Article information, pdf download for enduring injustice. The history of namibias struggle for independence presents an excellent case study for those looking at insurgency and counterinsurgency. Namibia s independence paved the way for a democratic south africa. Some roots of anticolonial historical writing about namibia. Sam nujoma, and the founding vicechancellor of the university of namibia, professor peter h. The namibian movie collection, initiated by joel haikali, founder of joevision production, consists of films made by namibian filmmakers and foreign films with relevance to the namibian film landscape. With danny glover, chrisjan appollus, obed emvula, joel haikali. Nyerere was one of the leading political figures to emerge during the postworld war ii era of anticolonial and antiimperialist struggles that swept through africa, asia and latin america. Pdf reexamining liberation in namibia researchgate. The christian church had an ambivalent relationship with namibian nationalists during the dark days of the liberation struggle, and this is reflected in the literature available on the subject. Swapo s victory was remarkable in the face of an overwhelmingly superior enemy.
The foreword by peter katjavivi is dated august 1979. Dec 30, 2016 i want to tell you that these old people, have sacrificed their lives for the liberation struggle of namibia and if you do not respect them, then i want to remind you about what the african national congress has done with its youth leader julius malema and others who wanted to say they are more revolutionary. Mandela, a symbol of the liberation struggle in southern africa, died on 5 december aged 95. The struggle for liberation full movie online 720p, 1080p hd download free.
In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. However, domestic capital is found to determine namibian economic growth more than net trade with germany and german foreign aid to namibia, while the effect of german capital tends be larger than that of german aid. Colonial officials also encouraged an influx of german settlers, who encroached upon the land and. After the first world war, the league of nations mandated south africa to administer the territory. One is a general history of that struggle, one focuses on. The german democratic republic in the liberation struggle of southern africa. This book examines the effects of ethnicity on party politics in subsaharan africa. But the gdr ceased to exist when namibia gained independence. Germany struggles to deal with colonialpast atrocities in. Following world war ii, the league of nations was dissolved in april. Colonial genocide and liberation struggle in commemorative narratives article pdf available in south african historical journal 54 20051. Communist east germany the german democratic republic gdr supported the anticolonial liberation struggle of swapo, namibias dominant political party today. My father, daniel kazekondjo, an educated man himself, installed an appreciation of the value of education. The films dialogue is in english, afrikaans, oshiwambo, otjiherero, and german.
The struggle for liberation 2008 the defeat of the south african army in 1987 leads to the separation of the country. Namibias recent involvement in a civil war in the democratic republic of the. The struggle for liberation there is a fine film to be made about the battle for independence waged and won by namibians against south africa. For the purpose of promotion, filmmakers agreed to grant noncommercial rights of their films to be part of the collection and the fncc granted space in its multimedia library for public access. A colonialera wound opens in namibia the new york times. The liberation struggle for namibia, london, zed press,1981. May day international workers day is a reminder to the business world that it cannot ignore one of the main force of production the workers. Totemeyer argues that although namibia is a one party dominated state, the constitution secures multiparty democracytoteme yer, 20. Sebastian elischer analyzes political parties in ghana, kenya and namibia in detail, and provides a preliminary analysis of parties in seven other countries including tanzania, botswana, senegal, zambia, malawi, burkina faso and benin. Populism is common in southern africa, where former. German is the main or mother tongue of about 30,000 namibians, a number composed roughly equally.
Rowdy youth identified as children of the liberation struggle went on the rampage on monday night blocking the road between the monte christo service station and okahandja park before throwing. The legal process of land reform in namibia land reform was a welldefined goal of the ruling party, swapo, in its long struggle for liberation from colonial apartheid rule, and has been a major promise of the government of. It was founded in 1960, and, after south africa refused a united nations order to withdraw. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. The struggle for liberation is a 2007 epic film on the namibian independence struggle against south african occupation as seen through the life of sam nujoma, the leader of the southwest africa peoples organisation and the first president of the republic of namibia. South west african peoples organization swapo, a namibian liberation movement. During its meeting from to 18 june 20 in geneva, the lwf council gratefully accepted an invitation from the three lwf member churches in namibia.
The struggle of the herero and nama against german imperialism 18841915, london, zed press, 1980. Saul is professor emeritus of politics at york university in toronto. The struggle for liberation 2007 official sites, and other sites with posters, videos, photos and more. He is the author of many highlyacclaimed books on the politics of southern africa, including recolonization and resistance. Oshi ovambo, oshi herero, damaranama, afrikaans, german, russian, chinese, and english charles burnetts feature tells the story of sam nujoma, the first president of namibia. During the struggle for independence from the south african apartheid regime 22 years ago, namibia barely had 20 women practicing journalism within a country with an overall population of about 1. The attainment of formal independence was a momentous occasion, particularly for those who had suffered from the harshness of first german then south african control and who had taken part in the bitter struggle for liberation. German aid and trade versus namibian gdp and labour.
A museum that seeks to understand american history through the lens of the african american experience. It took twentythree years of armed struggle before namibia could gain its independence from south africa in march 1990. Culture of namibia history, people, women, food, customs. Swapo party of namibia, political party that began as a liberation movement in namibia formerly south west africa that advocated immediate namibian independence from south africa and became the countrys leading party following independence in 1990. Jan 22, 2019 106 for an example from the namibian context, see henning melber ed. Nmaahc collections search national museum of african. Walvis bay return to namibia namibia safari and lodges. After germany lost its african colonies during world war i, namibia slipped under the control of south africas whiteminority government until. Namibian movie collection africavenir international. Colonial genocide and liberation struggle in commemorative narratives. Then one night she crossed the border into angola with her schoolmates and joined the liberation movement. The struggle for liberation is a 2007 epic film on the namibian. Swapo party of namibia, formerly south west africa peoples organization, political party that began as a liberation movement in namibia formerly south west africa that advocated immediate namibian independence from south africa and became the countrys leading party following independence in 1990. For example, peter katjavivi, swapos former secretary of information and a professional historian, writes in his book, a history of resistance in namibia, that.
How this came about, and at what cost, is the subject of this outstanding study that is based on unpublished documents and extensive interviews with a large range of the key activists in the. German, a germanic language, is especially widely used in central and southern namibia and was until 1990 one of three official languages in what was then south west africa, alongside afrikaans and english, two other germanic languages in namibia. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 5. Logically speaking, if namibia is identical with liberation and the freedom struggle identical with swapo, it is in principle impossible to be a namibian nationalist, i. Leys is emeritus professor at queens university, canada. A group of adventurers refloat a wwii german submarine and prepare to use it. This would be a wise investment by both governments in an act of reconciliation building a common future for all people who want to continue living in namibia. Assessing namibias performance two decades after independence part 2. Charting the future leaders political awakening and his part in the countrys fight for freedom from occupation by south.
Invited by africa lwi the twelfth assembly of the lutheran world federation lwf will be held in 2017 in windhoek, namibia. The struggle for liberation is a 2007 epic film on the namibian independence struggle against south african occupation as seen through the life of lot ipinge, the leader of the south west africa peoples organisation and the first president of the republic of namibia. After all, as a local commentator observed, the land issue is the most divisive of all that namibia has experienced since independence kamwanyah, 2018. The analysis suggests significant benefits for namibia from trade with and assistance from germany. When liberation movements take power, their governments are often marked by military mindsets, categorising people as winners and losers and operating along the lines of command and obedience. History of namibia including german south west africa, south africa and south west africa, indpendence. However, his passing away in mid2003 also robbed me of an opportunity to make him proud once ii. The struggle for liberation tells the rise to power of samuel nujoma carl lumbly, a prominent leader in namibias struggle for independence from south africa, and that. There is by now a local organization working actively. The history of namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to namibias independence on 21 march 1990. He was buried on 15 december at his ancestral home in qunu, eastern cape province.
The exile child details the authors experience growing up in exile, her repatriation to namibia in 1989 on the eve of the countrys independence, and her life outside the country in london and washington dc, as the daughter of an ambassador, as a businesswoman, and as an. Namibia s recent involvement in a civil war in the democratic republic of the congo has been controversial. Hitherto,the countrys political system is in a stable state and provides an enabling environment for democratic consolidation ibid, 30. Archives of anticolonial resistance and the liberation struggle. The major postindependence military accomplishment was merging the previously opposed peoples liberation army of namibia and the south west africa territorial force into a single national army. Political culture since independence uppsala, 2003, especially clement daniels, the struggle for indigenous peoples rights, on the san and himba peoples within independent namibia.
Almost 30 years after other african countries, namibia finally became free of colonial rule in march 1990. Not only were the movements internal practices during the wars of liberation often far from democratic, but also. Danny glover, chrisjan appollus, obed emvula, joel haikali, carl lumbly, charles burnett, categoryarthouse, categorymiddleeast, film movie foreign, film movie namibia namibian african, namibia. Abstract the relationship between namibia and germany is marked by. The only video available at this time is a germanproduced bluray without english subtitles. The lwf accompanied churches struggle to end the apartheid system from the very beginnings of mandelas imprisonment until his release. This will not play on most bluray players sold in north america, central america, south america, japan, north korea, south korea, taiwan, hong kong and southeast asia. The track records of liberation movements such as the south west african peoples organisation swapo 2 in namibia are indeed reason for disappointment among many who supported the social emancipation of the colonized. Germany grapples with its african genocide the new york. Mar 19, 2010 visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 5.
Growing up in a traditional household in northern namibia, during the period of south african rule, amulungus life started within a very ordered framework. The paradox of decentralization in namibia by hoze riruako b. Set against the background of namibias liberation struggle, valentina. An introduction to namibias postcolonial political culture. Lwf assembly in 2017 in namibia the lutheran world federation. This article examines postcolonial memory politics in contemporary namibia. This chapter first relates antiapartheid to the decolonization of apartheidruled namibia, then considers various examples of transnational solidarity with that process, exploring aspects of the activities of such organizations as the namibia support committee nsc in britain, the nonaligned movement nam and the organisation of african. Pdf the relationship between namibia and germany is marked by intense exchanges about the meaning and the. The struggle for liberation online english uk russian estonian eesti french francais spanish espanol arabic. Germanys rule over south west africa ended with the first world war and in. Analysis and views on land reform and the land question in namibia and southern africa, 64 j hunter ed, 2004 viii harold green, south africa and zimbabwe.
Swakopmund, namibia the statue, depicting a german marine holding a rifle in his hands and standing guard over a dying comrade, has stood undisturbed for decades in the most prominent spot in. The namibian liberation struggle by werner hillebrecht german and south african colonial rule the german reich formally claimed south west africa in 1884 and consolidated its hold on the colony after 1894 through military and diplomatic tactics. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. One hundred years after committing a genocide, the german government offered an apology to hereros in namibia, thereby making a significant step towards meeting their demands for restorative justic. The story of the first president of namibia, sam nujoma, charting his political awakening and his.
Antiapartheid, decolonization and transnational solidarity. The struggle for final liberation, political manual of the namibian institute of revolutionary studies, office of the swapo organizing secretary, 1977. Political populism is common in southern africa, where former liberation movements have become dominant political parties. The film was written and directed by charles burnett and stars carl lumbly and danny glover. But they show little awareness of their nations still struggling with the hardships of unequal societies. Features the first president of namibia, sam nujoma carl lumbly, and the epic struggle to free the country from south african occupation. German namibian relations were additionally sensitive because there were two germanies for many years. Southern africa in the 1990s, namibias liberation struggle, the crisis in south africa, and a difficult road. The history of namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to namibia s independence on 21 march 1990 from 1884, namibia was a german colony. The leaders are fond of reminding people of their struggle with imperialist oppressors.
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