Understanding Namibia
The Trials of Independence
Published on 1. April 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-19-024156-8 (ISBN)
Description
he book offers a frank account of an African state that shook off colonial rule but has yet to see the fruits of independence distributed evenly among its people. Drawing on inside knowledge of SWAPO, the anti-colonial liberation movement, the author provides a valuable case study of nation building in the modern era.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-024156-8 (9780190241568)
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01/2015
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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01/2015
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€16.49
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Person
Henning Melber joined SWAPO as the son of German immigrants in 1974. He was Director of the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU) in Windhoek, Research Director of The Nordic Africa Institute and Executive Director of The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, both in Uppsala. He is Senior Advisor to the Foundation and Extraordinary Professor at the Universities of Pretoria and of the Free State in Bloemfontein.