Basel Namibia Studies Series
The Basel Namibia Studies Series is a key platform for essential doctoral research on current cultural-historical, political, and anthropological issues concerning Namibia. The series is transitioning to Open Access to ensure the widest possible dissemination of this research.
Series Editorial Board: Dr. Saima Nakuti Ndahangwapo (University of Namibia), Dr. Julia Rensing (University of Basel), Dr. Dag Henrichsen (Basler Afrika Bibliographien)
Defending the Investment. Rössing Uranium and the Business of Decolonization in Namibia
Writing Windhoek. Multiple Representations of the City
“Beggars on our own land …” Tsumib v Government of the Republic of Namibia and its Implications for Ancestral Land Claims in Namibia
Transition Towards Gender Equality. Namibia Between the Empowerment of Women and Violence of Men
Infrastructures of Migrant Labour in Colonial Ovamboland, 1915 to 1954
Diamond Warriors in Colonial Namibia. Diamond Smuggling, Migrant Workers and Development in Owamboland
Basel Southern Africa Studies
The series Basel Southern Africa Studies explores a wide variety of topics in the humanities and social sciences, encompassing the entire region of southern Africa.
Building Trust, Situational Repair
An Ethnography of Faith. Personal Conceptions of Religiosity in the Soutpansberg, South Africa, in the Early 20th Century
Postcolonial Counterimages: Artistic Reflections on Remembering German Colonialism in Namibia
Fictioning Namibia as a Space of Desire. An excursion into the literary space of Namibia during colonialism, apartheid and the Liberation Struggle
The Changing Faces of Aawambo Musical Arts
The History of Tourism in Namibia: A Heterotopic Topology of Technology
Carl Schlettwein Lecture
The annual Carl Schlettwein Lecture features contributions by internationally recognised researchers. The lectures series is held in honour of the Basler Afrika Bibliographien’s founder, Dr. h.c. Carl Schlettwein (1925−2005).
Decolonizing African History
Decolonizing the Academy: A Case for Convivial Scholarship
Digitalization and the Field of African Studies
Kingdom, State and Civil Society in Africa: Conceptual and Political Collisions
Native Estates: Records of Mobility across Colonial Boundaries
Always Something Else: Urban Asia and Africa as Experiment
Lives, Legacies, Legends
The series "Lives, Legacies, Legends" presents personal accounts, written histories, and biographies related to life in Southern Africa, including titles focusing on “Swiss in Africa”.
"Sorry. I am what I am." The life and letters of the South African pianist and opera coach Gordon Jephtas (1943–92)
God's Feet or the Mission's Pack Donkey. Evangelists of Namibia
The Line: An Ethnographic Field Diary from a Namibian Research Trip in 1996
Mary Elizabeth Barber: Growing Wild. The Correspondence of a Pioneering Woman Naturalist from the Cape
Where are you from? 'Playing White' under apartheid
A Path Through Hard Grass. A Journalist's Memories of Exile and Apartheid
Monographs & Catalogues
Browse through a wide range of titles published outside our series as well as exhibition catalogues on our exhibitions in and about southern Africa.
Open Access
Our complete collection of freely accessible titles, including dedicated OA series and individual monographs.