Histories of Namibia by Susan Brown

Histories of Namibia by Susan Brown

When Namibia gained its independence in 1990 after 23 years of war, most of the eleven Namibians whose life histories make up this book were in their mid-thirties. To that point their whole adult lives had been lived in the struggle, more than half of them in exile. Few of them owned anything. None held prominent jobs. Most had endured hardship, hunger, sickness and fear, and witnessed terrible cruelty and suffering. All had lost family members or friends. Yet their outlook was triumphant and optimistic and their stories are full of enthusiasm, energy, determination and purpose. When you read their stories you are not surprised that they have since become well known in their chosen fields. Yet when they told these stories most of them were not well known. They just happened to be people we came to know and like in the course of our work (Brown as a journalist and development consultant, Leys as a social science researcher) and whom we asked if they would tell us their stories. They tell a story of a country as a whole during those years, a story of how a whole generation matured in the struggle, becoming skilled, disciplined, cosmopolitan and tough.

Susan Brown is an art teacher and school counselor who lives with her husband in northern Maine. She is also a freelance graphic artist and Web site designer, and enjoys painting and drawing. She has long loved Scotland, and the research for this book has involved visits to that country as well as years of collecting notes, songs, interviews, books, and videos. She belongs to two Living History groups that reenact military life in the eighteenth century.

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ISBN 13	9780850364996
ISBN 10	085036499X
Title	Histories of Namibia
Author	Susan Brown
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Merlin Press Ltd
Year published	2004-12-14
Number of pages	212
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