History of Namibia

In 1990, Namibia, formerly German South West Africa, became the last African colony to gain independence. This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the history of this fascinating multi-ethnic state in German. Historian Marion Wallace (London) and archaeologist John Kinahan (Windhoek) offer a thorough overview of the historical epochs and social developments since the first human settlements in the savannas and deserts of southwest Africa. This multifaceted account of the German colonial period and the South African colonial period, marked by apartheid and the liberation struggle, concludes with an assessment of the society, politics, and economy of independent Namibia.