CONTENTS
PREFACE
NOTE TO THE READER
1.
PRE-THE HISTORICAL PERIOD
BC TO 1485
2.
THE PERIOD OF THE EXPLORERS, HUNTERS AND TRADERS
14861800
3.
THE PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD: THE MISSIONARIES
3.1
THE MISSIONARIES ARRIVE IN THE TERRITORY
18051840
3.2
THE MISSIONARIES INTERFERE IN LOCAL POLITICS
18421883
4.
THE COLONIAL PERIOD: GERMAN RULE
4.1
INITIAL PERIOD OF GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA (SWA)
18841889
4.2
THE ACTIVE RESISTANCE STRUGGLE BEGINS
18901903
4.3
THE RESISTANCE STRUGGLE CULMINATES IN GENOCIDE
19041906
4.4
GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA CONSOLIDATES
19071914
5.
THE COLONIAL PERIOD: SOUTH AFRICAN RULE
5.1
SOUTH WEST AFRICA UNDER SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY RULE
19151918
5.2
SOUTH WEST AFRICA BECOMES A LEAGUE OF NATIONS MANDATE
19191945
5.3
SOUTH WEST AFRICA BECOMES A UNITED NATIONS TRUSTEESHIP AREA
19461956
5.4
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA BEGINS
19571974
5.5
THE INDEPENDENCE PROCESS: PERIOD OF INTERIM ADMINISTRATIONS
19751987
6.
THE INDEPENDENCE PROCESS LEADS TO NAMIBIAS FREEDOM
19881990
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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