Falls, and development/chieftaincy debates.
Reference No. AA.5: The Archive of the Solidarity Group Medic’ Angola / Kämpfendes Afrika (Zurich 1971–1988)
Medic’ Angola came into being in 1971 in Zurich as a 'working group for medical support for the Angolan People.' From 1976, the group called itself Kämpfendes Afrika after the journal of the same name that had been published by Medic' Angola since…
REFUGEES, RESETTLEMENT, AND LAND AND RESOURCE CONFLICTS: THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY AMONG !XUN AND KHWE SAN IN NORTHEASTERN NAMIBIA
This study examines land use, natural resource, and development conflicts, and the effects of government policies in a remote area in northeastern Namibia, known formerly as West Bushmanland, now Tsumkwe West. !Xun and Khwe San who had been soldiers…