The open reference behind every course: people, places, events, and words. Every entry is sourced, every course links back here.
The last king of Oukwanyama, who resisted both Portuguese and South African rule and died on 6 February 1917.
Kaptein of the ǀKhowesin at Gibeon, whose letters and campaigns made him the first face of organised resistance.
Windhoek's segregated township, and the site of the 10 December 1959 shootings that turned protest into a national movement.
The Ovamboland People's Organisation: the contract workers' movement that became SWAPO within a year.
The strike that broke the contract labour system's back and taught a generation its strength.
“The wire.” What contract workers called the system that ruled their lives, after the compound fences.
26 August 1966: the first armed clash of the liberation war, now Heroes' Day.
The Oshikwanyama morning greeting, literally asking whether you slept well. Your very first lesson.
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