History of Resistance in Namibia

Analyses how combined South African and US strategic interests combined to defer an independence settlement for Namibia.Documents resistance to the German conquest by the Herero and Nama peoples; the South African take-over under the League of Nations mandate; land, labour and community resistance from 1920-1960; the emergence of Nationalist organisations; appeals to the UN and the ICJ; the launching of SWAPO's armed struggle, and nationalist responses to South Africa's Bantustan policy.Published in association with the OAU and UNESCO.North America: Africa World Press