The Gender Politics of the Namibian Liberation Struggle
The Gender Politics of the Namibian Liberation Struggle

Author: Martha Akawa

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2014-05-03

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 3905758504

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Womens contributions against apartheid under the auspices of the Namibian liberation movement SWAPO and their personal experiences in exile take center stage in this study. Male and female leadership structures in exile are analysed whilst the sexual politics in the refugee camps and the public imagery of female representation in SWAPOs nationalism receive special attention. The partys public pronouncements of women empowerment and gender equality are compared to the actual implementations of gender politics during and after the liberation struggle.

The Radical Motherhood
The Radical Motherhood

Author: Iina Soiri

Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9789171063809

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The study also examines the changes in women's lives caused by the arrival of Christianity, colonialism, the cash economy and modern values. Using the life story method it allows women to tell their stories themselves and present their own understanding of their situation. The study also tries to outline women's position in the independent Namibia where gender equality is guaranteed by the constitution but not in practice.

Women Journalists in Namibia's Liberation Struggle, 1985-1990
Women Journalists in Namibia's Liberation Struggle, 1985-1990

Author: Maria Mboono Nghidinwa

Publisher: BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9783905758078

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This study investigates the experiences of women journalists during the last phase of Namibia's liberation struggle against South African rule. Black or white, women journalists in Namibia made significant contributions to the liberation cause -including the founding of a high-profiled newspaper -whilst others worked for media sympathetic to the apartheid government. Based on interviews and deploying feminist media theory, Maria Mboono Nghidinwa pays close attention to the gendered power relationships in the newsrooms of newspapers and radio stations at the time. She looks at the intense political intimidations which targeted women and, in particular, the constraints experienced by black women journalists.

Namibia's Liberation Struggle
Namibia's Liberation Struggle

Author: Colin Leys

Publisher: James Currey

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Not a history of the 23-year struggle by the South West African People's Organization to free Namibia from the rule of South Africa, but a study of how that struggle impacted the liberation movement itself and the political culture bequeathed to the country at independence. The main point is that democracy was severely suppressed in order to achieve the victory against such overwhelming force, and that the subsequent government, liberal rather than democratic, is ultimately answerable to the people, but not under their immediate control. A nicely produced volume. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Re-examining Liberation in Namibia
Re-examining Liberation in Namibia

Author: Henning Melber

Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9789171065162

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From 1960, SWAPO of Nami-bia led the organised and later armed struggle for indepen-dence. In late 1989, the libera-tion movement was finally elected to power under United Nations supervision as the legitimate government. When the Republic of Namibia was proclaimed on 21 March 1990, the long and bitter struggle for sovereignty came to an end. This volume takes stock of emerging trends in the country's political culture since independence. The contributions, mainly by authors from Namibia and Southern Africa who supported the anti-colonial movements, critically explore the achieve-ments and shortcomings that have been part of liberation in Namibia. Henning Melber was Director of the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU) in Windhoek between 1992 and 2000 and has been Research Director at The Nordic Africa Institute since then. He coordinates the research project on 'Liberation and Democracy in Southern Africa', of which this volume is part.

Women of Namibia
Women of Namibia

Author: Ndeutala Selma Hishongwa

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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Study on social change and the role of women in Namibia - examines transition from colonialism and Apartheid to independence, impact of contract labour on family life, new demands for equal pay, education of women, political participation, involvement in the national liberation movement, etc. References.