This edited volume shows surprising similarities in labour history and its legacy in two differen...

This collection of essays documents the growth of African history as a discipline at the Universi...

The Etosha Region in Namibia, comprising the famous Etosha National Park and its adjacent communa...

This book brings together recent and ongoing empirical studies to examine two relational kinds of...

In many instances, the colonial state has left a strong imprint on the postcolonial archive. In t...

How does a peoples’ music reflect their history, their occupations, cultural beliefs and values? ...

This book encompasses a history of identity-building amongst Khwe San people, and of contestation...

The Swiss ophthalmologist Erika Sutter was born in Basel in 1917. She spent 32 years working in E...

An increasing number of poor Southern Africans live in poverty-stricken urban slums or shantytown...

This book is a long-overdue history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) and the rise o...

Urbanization in Africa also means rapid technological change. At the turn of the 21st century, mo...

Modern-day Namibian history has largely been shaped by three major eras: German colonial rule, So...