Events
Book Launch: Kalahari Diaries – Impressions of a Desert People
- 10 Nov 2025
- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Namibia Scientific Society, 110 Robert Mugabe Ave, Windhoek, 10005, Namibia
Join us on 10 November at 19:00 at the Namibia Scientific Society for the launch of Kalahari Diaries by Allen Zimbler. The book captures Zimbler’s fifteen years of expeditions among the San/Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, enriched with his own photographs and insights into one of the world’s oldest surviving cultures.
The Early Cartography of Namibia – Coastal Charts and Orientation Maps of the Interior, 1502–1902
- 18 Nov 2025
- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Namibia Scientific Society, 110 Robert Mugabe Ave, Windhoek, 10005, Namibia
Through 16 historic maps and charts, Dr Demhardt will trace four centuries of Namibia’s mapping history (1502–1902), revealing how explorers and cartographers gradually shaped our understanding of the country’s geography.
Film Screening: Dreaming of Africa – Swedish Pioneers in the 19th Century
- 27 Nov 2025
- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Namibia Scientific Society, 110 Robert Mugabe Ave, Windhoek, 10005, Namibia
The film tells the fascinating story of Swedish explorers Charles John Andersson and Axel Eriksson, whose 19th-century expeditions across Namibia and Botswana combined adventure, science, and cultural discovery.