CONTENTS
PREFACENOTE TO THE READER1.PRE-THE HISTORICAL PERIOD
BC TO 1485
2.THE PERIOD OF THE EXPLORERS, HUNTERSAND TRADERS
1486–1800
3.THE PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD: THEMISSIONARIES
3.1
THE MISSIONARIES ARRIVE IN THE TERRITORY
1805–1840
3.2
THE MISSIONARIES INTERFERE IN LOCAL POLITICS
1842–1883
4.THE COLONIAL PERIOD: GERMAN RULE
4.1
INITIAL PERIOD OF GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA (SWA)
1884–1889
4.2
THE ACTIVE RESISTANCE STRUGGLE BEGINS
1890–1903
4.3
THE RESISTANCE STRUGGLE CULMINATES IN GENOCIDE
1904–1906
4.4
GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA CONSOLIDATES
1907–1914
5.THE COLONIAL PERIOD: SOUTH AFRICANRULE
5.1
SOUTH WEST AFRICA UNDER SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARYRULE
1915–1918
5.2
SOUTH WEST AFRICA BECOMES A LEAGUE OF NATIONSMANDATE
1919–1945
5.3
SOUTH WEST AFRICA BECOMES A UNITED NATIONSTRUSTEESHIP AREA
1946–1956
5.4
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA BEGINS
1957–1974
5.5
THE INDEPENDENCE PROCESS: PERIOD OF INTERIM ADMINISTRATIONS
1975–1987
6.THE INDEPENDENCE PROCESS LEADS TONAMIBIA’S FREEDOM
1988–1990
7.THE PERIOD AFTER NAMIBIA'SINDEPENDENCE
7.1
THE FIRST TEN YEARS
1990-2000
8.LIST OF ACRONYMS9.REFERENCES10.PHOTOS AND MAPS11.INDEX OF SPECIAL TOPICS11.1INDEX: BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES IN THEHISTORY OF NAMIBIA11.2INDEX: TRADITIONAL LEADERS IN THEHISTORY OF NAMIBIA11.3INDEX: POLITICAL PARTIES IN NAMIBIA11.4INDEX: UPRISINGS AGAINST COLONIALPOWERS11.5INDEX: WARS IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA11.6INDEX: STAMPS IN NAMIBIA11.7INDEX: IMPORTANT ACTS, LAWS ANDPROCLAMATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF