Histories, texts and illustrations from the !Xoon and N|ohan People of Namibia. Index, maps, tables, illus, 108pp, SWITZERLAND. BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN.

Two Namibian authors analyse aspects of the history of the Aawambo kingdoms in northern Namibia. Lovisa Nampala provides a comparative view of the impact of Christianisation in Oukwanyama, Ondonga and Ombalantu between 1870 and 1971. Vilho Shigwedha analyses changes in costume and fashion in Aawambo society since the pre-colonial period. Both authors describe the complex changes of the material, social and political culture under the influence of German, South African and, to a lesser degree, Portuguese colonialism in south-western Africa. Index, bib, b/w illus, 274pp, SWITZERLAND. P. SCHLETTWEIN PUBLISHING.

A thorough atlas describing the landscape and people of Namibia. Using satellite images, and a range of media such as colour maps and photographs, the authors describe the flora and fauna, the use of land, and human demography across the country. Index, notes, diags, tables, 200pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

2003 0864865163 Hardback

Essays from the Sixth Namibia Workshop, Basel (2005). Tables, maps, 216pp, SWITZERLAND. BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN.

Namibia is a sizeable and significant country in southern Africa that is little known to the outside world. A vast country of startling beauty with a storied history, including one of the world's worst genocides and a war of independence that lasted nearly a quarter century, this 'land between two deserts' is a fascinating result of its African, German, and English influences. This one of very few English language works written about Namibia's history, culture, and society. 187pp, USA. GREENWOOD.

Brought up on family stories about the Bushmen of the Kalahari, the author journeyed to find out the truth behind these childhood myths. The result is a book that bridges travel literature, anthropology and history. Illus, xiv, 272pp, UK. FOURTH ESTATE, 185702897X

A survey of the social organisation, religion and beliefs and history of the Herero of Namibia. Richly illustrated with colour photographs. Includes a guide to further reading and a glossary. Index, map, 64pp, USA. ROSEN PUBLISHING COMPANY.

1996 0823920038 Hardback

In north-west Namibia, local people's political imagination offers a powerful insight into the post-apartheid state. Based on extensive anthropological fieldwork, this book focuses on the former South African apartheid regime and the present democratic government; it compares the perceptions and practices of state and customary forms of judicial administration, reflects upon the historical trajectory of a chieftaincy dispute in relation to the rooting of state power, and examines everyday forms of belonging in the independent Namibian State. By elucidating the State through a focus on the social, historical, and cultural processes that help constitute it, this study helps chart new territory for anthropology, and it contributes an ethnographic perspective to a wider set of interdisciplinary debates on the State and state processes. 320pp, UK. BERGHAHN.

Two studies of the /Hai-/khauan and the /Khobesin (or Witbooi) communities in Southern Namibia following the military occupation of present-day Namibia by South Africa. Analyses the specific form of colonial ruke and broader questions of collective identities and the trajectories of the formation, transformation and change of the communities associated with these identities. Index, bib, notes, chronology, 374pp, NAMIBIA. GAMSBERG MACMILLAN.

Photographic essay on Windhoek's largest suburb in which almost 10% of the country's population live and which is almost never on the tourist trail. Accompanying textual testimonies from its residents reflect on their life experiences. 184pp, GERMANY/NAMIBIA. KLAUS HESS.

2006 9789991657165 Paperback

This research report (No. 124) considers questions about fundamental purposes of music-making, and the conscious response of people to the contemporary Namibian socio political situation. It provides a broad overview of music emanating from different cultural practices in Namibia, and relates this to the State's political strategies for ensuring unity and nation building through policy making, education and broadcast media. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 55pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE, 9171065105

Collection of colour photographs of the length and breadth of Namibia. 148pp, NAMIBIA. GAMSBERG MACMILLAN, 9991602038

A history of the sport in Namibia, illustrated with b/w and colour images. Bib, viii, 131pp, NAMIBIA. GAMSBERG MACMILLAN, 9991604146

2002 DELAY Paperback

A decade after independence, this volume assess the political, the economic and the social processes which constitute modern Namibia. Notes, colour photos, 397pp, NAMIBIA. UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA PRESS.

Comprehensive guide to Namibia's historical, geological and archaeological sites. Bib, apps, col photos, 251pp, NAMIBIA. GAMSBERG MACMILLAN.

New edition of this pioneering study of nomadic pastoralism in the Namib desert during the last two millenia. Detailed picture of the pastoral communities, their finely tuned ecological strategies and their complex social networks. Apps, bib, b/w & col illus, diags, 165pp, NAMIBIA. NAMIBIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST.

In this richly illustrated volume, the action of posters historically in Namibia is analysed and documented. The essays by scholars from Switzerland and Namibia consider the extent to which public visual aids were distributed, displayed, seen and appropriated in the context of campaigns of persuasion, protest and resistance. The Photographic Poster Archive included in this book documents and reveals a century of contested visuality which shaped the visual communication of Namibia. 214col illus, 256pp, SWITZERLAND. BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN.

A very interesting volume dedicated to the stunning beauty of the Namib desert. The author has combined photography and poetry with detailed information about the nature of the massive dunes and the animals and plants which make their home in the desert. Illustrated with colour photographs and several satellite images of the landscape. xiv, 93pp, NAMIBIA. OUT OF AFRICA, 9991622306

2001 Paperback

Interviews with ordinary people speaking frankly about the changes brought about by Namibia Independence. Map, b/w photos, 204pp, NAMIBIA. OUT OF AFRICA.

Examines the processes of marginalisation of Ju/'hoansi. Shows the radical changes experienced by Bushmen and argues that Ju/'hoansi identity is constructed not in terms of cultural institutions left over from their hunting and gathering past but in terms of their historical and contemporary relations with others. 9 b/w photos, 3 b/w maps, notes, bib, index, xxvii, 191pp, SWITZERLAND. P. SCHLETTWIN PUBLISHING.

2000 9783908193067 Paperback

Anthology of the writings of the Lutheran bishop and political activist. Bib, 257pp, NAMIBIA. GAMSBERG MACMILLAN.

Part of the Working Group of Indigenous Minorities of Southern Africa's Oral Testimony Project, using the testimonies gathered in 107 interviews with members of this San ethnic group. Col photos throughout, 74pp, NAMIBIA. WORKING GROUP OF INDIGENOUS MINORITIES.

Book to accompany an exhibition based around the 1931 casting, measuring, and photograph-ing in the Witpütz police station in southern Namibia of a bizarre archive of racial types by the German artist Hans Lichtenecker. Soon afterwards, the casts of faces and body parts, voice recordings on wax cylinders, anthropometrical photographs and other physical representations were exhibited at the colonial exhibition in Köln, Germany (1934) and, again, in the 1980s in the Namibian capital of Windhoek. The essays here reconsider anthropometric collections and their representational claims through bones, skeletons, casts, masks, and photography. They reflect on voices and voice archives and, importantly, provide transcriptions of many of the recorded texts. B/w illus, 233pp, SWITZERLAND. BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN.

Diary of archaeological digs among the Himba of Namibia, comprising a general ethnographic study and including a Himba folktale in the vernacular with a dual English text and illustrated with children's drawings. Gloss, bib, col illus, 68pp, NAMIBIA. NAMIBIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST.

2004 9991677925 Paperback