CONTENTS

PREFACE

NOTE TO THE READER
1. PRE-THE HISTORICAL PERIOD BC TO 1485
2. THE PERIOD OF THE EXPLORERS, HUNTERS AND TRADERS 1486–1800
3. THE PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD: THE MISSIONARIES
3.1 THE MISSIONARIES ARRIVE IN THE TERRITORY 1805–1840
3.2 THE MISSIONARIES INTERFERE IN LOCAL POLITICS 1842–1883
4. THE COLONIAL PERIOD: GERMAN RULE
4.1 INITIAL PERIOD OF GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA (SWA) 1884–1889
4.2 THE ACTIVE RESISTANCE STRUGGLE BEGINS 1890–1903
4.3 THE RESISTANCE STRUGGLE CULMINATES IN GENOCIDE 1904–1906
4.4 GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA CONSOLIDATES 1907–1914
5. THE COLONIAL PERIOD: SOUTH AFRICAN RULE
5.1 SOUTH WEST AFRICA UNDER SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY RULE 1915–1918
5.2 SOUTH WEST AFRICA BECOMES A LEAGUE OF NATIONS MANDATE 1919–1945
5.3 SOUTH WEST AFRICA BECOMES A UNITED NATIONS TRUSTEESHIP AREA 1946–1956
5.4 THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA BEGINS 1957–1974
5.5 THE INDEPENDENCE PROCESS: PERIOD OF INTERIM ADMINISTRATIONS 1975–1987
6. THE INDEPENDENCE PROCESS LEADS TO NAMIBIA’S FREEDOM 1988–1990
7. THE PERIOD AFTER NAMIBIA'S INDEPENDENCE
7.1 THE FIRST TEN YEARS 1990-2000
8. LIST OF ACRONYMS
9. REFERENCES
10. PHOTOS AND MAPS
11. INDEX OF SPECIAL TOPICS
11.1 INDEX: BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA
11.2 INDEX: TRADITIONAL LEADERS IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA
11.3 INDEX: POLITICAL PARTIES IN NAMIBIA
11.4 INDEX: UPRISINGS AGAINST COLONIAL POWERS
11.5 INDEX: WARS IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA
11.6 INDEX: STAMPS IN NAMIBIA
11.7 INDEX: IMPORTANT ACTS, LAWS AND PROCLAMATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA
11.8 INDEX: IMPORTANT COMPANIES IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA
11.9 INDEX: TRADE UNIONS IN NAMIBIA
11.10 INDEX: IMPORTANT TREATIES IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA
11.11 INDEX: UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ON NAMIBIA
11.12 INDEX: FIRST OCCURRENCES IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA
11.13 INDEX: FOUNDING OF TOWNS, VILLAGES, COMMUNITY CENTRES
11.14 INDEX: IMPORTANT CONFERENCES IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA
11.15 INDEX: IMPORTANT COUNCILS IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA
11.16 SPEECH: WITBOOI DAY: 29.10.1995: GIBEON
11.17 SPEECH: RED NATION DAY: 01.12.2004: HOACHANAS
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