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First posted in April 2002, Last revised on January 31st 2009







South West Africa, 1939-1990
South West Africa, 1918-1939
German South West Africa, 1884-1918

Namibia until 1884

Historical Atlas, Namibia Page








WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles from CIA World Factbook; BBC Country Profiles; World Desk Reference; Index Mundi, Nations Encyclopedia; from ISS Article : Namibia, from Wikipedia
Background Notes : Namibia, from U.S. State Department
Links, General from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL; Category : Namibia, from Wikipedia
South Africa Page, from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford
Links, on History from Virtual Library History; Category : History of Namibia, from Wikipedia
German Colonial History, from Economy-Point (articles in weird English; seemingly translated from German by translation engine; a good number on Namibian history)
Timelines from BBC News; from timelines.ws
Klaus Dierks, Chronology of Namibian History (2005)
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Namibia, from Kirken i Norge
Namibia : Corruption Timeline, from Global Integrity
Chronology of Major Events, from Home of the Southern African San
History of Namibia, from IIASA Population Project
Accounts of History History of Namibia, from Wikipedia; from History World; Namibian History (anonymous)
Encyclopedia Entries Articles Damaraland, Hottentots, Cimbebasia, from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907 edition
Articles German South-West Africa, Damaraland, Namaqualand, from EB 1911
Articles Deutsch-Südwestafrika, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Entry Caprivi Republic, from Footnotes to History, by Jamesw L. Erwin
Politics Politics of Namibia, from Wikipedia; Political Resources on the Net : Namibia; Governments on the WWW : Namibia
Category : Elections in Namibia, from Wikipedia
Entry Namibia, from EISA Web Encyclopedia
Military Wars of Namibia, 1800-1999, from ACED
Orders, Decorations and Medals of Namibia, from ODM
Category : Military History of Namibia, from Wikipedia
Edwin Herbert, The Attack on Namutoni Fort, (SWA 1904), posted by Victorian Military Society
R.C. Owen, Counterrevolution in Namibia (1987-1988)
G. Dzinesa and M. Rupiya, Promoting national reconciliation and regional integration: The Namibian Defence Force from 1990?2005 , ch.8, in M. Rupiya (ed.), Evolutions and Revolutions, A Contemporary History of Militaries in Southern Africa, ISS 2005
Economy & Finances Global History of Currencies : Namibia; Tables of Modern Monetary History : Africa, from www.dollarization.org, scroll down for Namibia
Category : Economy of Namibia, from Wikipedia
Diamond Mins of the World : Namibia, has chapter on history; History of Mining on the Namibian Coast, from Diamond Fields; Brief History of Marine Mining on the South African West Coast, from Pandamarine
History, of Chamber of Mines in Namibia
History of the Namibian Stock Exchange
List : Important Companies in the History of Namibia, by Klaus Dierks
Global Integrity : Namibia 2004, Namibia 2007
Ovambo Smelting Video (1937), from UKC Student Project
Ethnography Languages of Namibia (29), from Ethnologue
Category Languages of Namibia, from Wikipedia
Namibia : Basters, East Caprivians, Europeans, San Bushmen, from Minorities at Risk
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Namibia
from IIASA Population Project
Gwyneth Davies, The Medical Culture of the Ovambo of Southern Angola and Northern Namibia (1994) World Culture Encyclopedia : Herero
Article Herero and Namaqua Genocide, from Wikipedia
J. Silvester, W. Hillebrecht, C. Erichsen, The Herero Holocaust ? The Disputed History of the 1904 Genocide, posted on Namib Web
Heynes McFadden, Herero History
The Rehoboth Basters : a History, from Namibia 1on1; from Namibia Travel Net Nation- and Image Building by the Rehoboth Basters, by Jeroen Zandberg (2005)
Religion Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Namibia, from Kirken i Norge
Virtual Jewish History Tour : Namibia, from Jewish Virtual Library
Category : Religion in Namibia, from Wikipedia
History of Regions Article Regions of Namibia, from Wikipedia
Category : Regions of Namibia, from Wikipedia
Regions of Namibia, from www.statoids.com
Caprivi Strip : a Short History, from The Online Guide to Namibia
Berit Kostka, Namaqualand - a Short History of nearly Everything
History of Cities List of Cities in Namibia, from Wikipedia
Articles : Windhoek : History, Swakopmund : History, Walvis Bay : History, from Wikipedia
P.H. van Rooyen, P. Reiner, History of Gobabis
Institutions Namibia, South West Africa, from Airline History
Article Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, from Wikipedia
Article University of Namibia, from Wikipedia
Article Rail Transport in Namibia, from Wikipedia
Structurae : Namibia; Search Lighthouse Explorer for Namibia
Biographies List of Namibians, from Wikipedia
Chinese Ambassadors to Namibia, from PRC MOFA
African Women Bibliographic Database
Bibliography Namibia, from The Online Books Page
RHS Bibliography, search for South West Africa, Namibia
Bibliography Namibia, anonymous
Bibliography : Namibia, from Archives of the vangelical Lutheran Church in America
Bibliography : German Southwest Africa 1904-1908: Genocide of Hereros, from Prevent Genocide International
Namibia Bibliography, from NNDB
F.F.O. Kustaa, Sources on German Genocide against the Herero People of Namibia (2005), posted by Association of the Ovaherero Genocide in the U.S.A.
Namibia-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna
Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keywords Namibia, Südwestafrika, South West Africa (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970)
Others International Boundary Studies, search for South West Africa
Disaster History : Namibia, from Relief Web
Articles South Africa at the Olympics, from Wikipedia
South Africa, from Crime and Society. a Comparative Criminology Tour of the World by R. Winslow
Afrotropic Ecoregion, from WWF

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon), from Rulers (B. Schemmel), from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated)
Population Figures from Population Statistics (J. Lahmeyer)
Historical Abortion Statistics : Namibia, from Internet Archive
Document Collections History of Namibia, from World History Archives
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Namibia, from ILO, 10 docs. since 1978
Search Hansard for South West Africa, Namibia
Documents posted by Association of the Ovaherero Genocide in the U.S.A.
Online Newspapers Newspapers and News Media : Namibia, from ABYZ; from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers (links)
Election Results from Namibia (since 1994); from IFES Election Guide
Archives, Musea, Libraries National Archives of Namibia, from ICA
National Library of Namibia
Museums Association of Namibia
Namibia, from Showcaves
National Symbols Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of South West Africa, of Namibia, from World Currency Museum, of South West Africa, of Namibia, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money
Namibia Coins, from World Coin Gallery
Search Coin Archives for South West Africa, Namibia
Stamps Rare SWA Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamps Gallery; Stamps SWA Stamps 1898-1900, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer
Others License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates around the World
Passports of Namibia, from World Passports
Airline Timetable Images : Namibia

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Online Libraries Internet Archive
International Boundary Studies, search for South Africa
On Africa
General Histories Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.28, pp.902-907 Article Southern Africa : Namibia. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.28
Economic, Social History Jonathan Crush, Cheap Gold : Mine Labour in Southern Africa, pp.172-177 in : Robin Cohen, The Cambridge Survey of World Migration, Cambridge : UP 1995, KMLA Lib.Sign. 304.809 C678c
Hans Meyer, Die Eisenbahnen im Tropischen Afrika (The Railroads in Tropical Africa), Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot 1902, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Deutsch Südwestafrika, pp.73-86
Specific Periods
Historical Dictionaries Terry M. Mays, Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping, Lanman Md. : Scarecrow 1996 [G]
Yearbook Entries Article : Namibia, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1989-1990 pp.888-891, 1990-1991 pp.889-893, 1991-1992 pp.891-895, 1992-1993 pp.979-983, 1993-1994 pp.978-983, 1994-1995 pp.977-982, 1995-1996 pp.974-978, 1996-1997 pp.927-931, 1997-1998 pp.934-938, 1998-1999 pp.1008-1013, 2000 pp.1146-1151, 2001 pp.1119-1123, 2002 pp.1166-1171, 2003 pp.1166-1171, 2004 pp.1170-1175, 2005 pp.1176-1181 [G]
Entry : Travel Warning - Namibia, pp.557-559, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2000, Supplement [G]
Entry : Republic of Namibia, Cabinet, p.71; Background Notes : Namibia, pp.933-939, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G]
Entry : Namibia, pp.746-751 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G]
Article : Namibia, in : Americana Annual 1992 pp.385-386 (on events of 1991) [G]
Article Namibia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1993 pp.366, 677, 1994 pp.364-365, 678, 1995 pp.448, 677 [G]