Authors
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Wiltrud Becker
Johann Bruwer
Nils Bruzelius
Antje Burke
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Jürgen Dick
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Victoria Ndinelago Erasmus
Willem Esterhuizen
F
Helmut Finkeldey
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Anita Gossow
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Axel Halbach
Almut Heddenhausen
Dag Henrichsen
Hans Hilpisch
Gertrud Hintze
Manfred O. Hinz
Pat Honeyborne
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Tuulikki Jantunen
Marita Jendrischewski
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Alwin Kemna
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H. E. Lenssen
Theodor Leutwein
Olga Levinson
Orde Levinson
Jochen Lindorf
Edwin Loeb
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Anne Maag
Lené Malan
Sebastian Mantei
Clever Mapaure
John Marsh
Henno Martin
Gordon McGregor
Henning Melber
Fritz Metzger
Mischo
Hans-Dietrich Moldzio
Sybille Muhle
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Samson Ndeikwila
Noa Ndeutapo
Harald N. Nestroy
Andrew Niikondo
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Kathleen Röllig
Eberhard Rosenblad
Oliver C. Ruppel
H. J. Rust
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Alfred Schleicher
Manfred Schlorf
Sigrid Schmidt
Wilhelm Schneider
Barbara Seelk
Kalumbi Shangula
Aneta Shaw
Melinda Silverman
Peter Stark
Peter Strack
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Gerhard Tötemeyer
Rainer Tröndle
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Michael Vaupel
Heinrich Vedder
Conny von Dewitz
Erika von Wietersheim
G. R. von Wielligh
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Hans Warncke
Ruth Winkler
Heide Wucher
Nils Bruzelius
The author is a Swedish national, who served as an advisor to the Namibian government in the 1990s.
Books
How the Port of Walvis Bay became Namibian
This is my story
by Nils Bruzelius
144 p. • 2017 • ISBN 978-99945-76-48-7 • 148 x 210 mm
Walvis Bay was for a long period a very isolated place located in the Namib Desert and on the Atlantic coast. Its main asset was a sand spit that allowed for safe anchorage, virtually, the only such place along the 1350 km of coastline of Namibia.
By the twists and turns of history, an area of 1124 sq.km of territory became known as the Walvis Bay enclave and remained under South African control in 1990 when Namibia obtained its independence. The control of the enclave gave South Africa considerable advantage in a situation still characterised by conflict in Southern Africa. However, as South Africa quickly moved towards majority rule, tensions eased and in 1994, the enclave was integrated into Namibia.
The transfer was by no means easily accomplished. This book is the only written document on what actually happened when Walvis Bay became Namibian. The emphasis of the narrative is on the port in the enclave, its main asset.