Find more facts and information on our topic page about
Namibia
NAMIBIA
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
|
1998
|
|
© Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
NAMIBIA. A country of southern Africa and member of the Commonwealth. Languages: English (official), Afrikaans, Damara, German, Herero, Kavango, Ovambo, Nama, etc. Because of the Namib Desert, British and Dutch missionaries did not penetrate the region until the late 18c. The Germans colonized it as
German West Africa in 1892–3, but lost it during the First World War to South Africa, which governed it from 1920 as
South West Africa, under a League of Nations mandate. The United Nations sought to make it a trusteeship after 1946, but South Africa refused to co-operate. In 1966, the UN mandate was withdrawn. In 1968, the territory's name became Namibia. South Africa governed the territory without international recognition until independence in 1990. English, Afrikaans, and German were all official until independence, when English was declared the sole official language.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Telecom Namibia Becomes First Service Provider in Emerging Africa to Achieve Cisco Powered Program Membership Status.
PR Newswire; 10/10/2007; 700+ words
; WINDHOEK, Namibia, October 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Cisco Recognizes Namibia Telecom for Commitment to Network Quality by...Wide. Cisco(R) announced today that Telecom Namibia has become the first service provider in Emerging...
|
|
Namibia teeters on edge of Angolan war
Newspaper article from: New Pittsburgh Courier; 12/18/1999; 700+ words
; Namibia teeters on edge of Angolan war Fighting...hit a Namibian village, wounding eight. Namibia's defense minister told Reuters a week...would not be allowed to attack UNITA from Namibia, he added. But this week, Namibia...
|
|
Namibia : Namibia s banking sector opens up.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 8/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...of the financial sector and rousing of Namibia's seemingly sleepy financial sector...service delivery, analysts have said. Namibia's banking sector has been traditionally...the urban markets. In fact, calls by Namibia's central bank and government for the...
|
|
NAMIBIA: GLOBAL INTEREST IN NUCLEAR POWER BOOSTS LOCAL MINES.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 9/9/2008; 700+ words
; By Brigitte Weidlich WINDHOEK, Namibia, Sep. 9, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The worldwide...energy, precipitating a uranium mining boom in Namibia. With around 3,800 tons of annual production, Namibia is the world's sixth largest uranium producer...
|
|
NAMIBIA/EU: NEGOTIATORS PREPARE TO REVISIT TRADE DEAL IN 2008
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 1/24/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...English News Wire 01-24-2008 WINDHOEK, Namibia, Jan. 23, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Namibia held out longer than the majority of its counterparts...squeezing some concessions from Brussels. Namibia and South Africa initially refused to sign...
|
|
Namibia worries about inflation.
Newspaper article from: Market Africa Mid-East; 8/1/2007; 700+ words
; Namibia's high per capita income in relation...strength of its consumer base. In fact, Namibia has one of the biggest income gaps in the...positive improvements. In its review of Namibia's economic prospects for 2007, released...
|
|
Namibia: what kind of independence?
Magazine article from: Monthly Review; 9/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...United Nations took charge of overseeing Namibia's transition to independence and arranged...deployed by the UN representatives in Namibia "to maintain law and order." South...agreement and was infiltrating guerrillas into Namibia from bases in Angola. After one hundred...
|
|
|
NAMIBIA/EU: NEGOTIATORS PREPARE TO REVISIT TRADE DEAL IN 2008.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 1/24/2008; 700+ words
; By Brigitte Weidlich WINDHOEK, Namibia, Jan. 23, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Namibia held out longer than the majority of its counterparts...thereby squeezing some concessions from Brussels. Namibia and South Africa initially refused to sign in early...
|
|
|
NAMIBIA: GLOBAL INTEREST IN NUCLEAR POWER BOOSTS LOCAL MINES
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 9/9/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...English News Wire 09-09-2008 WINDHOEK, Namibia, Sep. 9, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The...precipitating a uranium mining boom in Namibia. With around 3,800 tons of annual production, Namibia is the world's sixth largest uranium...
|
|
NAMIBIA: $31,000,000 loan enables proceeding ahead with the construction of a new 400 Kv power transmission line, NAMIBIA POWER CORP. PTY LTD. (NAMPOWER) [Namibia] - Order #: 022902.
Newspaper article from: WWP-Business Opportunities in Africa & the Middle East; 2/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...the largest ongoing private sector investment in Namibia. And, the state owned NAMIBIA POWER CORP. PTY LTD. (NAMPOWER) is now gearing...International E-mail: nairk@nampower.com.na NAMIBIA POWER CORP. PTY LTD. (NAMPOWER) 15 Luther...
|
|
Namibia
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
NAMIBIA Republic of Namibia CAPITAL: Windhoek FLAG: Top left triangle is blue, center diagonal...blue triangle is a golden sun with twelve triangular rays. ANTHEM: Namibia Land of the Brave , music and words by Axali Doeseb. MONETARY UNIT...
|
|
NAMIBIA
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
NAMIBIA. A country of southern Africa and member of the Commonwealth. Languages...the UN mandate was withdrawn. In 1968, the territory's name became Namibia. South Africa governed the territory without international recognition...
|
|
Mbuende, Kaire 1953—
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...helped organize the revolution for independence in Namibia, a South West African country previously a colony...interrogated by the former South African authorities in Namibia. Now that Namibia is politically free and South Africa has overcome...
|
|
Namibians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...PRONUNCIATION: nuh-MIB-ee-uhns LOCATION: Namibia POPULATION: 1.7 million LANGUAGE...Christianity; animism 1 • INTRODUCTION Namibia sits in the extreme southwest corner of...of the races) for over forty years. Namibia, known as South West Africa until 1966...
|
|
Shafiihuna Nujoma
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...became the first president of independent Namibia. Shafiihuna (Sam) Nujoma was born May...in the Ongandera area of northwestern Namibia. His name, Shafiihuna, means "a time...and in fact Nujoma was born during Namibia's period of British rule under a treaty...
|
